The
Need for Talent
Today, business success is
measured in TALENT — The RIGHT TALENT for the job! Lack
of job performance and related employee turnover result in missed
business opportunities and increased costs. Eventually this
lowers the value of a company's stock. It makes business sense
that managers are now seeking better ways to accurately assess,
develop and retain top talent. Now there is a proven assessment
that will assist you in these endeavors –
the TTI Personal Talent Skills Inventory!
About the TTI Personal Talent Skills
Inventory
In 1967 Dr. Robert S. Hartman published The structure of
Value: Foundations of Scientific Axiology and founded the new
science of Axiology. Axiology is a mathematically accurate
assessment that objectively identifies how our mind analyzes and
interprets our experiences. It identifies how we are most likely
to react to a given situation. It helps us to understand the
patterns we use to form judgments about anything.
Unlike any other instruments
intended for a clinical setting but adapted to a business one,
the TTI Personal Talent Skills Inventory was designed, from the beginning based
on the
science of Axiology,
exclusively for use in a business environment and specifically tailored to meet the
needs of business managers and executives today. The result is an accurate ranking of personal
Skills and Capacities describing individual potential for workplace performance.
Unique to the Personal Talent
Skills Inventory is its ability to assess an individual's cognitive structure
(i.e., how their mind perceives themselves and the world around
them). This
tool scientifically measures the degree to which an individual
focuses on any given thought. The greater the focus the greater
the value of the thought which leads to what people will do.
THREE DIMENSIONS OF THOUGHT
The TTI Personal Talent Skills
Inventory measures the three " dimensions of
thinking" and how they are involved in every judgment or
decision we make.
The three dimensions of thinking are:
 | The People Dimension: Intense
personal involvement with, concentration on, or
investment in specific people. This
dimension involves acknowledging people as unique
individuals. Examples include love, empathy,
creativity, conscience, etc.
| The Tasks Dimension: The
real, practical world and the things in it. This is the
dimension of thinking that involves things as they
compare with other things, relative or practical
thinking. Examples include elements of the real,
material world, comparisons of good/better/best, and
seeing people, tasks or things as they compare with
other people or things in their class. |
| The Systems Dimension:
Absolute black & white, formal ideas of how things
should or should not be, all or nothing. This dimension is the one of definitions or
ideals, goals, structured thinking, policies,
procedures, rules, laws, oughts and shoulds. |
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Example - A Chair
The Systems Dimension thought about a chair is about if it is a
chair, what is a chair? If it has four legs, a back and it will
hold a person's weight...it is a chair.
The Tasks Dimension thought about the chair is how it
compares to other chairs I know about. Is it a padded or a plain
wood chair? Is it expensive or cheap?
The People Dimension thought is about its emotional value to
me - my grandfather handmade the chair.
The more People Dimension the thought a
person has the more likely h/she will act on it.
Implications
People use all three dimensions in
their thought processes. It is the ratio with which we apply them
that makes us different from one another. We all have different
balances of the three dimensions; that's what makes our decisions
and actions different from each other's. These dimensions, and
how we use them, are at the core of who we are. They are behind
our preferences, our strengths, and our weaknesses.
It is this understanding of our
individual strengths and weaknesses that will enable us to affect
change in our lives and achieve greater personal success. It is
only by first understanding something that we are then able to
change it.
In looking at thinking patterns, the TTI
Personal Talent Skills Inventory highlights and measures 80 business-related capacities.
For
individuals, the TTI Personal
Talent Skills Inventory
confirms and helps
them become more aware of what they are thinking about and how
much they value those thoughts.
For
example: Gaining Commitment: This is a capacity and it measures
how proficient a person is developing and invoking a
self-motivating attitude in his/her employees or co-workers in
the pursuit of their goals.
When
you come to believe that creating a self-motivating attitude is
the key to gaining commitment, which is a key to more
productivity it is clear the path the manager needs to take to be
more successful.
When combined
with an assessment of BEHAVIORAL TRAITS and VALUES,
the TTI Personal Talent Skills
Inventory
presents a complete picture of individual
talent.
Capacities are an important part of your organization's performance
management system!
Applications
The TTI
Personal Talent Skills Inventory
can
contribute successfully to a number of business processes
requiring effective talent management, including:
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Employee Selection
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Employee Development
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Coaching and Mentoring
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Performance Appraisals |
Targeted reports
are available to identify key talents required in a number of
business positions, such as:
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Leadership and Management
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Sales Management
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Sales
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General Employment
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Customer Service
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Healthcare |
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Emotional
Intelligence |
Validation
The TTI
Personal Talent Skills Inventory
has
been validated in over 28 individual validation studies, conducted
over 20 years by more than 19 separate examiners. It is proven
to meet the rigorous standards for
employment assessments referenced by the US Federal Government
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC). Validation has also been
documented in the areas of Construct Validity, Concurrent
Validity, Face Validity and Predictive Validity. Ongoing research
continues to underscore the value of this unique business tool.
The Bottom Line
Talent is the
priority in today's organizations. The keys to utilizing this
asset to its fullest potential lie in understanding it and finding
effective methods to measure it. The TTI
Personal Talent Skills Inventory
provides
management with a powerful new business tool to move ahead in the
race for top talent!
To
discover more about how the TTI
Personal Talent Skills Inventory
can help your
organization, give us a call at 410-499-0516.
Sample TTI Personal
Talent Skills (PTSI) Inventory Reports
Click
on the links below to view sample reports in  .
The
Leadership/Management PTSI™
The
Sales Management PTSI™
The
Sales PTSI™
The
Customer Service PTSI™
The
General Employment PTSI™
The
Healthcare PTSI™
The
Emotional Intelligence PTSI™
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