Assessments

The Bailey Consulting Group utilizes a number of assessments in conjunction with our coaching and consulting services. The assessment process looks at different aspects of personal functioning that offer constructive and important insights into the entire individual. By looking at thinking styles (beliefs about self and the world), competencies (behavior observed by self and others),  and personality (in-born qualities and traits), we are able to help our clients see a snapshot of themselves that is critical to the development process.

Our consultants are specially trained and certified to provide these assessments:

Life Styles Inventory (LSI 1 and LSI 2)

The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) is a 360 instrument designed to enable greater awareness both in terms of one’s own self-concept and how one is perceived by others. The LSI, developed and administered by Human Synergistics, provides individuals an opportunity to look at their thinking and behavior along 12 different dimensions (or styles) in three major categories—constructive, passive/defensive and aggressive/defensive—helping them to recognize specific strengths and stumbling blocks that may be standing in their way. The feedback may be used to initiate positive change in how one thinks and acts—changes that can increase both personal and professional effectiveness. The LSI may be completed by the individual client (LSI 1) as well as up to five people with whom they work closely (LSI 2). Individual responses from others are aggregated to maintain confidentiality.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator™ (MBTI)

The   Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, is a personality inventory designed to make Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types understandable and useful in everyday life. MBTI results identify valuable differences between normal healthy individuals, differences that can be the source of much misunderstanding and miscommunication.  The MBTI inventory helps people identify their unique gifts and enhances understanding of self, motivations, strengths, and areas for growth. 

The MBTI measures an individual’s preferences along 4 dichotomies, each consisting of 2 opposite poles – Extravert/Introvert, Sensing/Intuition, Thinking/Feeling, and Judging/Perceiving – and indicates differences in people that result from the following:

  • Where they prefer to focus their attention and get energy
  • The way they prefer to take in information
  • The way they prefer to make decisions and
  • How they orient themselves to the external world.

There is no right or wrong to these preferences – each identifies normal and valuable human behaviors.  The MBTI is a self-report questionnaire and is completed only by the individual themselves.

Fullview Feedback Inventory ™

The Fullview Feedback Inventory is a 360 instrument designed to help individuals identify strengths and development needs across a core set of 12 competencies that are critical to a leader’s success.  The 12 competencies fall under 3 main areas:  Building Relationships, Solving Problems, and Taking Initiative.  The Fullview is typically completed by the individual client, his or her leader, direct reports, peers, and others.  Feedback may be broken down by specific respondent groups; individual responses remain confidential, with the exception of “Leader”.  The Fullview not only measures effectiveness in various competencies but also assesses the relative importance of these competencies in the individual’s job.  There is also opportunity for respondents to provide verbatim comments relative to each competency. The Fullview is  developed and administered by Roselle Leadership Strategies.

Work Behaviors Inventory (WBI)

The Work Behaviors Inventory (WBI), published by Human Resource Consultants, Inc., was developed for the purposes of selection, leadership development and coaching, career development, or team building.  The behavioral characteristics measured by the WBI are aligned with the Big Five Personality factors:

  • Extraversion is behavior characterized by sociability, persuasion, influence and leading others.
  • Agreeableness is behavior that demonstrates concern and consideration for others, politeness and intention to reduce conflict and increase cohesion.
  • Openness to Experience describes behavioral preferences for change and learning, developing creative solutions, analyzing patterns, making decisions and risking mistakes.
  • Conscientiousness is involves goal setting, exceeding standards, initiating action and overcoming obstacles; also attention to details and deadlines, fulfilling responsibilities and following rules.
  • Emotional Stability is the ability to maintain composure, manage stressful situations with resiliency, demonstrate confidence and the ability to understand and manage emotions.

There are 14 additional scales that assess other work behaviors important for leadership effectiveness.  These scales measure your preferences in 5 different leadership styles; identify which of the 3 approaches to selling and influencing others you are most likely to use; reflect the extent to which you exhibit a combination of emotional competencies; and assess your fit with 5 potential occupational success indicators in certain career fields based on your work style.