The use of behavioral assessments have increased significantly over the past several years, accounting for their use in over 89% of Fortune 500 companies. Behavioral assessments provide valuable information to managers regarding workplace behavior, communication style, leadership potential, ability to assume risk and much more. They add tremendous insight to team building, leadership development, succession planning, and conflict resolution. It is important that when you are looking for a behavioral assessment tool you ask the following questions to accurately assess the strength of the tool:
- Is the behavioral assessment tool EEOC compliant (Equal Opportunity Employment Commission) -the "gold standard" of workplace assessment development and usage.
- Does the behavioral assessment come with an accompanying job analysis tool that allows for the thorough identification of a job's requirements?
- Is the assessment free of bias with respect to the respondent's age, gender or ethnic group?
- Is the behavioral assessment reliable and valid?