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How Can Assessment Solutions Transform Your Workforce?
Explore how data-driven insights and assessment solutions from Korn Ferry can help you make smarter talent decisions and build a high-performing workforce.
Korn Ferry Assessments: Smarter Talent Decisions to Build a High-Performing, Future-Ready Team
In a world where the right talent can make or break your organization’s success, understanding your workforce at every level is essential. Accurately assessing and developing talent is critical to staying ahead of the competition.
How can you ensure that you’re making the best decisions about hiring, developing, and leading your team? That’s where Korn Ferry assessments come in.
Below, we answer common questions about how Korn Ferry Assess can empower your organization with the insights needed to make smarter talent decisions, build a leadership pipeline, and create a more resilient, high-performing workforce.
What Is Korn Ferry Assess?
Imagine having a crystal ball for your talent strategy that gives you deep insights into your people across all levels of your organization. That’s what Korn Ferry Assess offers. It’s a powerful, comprehensive assessment tool designed to help you truly understand your workforce, from top leaders to individual contributors.
By evaluating competencies, experiences, traits, and drivers, Korn Ferry Assess equips you to make smarter, more informed decisions about who to hire, how to develop your team, and who is ready to lead. With Korn Ferry assessments, you can confidently bridge talent gaps and set your organization up for long-term success.
How Can Korn Ferry Assessments Help Organizations with Their Talent Strategies?
Think of Korn Ferry Assess as your strategic partner in building a future-ready workforce. Our assessments don’t just provide data. They offer actionable insights that empower you to meet goals like these:
- Cultivating leaders who are prepared for tomorrow’s challenges.
- Benchmarking your talent against industry standards, so you know exactly where you stand.
- Predicting which employees will thrive in new roles or with new responsibilities.
- Analyzing outcomes to continually refine your people strategy.
- Driving meaningful progress in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Ensuring fair and equitable pay across your organization.
- Boosting engagement by understanding what truly motivates your employees.
These insights aren’t just numbers on a page. They’re the keys to unlocking your organization’s full potential.
How Does Korn Ferry Assess Help Us Understand What “Good” Looks Like for Our Organization?
We all know the frustration of having different, subjective opinions on what makes a candidate or employee “good.” Korn Ferry assessments cut through the noise by helping you establish clear, consistent criteria for evaluating talent.
Using our best-in-class Success Profiles, you can align your team around a shared definition of excellence in a role. And while the criteria are standardized, you can also customize them to fit your unique needs. You’re doing more than filling roles. You’re aligning your talent strategy with your business goals.
How Does Korn Ferry Assess Help Us Understand the Talent We Currently Have in Our Organization?
Wouldn’t it be great to know exactly how your people stack up against what your organization needs? Korn Ferry assessments make that possible.
By matching your employees against Success Profiles, you get a realistic, detailed understanding of their performance, potential, readiness, and fit for their roles. This isn’t just a report. It’s a roadmap for making better decisions about who to promote, how to develop your talent, and how to prepare for future leadership needs.
Our assessments also drive meaningful behavioral changes and help you create personalized development plans that make a real difference in your employees’ growth and satisfaction.
How Does Korn Ferry Assess Help Us Build Our Talent Pipeline to Close Gaps?
Building a strong talent pipeline is about more than just hiring the right people—it’s about ensuring your team is prepared for what’s next. Korn Ferry Assess gives you the data-driven insights you need to build your talent pipeline through the following:
- Selection: Choose candidates who are more likely to thrive in your organization.
- Development: Create personalized development plans that accelerate your team’s readiness for new challenges.
- Succession planning: Place the right people in the right roles at the right time, ensuring smooth transitions.
- Build vs. buy: Strike the perfect balance between developing internal talent and bringing in fresh perspectives.
- Role design: Offer experiences that keep your talent bench strong and ready to perform.
This approach ensures that you have a proactive talent strategy and that you’re ready for the next big opportunity. Korn Ferry assessments aren’t just strategic—they’re transformative.
Who Should Use Korn Ferry Assess?
Korn Ferry Assess is for any organization serious about making talent a competitive advantage. Whether you’re a growing startup or a global enterprise, if you want to elevate your talent management practices, Korn Ferry Assess is for you.
HR professionals, learning and development teams, and leadership development practitioners will find it particularly useful in driving better outcomes for their organizations.
How Is Korn Ferry Assess Administered?
Convenience and flexibility are at the heart of Korn Ferry Assess. It’s administered online, so participants can complete it remotely, wherever they are. It’s also available in multiple languages, making it an ideal solution for global teams. This means your assessment process is thorough and seamless, no matter where your employees are located.
How Does Korn Ferry Assess Ensure Accuracy and Fairness?
Accuracy and fairness are non-negotiable when it comes to assessing your people. Korn Ferry Assess is built on rigorous research and psychometric principles, ensuring that every assessment is reliable and unbiased. Plus, our 2024 updated norms reflect the latest in population behaviors and conditions, meaning you’re working with the most accurate and up-to-date insights available. Simply put, you can trust the results to guide your most important talent decisions.
Our clients see a return on their investment when they use our in-depth (high-touch) simulation-based assessments, which have proven to be 96% more accurate than the industry average. And our integrated (medium–touch) assessments (test + interview-only assessments) are 18% more accurate than the industry’s high-touch solution.
Can Korn Ferry Assess Integrate with Our Existing HR Software?
Absolutely. We know how important it is for all of your HR tools to work together seamlessly. That’s why Korn Ferry Assess partners with HRIS providers to ensure smooth integration with your existing systems. This way, you get all the benefits of Korn Ferry Assess without any of the headaches.
How Are We Informed About Progress During the Assessment of Our People?
Transparency is key to any successful assessment program. Korn Ferry assessments keep you in the loop with progress and data analytics. Progress analytics track engagement levels, helping you understand how well your assessment program is being adopted across your organization.
Meanwhile, our data analytics show you the bigger picture, helping you spot patterns and gaps in your talent pool, whether you’re looking at function, country, or level. This insight helps you make informed decisions, including how to address the gap between where your talent needs to be and where it is now and what development is needed to close the gap.
What Infrastructure Do You Have that Supports a Global Assessment and Succession Program?
Korn Ferry is truly global, with a network of over 2,000 skilled assessors, coaches, and facilitators fluent in more than 30 languages. Our team brings expertise in talent assessment, a deep understanding of local legal requirements, and knowledge of regional talent markets.
Additionally, our AI-driven conversational feedback lets you scale assessment and development by helping individuals comprehend their assessment results and supporting their ongoing development journey. Whether you’re running a global assessment program or focused on a specific region, our infrastructure and expertise support you at every step.
Why Should We Trust Korn Ferry to Be Our Assessment Provider?
Choosing Korn Ferry as your talent assessment company means partnering with a leader in talent management. Unleashing potential in leaders, teams, and organizations motivates us.
We’ve completed 69 million leader assessments over the last five years, drawing on over 6 billion proprietary data points. These insights inform Success Profiles, which form the foundation for our assessment programs. These insights deepen our understanding of people, enabling us to drive lasting business impact for our clients.
Our assessment of competencies, traits, and drivers covers the essential qualities required for leadership success. The traits are based on the “Big 5,” which are based on standard personality psychology research. The competencies draw from decades of research and experience from our legacy companies, including Lominger and PDI/Ninth House.
Our deep understanding of what drives success in leadership ensures that you’re not just assessing competencies—you’re unlocking the full potential of your people.
What Impact Has Korn Ferry Assess Had?
The results speak for themselves. CEOs who score high on Korn Ferry assessments are four times more likely to lead top-performing companies. Organizations using our leadership assessments see a 47% reduction in CEO turnover within the first three years. And employees who closely match our Success Profiles are 7.5x more likely to be engaged in their roles.
Consistent use of Korn Ferry Assess can also improve overall talent performance by 25%. These aren’t just numbers—they’re the real-world impact of a well-executed talent strategy.
What Kind of Support Does Korn Ferry Provide for Using Assess?
We’re with you every step of the way. Korn Ferry offers comprehensive support, including onboarding, training, and ongoing assistance. Our expert consultants can help you interpret the results and develop action plans that turn insights into impactful decisions.
We’re committed to making sure you get the most out of your investment in Korn Ferry Assess.
Can Korn Ferry Assess Be Customized to Fit Our Specific Needs?
Yes! We understand that every organization is unique. We can tailor Korn Ferry Assess to align with your requirements and competency frameworks, ensuring that the assessments deliver the insights that matter most to you.
What Makes Korn Ferry Assess Different from Other Assessment Tools on the Market?
Korn Ferry Assess is backed by decades of research and a deep understanding of what drives success. It’s not just about gathering data—it’s about transforming that data into actionable insights. Our holistic approach combines assessment results with practical tools and resources, ensuring that you can take action—at scale.
How Often Should We Conduct Assessments?
The frequency of assessments depends on your organization’s goals and needs. Regular assessments can help you track development progress, identify emerging leaders, and respond to changing business needs. We’ll work with you to determine the best cadence for your organization.
How Does a Subscription to Korn Ferry’s Assessment Solutions Support Assessment at Scale?
Subscribing to Korn Ferry Assess gives you the flexibility to integrate assessments throughout the employee lifecycle, from hiring and onboarding to development and succession planning. With a subscription, you’ll get these benefits:
- Comprehensive coverage: Access a full suite of assessment tools for every need.
- Consistency and standardization: Apply uniform criteria across your organization, ensuring fairness and clarity.
- Cost efficiency: Maximize your investment by subscribing to all Korn Ferry assessment solutions.
- Data-driven insights: Gather robust data across various stages of the employee journey to make strategic decisions.
- Scalable implementation: Easily scale assessments to meet the needs of your entire workforce, regardless of size or location.
- Enhanced talent strategy: Continuously identify and address talent gaps, creating a strong and aligned talent pipeline.
How Can We Get Started?
Getting started is easy. Contact our sales team for a consultation, and we’ll recommend the best assessment solutions for your organization. Let Korn Ferry Assess be the key to unlocking your organization’s full potential—today and in the future.
Interested in learning more? Speak with an expert today.
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