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Our Assessments

Assessments provide organizations objective and fact-based information to more effectively hire, develop, and retain talent.

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DO YOU HAVE:
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– A way to DISCOVER your talent?
– A system in place to ENGAGE your people?
– A method to ADVANCE your top performers?
– Metrics to measure PERFORMANCE?

Using one assessment could reveal the answer to one or two of these questions. But you would only see the partial picture.

​Multiple sciences progressively reveal more of the entire person — what they do, how they do it and why they do the things they do. We also embrace a philosophy that measures both the presence and absence of behavior, and acceptance and avoidance. We use a data pool of millions of individuals collected over several decades to further refine our assessments.

Our TTISI assessment products have been developed over three decades and have been statistically validated by third-party firms, drawing from a sample size of more than 30 million people who have taken them. They are currently being used in 90 countries around the world, have been translated into more than 45 languages, and have been used by more than 100,000 companies. They accurately measure critical performance factors such as behaviors, motivators, competencies, emotional intelligence, stress, and 360 feedback views. Clients receive detailed reports showing exactly how to leverage strengths and where to improve.  

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Explaining each of the multiple sciences. 


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​Behaviors (DISC)

Measured in four proportions (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Compliance), Behaviors/DISC reveal how an individual will perform, including how they prefer to communicate, what he or she will bring to a team, his or her ideal environment and possible limitations he or she may face.

Behavioral research suggests that the most effective people are those who understand themselves, both their strengths and weaknesses, so they can develop strategies to meet the demands of their environment.
TTI Success Insights’ assessments measuring Behaviors/DISC examine an individual’s dominance, influence, steadiness and compliance, revealing the ways in which one responds to the following:
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  • Problems and Challenges
  • Influencing Others
  • Pace of Environment
  • Rules and Procedures

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12 Driving Forces™ (Motivators)
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Driving forces uncovers what motivates and engages an individual in work and in life. At the core of 12 Driving Forces are 6 motivators, rooted in Eduard Spranger’s esteemed research from 1928. Backed by decades of research, TTI Success Insights reveals 12 Driving Forces that uniquely define what sparks movement and ambition in each of us.

Just as TTI SI’s behavioral (or DISC) assessments help tell us how people behave and perform in a work environment, our 12 Driving Forces™ assessment reveals why they do what they do and what impacts their decision-making.
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TTI Success Insights’ assessments measuring 12 Driving Forces examine the relative prominence of the following:
  • Instinctive/Intellectual (Knowledge)
  • Selfless/Resourceful (Utility)
  • Objective/Harmonious (Surroundings)
  • Intentional/Altruistic (Others)
  • Collaborative/Commanding (Power)
  • Receptive/Structured (Methodologies)

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Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Emotional Intelligence is an individual’s ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power and acumen of emotions to facilitate high levels of collaboration and productivity.

Our research indicates that successful leaders and superior performers have well developed EQ skills. This enables them to work well with a wide variety of people and respond effectively to the rapidly changing conditions in the business world.
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EQ examines five key areas pertaining to intrapersonal and interpersonal relations:
  • Self Awareness
  • Self Regulation
  • Motivation
  • Social Awareness
  • Social Regulation

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Skills/Competencies

We measure 25 research-based personal skills, or competencies, directly related to the business environment. Applied in conjunction with a job benchmark, Competencies ensure the skills of each individual match the soft skills required by the job.

Research at TTI SI has shown that, for many jobs, personal skills (or soft skills) are just as important as technical skills in producing superior performance. Personal skills are often transferable to different jobs, whereas technical skills are usually more specific.

Our assessments measuring Competencies examine the level of development of 25 unique personal skills, ranking them from the most well developed skill to the one requiring the greatest level of further development.

While not every job requires the development of all 25 Competencies, TTI SI examines the following personal skills:
  • Appreciating Others
  • Conflict Management
  • Continuous Learning
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Conceptual Thinking
  • Customer Focus
  • Decision Making
  • Diplomacy
  • Employee Development/Coaching
  • Flexibility
  • Futuristic Thinking
  • Goal Orientation
  • Influencing Others
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Leadership
  • Negotiation
  • Personal Accountability
  • Planning and Organizing
  • Problem Solving
  • Project Management
  • Resiliency
  • Self Starting
  • Teamwork
  • Time and Priority Management
  • Understanding Others

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Acumen

Acumen is assessed using three dimensions of thought, analyzing both world and self-views:
  • Intrinsic (feeling)
  • Extrinsic (doing)
  • Systemic (thinking)
Acumen, or a person’s keenness and depth of perception, will identify how a person thinks. TTI SI’s Acumen indicators can be considered a lens that people use to filter information: do they process events from a people standpoint, a task standpoint or a system standpoint?
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A person’s Acumen, or their clarity or understanding of a situation, could be directly related to their performance. Our assessments measuring Acumen examine the six dimensions:
  • Understanding Others
  • Practical Thinking
  • Systems Judgment
  • Sense of Self
  • Role Awareness
  • Self Direction

User-Friendly, Practical & Easy to Debrief
Our profiles do not contain pages of technical mumbo jumbo — they are designed for time-conscious business people with practical workplace goals in mind. This means that you don’t have to have a Ph.D. in Psychology to understand the profiles and create value for your participants. You will benefit from a robust assessment, coupled with simple, easy to understand layout and wording, with visually appealing design.

Neuroscience Validation
Our DISC assessment is totally unique in the market because we apply the latest neuroscience and EEG brain imaging technology to update our questionnaire.
Personalized Feedback
Unlike many assessment providers, the TTI Success Insights profiles do not use generic feedback for their profiles. Their sophisticated algorithms within the IDS system allow for personalized wording based on an individual’s responses. This ultimately means that participants have better buy-in as they see their name throughout the profile.

No Adverse Impact
In order to comply with U.S. law, assessment tools must be accompanied with an adverse impact study. Essentially this means that they do not adversely impact any minority groups. TTI SI tools are EEOC and OFCCP compliant and are continuously tested and refined to ensure the highest standards of ethics and reliability. ​​
Team Profile
The TTI Success Insights DISC profile is available in a team version so that multiple people’s profiles can be combined into a single profile to give a behavioral snap shot of the whole team. This is particularly useful when working with managers and leaders to understand the make up of their teams.

Group Wheel Feature 
The TTI Success Insights Wheel is an industry-leading tool for visually representing an individual's DISC style. The wheel is now available in a team version so that multiple people can be plotted on a single wheel. 

We Promise You Our Best

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We promise to give you our very best in all that we do.  ​Our commitment to doing our best means we must make continuous investments and improvements. Our solutions can’t be static and still remain effective over time as we operate in a dynamic and rapidly changing world.  We recognize the importance of our role in preparing and empowering organizations for the future and take seriously our commitment to providing the best solutions possible.  

We will continue to refine our processes with an eye towards greater knowledge development and transfer, organizational impact, and partnerships with individuals, teams, leaders, and organizations that lead to better outcomes.  We promise you our best to fulfill our important responsibilities to those we serve. ​


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