MCPA

Assessment Overview

MCPA is an acronym for ‘Modified Career Path Appreciation’. This assessment is an opportunity to explore your experience of, and approach to, work. You are also provided with an opportunity to reflect on your career, your aspirations and the type of work that you find challenging and stimulating (as well as those elements of work that frustrate and unnerve you!).
MCPA assesses your current level of capability, and predicts future growth potential and timings.

Who Are These Assessments For?

Individuals – who want to know what their talents, potential, capabilities are, as well as areas where they could benefit from further development.
Organisations – who want to know more about the talents, capabilities and potential of their existing staff, as well as the areas where they should invest in developing these staff members.
Organisations – who are recruiting, and who want to be more sure about the “fit” of each candidate for the roles which they are trying to fill.
Teams – who want to know how they can work together more effectively.
Assessment results are mostly used for career and development planning. They can also be used by organisations to inform the recruitment and selection, succession planning and organisational development processes and related decisions and strategies.
The MCPA has proven to be highly popular and valued amongst our clients, from students to C-suite managers and Board Members.

Methodology

Upon receipt of your confirmation and payment, login details will be supplied. An online questionnaire will then have to be completed (takes roughly an hour). Thereafter, an accredited Practitioner will interview you by Zoom for an hour or two (depending on your seniority), to validate the assessment results. Full feedback will be given, and development suggestions can be discussed. Further (optional) coaching and career guidance sessions can be arranged, at your request. A detailed report will be given to you. All data and discussions are held in strict confidence.

Answers the questions:-

• What type and complexity of role are you capable of now?
• What kinds of decisions and judgements would you be “in flow” with?
• When will you be ready for a more complex role?

Optional Personal Feedback Sessions:-

You may request the option to have a highly trained and accredited Assessment Practitioner discuss your results with you, via a video conference. He will answer your questions, and guide you about how to interpret and make use of your results. He will also make suggestions that could help with your personal/career development, and other coaching comments. You may book as many sessions with your Assessment Practitioner as you wish.
These optional sessions with your Assessment Practitioner will consist of a more personal and detailed feedback session, lasting approximately one or two hours (depending on seniority). This session will also address your own goals for your future, and how best to achieve these, using your assessment results and building on your knowledge, experience and motivation. Suggestions will be made about aspects of your assessment which may hold you back from achieving your potential and your goals, and how you can best address these to develop them.
Your Assessment Practitioner will help you to understand the types of work that will challenge and stimulate you at present (we refer to this as ‘flow’) and how this is likely to develop and mature and change over time.

In summary, the assessment process provides you with information as to how you prefer to approach work and decision making as well as how this will change and develop, within the context of different levels of work, in the future.

Assessment Requirements

Secure internet connection.

What You Will Receive

A full verbal feedback session. A personal and career development suggestions discussion. A detailed written report. (Optional) further personal coaching and career guidance sessions of an hour each.

Assessment Reviews

The MCPA assessment has been thoroughly researched and tested, and has been proven to be a valid, reliable, culture and gender fair tool. In fact, feedback from the majority of people who experience this assessment indicates that it is a most enjoyable and helpful process.

Some comments received from our clients:-

Very valuable insights and feedback.

I really enjoyed the process.

Highly competent Practitioner.

This brings out the reality in the background of candidates which straight-on interviews cannot detect.

The Practitioner was patient to let me clarify properly my experience and perspective.

The Practitioner had a very good capacity and patience to listen and articulate clearly what he wanted to get from me as feedback. He gave me the time to also explain details properly and shared insights properly with me.

I thoroughly enjoyed (the Practitioner’s) energy and questioning style.

The Practitioner was extremely generous with the amount of time he allowed me to express my point of view.

If you’re interested in completing this assessment, place an order here.

LPA

Assessment Overview

LPA is an acronym for ‘Linked Personal Appreciation’. It measures your styles and strengths in each of 29 dimensions considered to be core to effective team and managerial functioning. Full feedback will be given to you on your assessment results. An optional discussion will cover helpful areas such as how to develop certain areas, and where to focus career goals in order to make the most of your strengths.

Who Are These Assessments For?

Individuals – who want to know what their talents, potential, capabilities are, as well as areas where they could benefit from further development.
Organisations – who want to know more about the talents, capabilities and potential of their existing staff, as well as the areas where they should invest in developing these staff members.
Organisations – who are recruiting, and who want to be more sure about the “fit” of each candidate for the roles which they are trying to fill.
Teams – who want to know how they can work together more effectively.
Assessment results are mostly used for career and development planning. They can also be used by organisations to inform the recruitment and selection, succession planning and organisational development processes and related decisions and strategies.
The LPA has proven to be highly popular and valued amongst our clients, from students to C-suite managers and Board Members. It complements the insights provided by the MCPA assessment.

Methodology

Upon receipt of your confirmation and payment, login details will be supplied. An online questionnaire will then have to be completed (takes roughly an hour). Thereafter, an accredited Practitioner will interview you by Zoom for roughly an hour, to validate the assessment results. Full feedback will be given, and development suggestions can be discussed. Further (optional) coaching and career guidance sessions can be arranged, at your request. A detailed report will be given to you. All data and discussions are held in strict confidence.

Answers the questions:-

• What type of job would this person be suited to?
• What are the areas where s/he needs development to perform better?

Optional Personal Feedback Sessions:-

You may request the option to have a highly trained and accredited Assessment Practitioner discuss your results with you, via a video conference. He will answer your questions, and guide you about how to interpret and make use of your results. He will also make suggestions that could help with your personal/career development, and other coaching comments. You may book as many sessions with your Assessment Practitioner as you wish.
These optional sessions with your Assessment Practitioner will consist of a more personal and detailed feedback session, lasting approximately an hour each. This session will also address your own goals for your future, and how best to achieve these, using your assessment results and building on your knowledge, experience and motivation. Suggestions will be made about aspects of your assessment which may hold you back from achieving your potential and your goals, and how you can best address these to develop them.
Your Assessment Practitioner will help you to understand the types of work that will challenge and stimulate you at present (we refer to this as ‘flow’) and how this is likely to develop and mature and change over time.

In summary, the assessment process provides you with information as to how you prefer to approach work and decision making as well as how this will change and develop, within the context of different levels of work, in the future.

Assessment Requirements

Secure internet connection.

What You Will Receive

A full verbal feedback session. A personal and career development suggestions discussion. A detailed written report. (Optional) further personal coaching and career guidance sessions of an hour each.

Assessment Reviews

The LPA assessment has been thoroughly researched and tested, and has been proven to be a valid, reliable, culture and gender fair tool. In fact, feedback from the majority of people who experience this assessment indicates that it is a most enjoyable and helpful process.

Some comments received from our clients:-

I learned a lot about the strengths and weaknesses of my personality

Well defined, structured, giving candid feedback on strengths and areas for development

It gives you an excellent picture about your business character. Things you know and things you don’t know and must know them!

This is the best way to assess the candidate’s personality, intelligence and skills – an enjoyable journey to discover my personality and leadership skills

If you’re interested in completing this assessment, place an order here.

Modern research indicates that by using assessments, the accuracy of staffing decisions increases significantly. This gives assurance to both the organisation and to each assessment candidate that more informed, defendable and appropriate decisions are being taken, for the benefit of each party.

The MCPA assessment gives an accurate measure of an individual’s ability to make appropriate judgements relative to the complexity of a particular job. In addition, as the individual gets older, their capability grows, and MCPA provides a useful timeline for this growth path, to assist with career planning.

Each job requires certain key competencies. Every individual possesses a range of strengths and talents. The LPA assessment helps to match
an individual’s talents to the requirements of a certain job, to see how well they match. When there is a good match, the individual usually performs best, and is happiest. Where there are development needs, LPA helps to identify these, and to suggest ways to close the gaps.

An assessment of IQ and general reasoning ability can be very helpful in matching candidates to particular jobs. Some jobs require employees to be fast learners who are able to solve complex problems without much help. Other jobs are better suited to employees whose approach to work is more deliberate and procedural, ensuring consistent performance of tasks. The ECP assessment is an accurate measure of this particular trait.

For individuals and organisations who don’t require such thorough and in-depth assessments, we also offer the PDA, EPP and WRSP assessments. These can be completed more quickly, and offer a useful (but lite) synopsis of an individual’s strengths, suitability for a job and areas for development.

Detailed verbal feedback is available on request to each candidate who undergoes these assessments. Most candidates have found this feedback to be both interesting and helpful in regard to their own career development planning.

Our clients report that this feedback is highly valued by candidates (whether or not they are selected for a role), and that this significantly enhances the employer brand in the marketplace, making it easier to find good talent in future.

All assessment results are very carefully managed by responsible staff within the client organisation. These staff members have been trained and authorised to interpret the data, and to contextualise the information to assist with decision-making.