Diagnostics

We have access to a wide range of coaching diagnostics to help clients gain a deeper understanding of themselves and assist in their development. Some of the tools we commonly use are listed below.

360 Feedback & Stakeholder Interviews

To help our clients understand their impact on others, we often gather the views of their bosses, a range of their colleagues and internal/external clients. This is done either face to face, over the telephone or via a web based questionnaire.

Once the feedback has been gathered a report is fed back to the person being coached. Typically the boss’s view is shown and all others are in groups and averaged out to give balanced and confidential feedback.

The feedback is only shared with the person being coached, unless agreed otherwise up front, and is only used for developmental purposes.

Coaching Diagnostics

MBTI

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) questionnaire is the most widely used questionnaire for determining personality type worldwide. More than 3.5 million questionnaires are completed worldwide every year and there are over 13,000 qualified users in Europe. The MBTI® is based on over 50 years’ research and development and is available in 19 languages and is constantly revised to take account of social and cultural changes. It captures the fundamental differences between people, enabling them to interact more effectively. It provides a positive and constructive way of enhancing personal development and approaching challenges in different ways.

Firo-B

This instrument gives valuable insights into the needs individuals bring to their relationships with other people:

• Helps people build more positive and productive working relationships
• Helps individuals become more aware and flexible in their style of relating to others
• Aids team-building
• Assesses interpersonal style on three levels – Inclusion, Control and Affection.

Developed by Will Schutz, the FIRO-B® instrument is a powerful aid to team, leadership and individual development. As well as facilitating prediction of compatibility and conflict between people, it can show the type of interpersonal environment in which individuals are likely to thrive and give information on the impressions people create. This is an ideal tool to aid self-awareness.

BarOn EQ-i

Based on over 20 years of research by Dr. Reuven Bar-On and tested on over 110,000 individuals worldwide, BarOn EQ-i® is the first measure of emotional intelligence to be reviewed in the Buros Mental Measurement Yearbook. BarOn EQ-i® measures emotionally and socially intelligent behavior as reported by respondents. A growing body of research suggests that emotional intelligence is a key determinant of success in life.

BarOn EQ-i® consists of 133 items and includes four validity indices and a sophisticated correction factor rendering scores for the following components:

• Intrapersonal (Self-Regard, Emotional Self-Awareness, Assertiveness, Independence, and Self-Actualization)
• Interpersonal (Empathy, Social Responsibility, and Interpersonal Relationship)
• Stress Management (Stress Tolerance and Impulse Control)
• Adaptability (Reality Testing, Flexibility, and Problem Solving)
• General Mood Scale (Optimism and Happiness)

The Survey of Influence Effectiveness, SIE

The Survey of Influence Effectiveness is a survey that identifies how effectively an individual influences others by comparing self-perceptions to the perceptions of others.Selected respondents (including managers, colleagues, and direct reports) complete questionnaires, and their responses are combined with self responses to produce a personalized feedback report. The report gives a clear picture of the individual’s most effective means of influencing others and points out areas for improvement.