How can the Predictive Index® (PI) help us in the identification and development of future company leaders?

As your business moves forward and changes, what capabilities will you need? Do you have an effective plan in place to grow your leadership along with your company? Have you identified each future leader, and are you preparing them, along with your organization, for the challenges ahead? Incorporating strategies for leadership assessment and development are critical for your organization's long-term success.

Leadership assessment and the Predictive Index® (PI)

Leadership assessment begins with job assessment. Before selecting someone for a job, you need to know what the job requires, beyond a particular skill set or educational background. PI's PRO (Performance Requirement Options) worksheet gives you a "road map" for the positions in your company, providing important information about the behaviors and drives necessary for top quality performance in each leadership position.

Leadership assessment continues by comparing individuals' PI's with job needs. This process highlights fits and gaps, providing insight into the similarities and differences present in different candidates' approaches to the same job. This helps you determine who is best matched to any management position.

PI leadership assessment information can endorse an internal candidate for greater responsibilities. Even if there are some shortcomings in skills or experience, PI allows you to identify the gaps that may be filled by training and mentoring, allowing you to bring new talent to the management pool with confidence. When leadership development from within is not possible for a particular position, recruit talent from outside whose PI and experience indicate they can move the company to even greater levels of success.

Outstanding results in leadership assessment

Don McAdams, Director, Johnsonville Sausage, explains one of the benefits of using the Predictive Index while preparing his company for the future: "We have a tendency to see leadership in others but not as clearly in ourselves. PI allowed participants to understand their traits that allow them to lead."

Lumbermen's Vice President of Operations Steve Petersen is equally enthusiastic about PI: "Due to our growth, we have had to add numerous people at all levels of the company. By using PI as a tool in the hiring process, we can say that few hiring mistakes have been made."

At National Nail, the future CEO (succeeding the soon-to-retire chairman and president executive team), a Vice President of Finance, and a Director of Home Center Sales were recruited by the company. Each has appropriate work experience, as well as the motivation and behavioral traits, confirmed by PI, that have made them highly successful in their respective roles.