Development Resources (LDR) team recently completed the design of an
executive assessment center for a national retailer with over 100
stores. Included in the assessment center are a business case role
play, a coaching case role play, a behavioral event interview, and
behavioral and ability assessments. The role plays and behavioral
event interview are centered on a competency model created
specifically for the organization and level of management. These
tools are based on the LDR team's extensive research and assessment of
existing high performing managers within the company.
The LDR team also administers the assessment center
process. Candidates for selection or promotion complete online
assessments prior to an in-person meeting. During the face-to-face
meeting, candidates participate in a behavioral event interview, a
business case and coaching case role play, and a supervised assessment
to verify online assessments. Coleman Lew then compiles a report that
integrates interpretations of the assessment results with scores on
the relevant competencies, as measured by the behavioral interview and
role play exercises. The assessment center is a very effective tool
for evaluating potential candidates and offers management information
that is helpful for selection, on-boarding, training, managing, and
developing the new members of the team.
Coleman Lew & Associates, Inc., founded in 1979 and
headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a national retained executive
search firm that recruits board members, officers, and senior level
executives for national and international companies, academic
institutions and non-profit organizations. The firm also provides
customized leadership development services to organizations seeking to
maximize corporate performance. Member, Association of Executive
Search Consultants (AESC).
