The Generational Style Assessment is a helps determine an individual’s influencing style when relating to people from different age groups or generations in the workplace and help them to adjust or “flex” their own approach. A brief synopsis of the four age groups used in this assessment is included in the final report. This also shows the four generational relating or influencing styles likely to be most effective in relation to each age group that can be employed by an individual.
The four styles (Steering, Empowering, Building, and Supporting) arise from intersecting two dimensions; the level of clarity and focus required by an individual or group, and the level of energy or engagement that is needed. It aims to:
- Raise people’s awareness about the very different behaviors and characteristics of the four age groups that we identify (20’s, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s+).
- Alert individuals to their own relating style biases, and show them four discrete influencing behaviors.
- Help people to take age differences more seriously in seeking to get the best out of everyone and contribute to getting all groups to work together more harmoniously.
The report from this online instrument contains extensive background information, assessment interpretation notes and development suggestions.
Authors: Anne Sandberg and Jon Warner
Publisher: Team Publications
Publication Date: ©2007 All Rights Reserved
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All WCOD diagnostic instruments and assessments fall into three main categories, with a range of different instruments or assessments available in each:
Assessments that measure the person or the individual in terms of specific competencies. Profiles that measure the person in terms of competency are all inventory type tools which use histogram graphs to indicate particular skills in a given area. This might include leadership or management competencies or particular competencies such as selling or time management ability, for example.
Assessments that help to measure a particular task or situation (and how a particular individual handles it). Instruments which take a "Situational" perspective generally use a four quadrant grid format to help an individual to determine which style he or she seems to favor the most in a given situation. Once known the person can access how readily he or she may be able to "flex" into the available styles in order to match the different circumstances or "Situations" that may be encountered on a day to day basis.
Assessments that measure individual behavioral style. Profiles that measure a person's behavior or their style allow individuals to answer a series of paired statements, which ultimately plot their output scores onto a four-quadrant grid. This grid will show a dominant and a secondary preferred style in the particular situation, and give individuals an indication of what they are likely to encounter in terms of behavior when they face a specific set of circumstances.
Diagnostic assessments and profiles published by WCOD and Team Publications (with questions relating to competencies, attitudes, styles and behaviours) are all designed to offer individuals an opportunity to complete a simple questionnaire for themselves and via reading a full interpretive report then gain what are hopefully a number of new insights into themselves. Most of our solutions can easily be used by individuals, teams, trainers, coaches, managers, HR professionals, and others engaging in or managing a development journey. Assessments of this kind can help individuals to reflect on their relative strengths and development needs on a structured basis. In addition to self-assessment, many of the products offer options for 180-degree feedback (to bring a supervisor or managers perspective to the individual) or 360-degree feedback (bringing a manager and a group of colleagues perspective in aggregate).
See a sample of a personalized report of results from the
Generational Style Assessment by clicking on the link below.
Sample Report:
Generational Style Assessment
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