The right assessment takes some of the guesswork out of your people decisions. Used well, these tools give you objective, comparable data on how someone works, leads, communicates, and handles conflict, so hiring, development, and promotion decisions rest on more than a gut feel.
We don’t hand you a login and wish you luck. We match the right assessment to what you’re trying to do, run it, and help you and your people act on the results. Below are the tools we use most, grouped by what they’re good for.
Choosing the Right Assessment
An assessment is only as useful as the decision it supports. Before we recommend one, we start with your goal. Are you trying to hire the right person? Develop a manager? Help a team work through conflict? Build self-awareness across a group? The goal points to the assessment tool.
| Assessment Tool | Evaluation Subject | EANE Application |
|---|---|---|
| Drake P3 Behavioral Assessment | Objectively assess the behavioral characteristics a role needs, then measure how well your leading candidate matches. | Service: Recruiting |
| EQ Assessment | Measure emotional intelligence, name your strengths, and find where to improve. | Training: Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Connecting to Improve Results |
| Everything DiSC® Management Profile | Discover your DiSC management style and adapt it to motivate and develop each person you manage. | Training: Principles of Leadership for Supervisors & Managers | 5 Day Series |
| Everything DiSC® Productive Conflict | Build self-awareness around conflict behavior and respond better to the friction every workplace has. | Training: Conflicts Can Be Productive |
| Everything DiSC® Sales assessment | Align your sales approach to each customer's style. | Training: Aligning Sales Techniques with Customers Needs (Sales DiSC) |
| Everything DiSC® Workplace assessment | The priorities, preferences, and values each person brings to work. | Training: Self-Awareness and Adaptability Training: Leadership Skills for Lead People Series |
| Korn Ferry ® 360 Degree Assessment | A world-class, competency-based 360 that measures each skill against how important it is to the person's role. | Service: Coaching |
| Leadership Effectiveness & Adaptability Description (LEAD) Assessment | Your preferred leadership style, and how well you adapt it to different situations. | Training: Principles of Leadership for Supervisors & Managers | 5 Day Series |
| Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument | Learn the best use for each conflict-handling mode. | Training: Principles of Leadership for Supervisors & Managers | 5 Day Series Training: Conflicts Can Be Productive |
Frequently Asked Questions
What are talent management assessment tools?
They’re structured tools that measure things like behavior, emotional intelligence, leadership style, and conflict approach, so your people decisions rest on objective data instead of impressions alone.
How do you choose which assessment to use?
We start with your goal, whether that’s hiring, development, leadership growth, or working through conflict, and match the tool to it. The goal drives the tool.
Can these be used for hiring as well as development?
Yes. Some, like the Drake P3, are built for selection. Others, like DiSC and the Korn Ferry 360, are built for development and leadership growth. We’ll point you to the right one.
Which assessments does EANE use for leadership development?
Mainly the Korn Ferry 360, the EQ assessment, DiSC Management, and the LEAD assessment, depending on whether you’re building self-awareness, developing managers, or investing in senior leaders.