The document is a summary of a leadership assessment tool called Kenexa Sentio that measures an individual's leadership potential and capabilities. It measures three components - capacity, capability and cultural fit. Capacity refers to innate traits and talents. Capability refers to skills and experience. It uses situational judgement questions to assess understanding of effective leadership behaviors across four clusters - creating strategy, engaging talent, inspiring people, and achieving excellence. The report provides feedback on strengths and areas for development across the 12 high-performance leadership behaviors measured.
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1. In today's business environment, it's important to measure and predict
the performance of your best asset - your people. Finding the tools that
can give you an accurate assessment of each individual's potential
leadership capability can be difficult. Kenexa® Sentio is a Situational
Judgment Test ideal for predicting job performance and measuring
talent.
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2. UNDERSTANDING lEADERSHIP
In the ropidly changing, complex and dynamic environment within which we
operate, leaders are critical to organizational success. To understand an
individual's leadership strengths and development areas, we need to start by
understanding the key predictors 01 leadership performance. leadership
performance is derived through the contribution 01 three critical components
measured by Kenexa's suite 01 leadership Assessments: Capacity, Capability
and Culture Fi!.
leadership Capacity is the born potential an individual brings to lead at a
levei 01 excellence. Capacity assessments measure (1) leadership Talents - or
inherent personality traits that predispose a leader to deliver on the twelve
high performance leadership behaviors; (2) the leader's Prelerence lor
diHerent types 01 leadership roles: and (3) leadership Cognitive ability lor
verbal, logical and numerical reasoning assessed against the complexity 01
the leadership demands.
leadership Capability is the levei 01 accumulated skill, knowledge and learning the leader has acquired through academic and applied
experience. leadership Capability is a blend 01 lunctional skills/knowledge and experience and use 01 the researched and validated
12 Kenexa High Performance Behaviors.
SENTIO ASSESSMENT
Kenexa's Sentio Assessment lor predicting leadership performance applies a series 01 situational [udqrnent
and lorced choice questions relined through 30 years 01 research with high performing leaders. Sentio
assesses your knowledge 01 how to respond effectively to today's business challenges. Each 01 the work
scenarios in this assessment are based on real situations experienced byactualleaders.
Sentio measures the 12 leadership behoviors that have a proven impact on business success. These High Performance Behaviors are a
key part 01 leadership success. They not only identify the business thinking that's required to take an organization lorward, but also the
interpersonal achievement and motivational behaviors 01 successlulleaders.
While leaders have varied levels 01 capability lor these behaviors, 011 01 these behaviors can be learned and developed, so your
capability prolile will change over time. The results in this report can be used as a guide to selection and development lor the next 12 to
18 months.
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3. HOW TO READ YOUR REPORT
Senlio measures your awareness 01 eflective leadership behavior and thus your capability 10 use these behaviors 10 manage crilical
incidenls in lhe workplace. Your actual use 01 lhe behaviors can be influenced by your environmenl, 50 it is imporlanl 10 consider your
results in liqht 01 your business challenges, your role and your own prelerences and career goals. Your repor! provides you with
inlormalion on your leasl and mosl applied behaviors. II delails your capability in lhe areas 01 crealing slralegy, engaging lalenl, inspiring
people and achieving excellence based on your responses 10 each 01 lhe workplace scenarios. Eoch 01 these areas is broken down
lurlher 10 lhe behaviorallevel where you are provided with a descriplion 01 your leasl and mosl applied behaviors and how you can
develop this lurlher. We recommend you locus on those behaviors 01 mosl relevance 10 lhe business challenges you will lace over lhe nexl
610 12 rnonths.•Below is a summary 01 how lhe 12 High Perlormance Behaviors combine 10 deliver within each 01 lhe lour behavioral
cluslers 01 leadership impact.
Figure 1. High perlormance framework
Behavioral definitions
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Galhering Inlelligence, Generaling Ideas and Acceleraling Innovalion are lhe behaviors thot make up lhe Crealing
Slralegy clusler. lhese behaviors make lhe highesl conlribulion 10 an organizalion's perlormance in slralegy
lormalion, planning and big picture Ihinking.
Eslablishing Trust, Foslering Collaboralion and Developing lalenl are lhe behaviors thot make up lhe Engaging
lalenl clusler. Oulslanding leaders seek 10 undersland perspectives, build relalionships and encourage and develop
peoples' lalenls. These behaviors are essenlial 10 improving perlormance and crealing an almosphere 01 learning.
Influencing People, Building Conlidence and Communicaling Eflecliveness are lhe behaviors thot make up lhe Inspiring
People clusler. Oulslanding leaders inspire and excile. lhese behaviors relale parlicularly 10 building conlidence and
excilemenl in a leam and are crucial lor achieving support for ideas.
Implemenling Change, Improving Perlormance and Winning Cuslomers are lhe behaviors thot make up lhe Achieving
Excellence clusler. lhese action orienled behaviors are how we break down barriers and make Ihings happen. As
leaders, it is our responsibility 10 ensure lasks are slructured, plans and ideas are implemenled and we conlinually
improve business performance.
4. YOUR lEADERSHIP PROFllE
Kenexo's 12 High Perlormonce Behoviors ore grouped inlo four behavioral cluslers below: Crealing Slralegy, Engoging Talenl, Inspiring
People and Achieving Excellence. Your knowledge on how 10 apply each behavioral clusler is disployed below.
Leasl Applied Less Applied
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More Applied Mosl Applied
5. YOUR RESULTS:OVERAlllEADERSHIP CAPABllITY INDEX
lhe Leadership Capability score below is calculaled based upon your responses 10 lhe silualional judgmenl queslions, and indicales your
overall underslanding of lhe behaviors thot will drive high performance.
This score shows lhe following:
• Global norm • Your capabilily results
Your underslanding of how 10 deal with complex leodership siluolions using high performonce leodership behoviors. This does nol lell
you how compelenl you are 01 core monagemenl skills, e.g. lime monogemenl, or your levei of lechnical / functionol knowledge of lhe
role.
How you compare 10 high-performing leoders from our global dolobase: this is mode up of thousonds of leodership proliles of
monogers and leaders from a range of global orgonizolions. Our reseorch shows thot people who hove had more exposure 10
complex leadership silualions will more likely build on underslonding ond opplicolion of Ihese high performonce leadership behaviors.
This dolo con be used 10 help you focus your developmenl as a leader agoinsl lhe leadership behoviors thot are proven 10 drive higher
levels of performonce. II is imporlonl 10 nole thot these behaviors con be developed over lime and thot this score meosures your
underslonding of lhe leodership behoviors now; il is nol on indicolor of your polenliol copobility. Using this, and lhe results on lhe
following pages, this reporl will give you a focus on how you con opply your lime ond energy 10 develop lhe behoviors thot will drive
your performonce in a leodership role.
YOUR RESUlTS: HIGH PERFORMANCE lEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS
Bosed upon your responses 10 lhe forced-choice queslions, Senlio com pules your scores for each of lhe 12 High-Performonce Behoviors
individuolly, along with a composile summary of your scores for eoch of lhe Behovioral Cluslers. lhe purpose of this section of lhe reporl
is 10 help you idenlify lhe behoviors thot are mosl opplied and those lha I are leasl applied. lhe below symbols are opplied 10 classify your
levei of developmenl:
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Leasl Applied - Bosed upon a ronk 01 your High Performonce Behoviors, your copability is
leasl opplied 10 deliver Ihese behoviors.
Less Applied - Based upon a rank 01 your High Performance Behoviors, your copobility is less
opplied 10 deliver Ihese behaviors.
More Applied - Bosed upon a rank 01 your High Performonce Behoviors, your copobility is
relolively more opplied 10 deliver Ihese behoviors.
Mosl Applied - Bosed upon a ronk 01 your High Performonce Behoviors, your copobility is
mosl opplied 10 deliver these behoviors.
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OVERVIEW OF lEADERSHIP BEHAVIORAl RESUlTS
This seclion is 011 oboul your personol developmenl.
The Senlio repor! provides deloiled feedbock of your results ocross lhe 12 Leodership High Performonce Behoviors.
The groph below indicoles lhe behoviors you opply lhe mosl ond lhe behoviors you opply lhe leosl. To inlerprel this repor!:
• Focus on using your most opplied behoviors in suiloble siluolions 10 improve your performonce.
• Idenlify ony other behoviors which ore impor!onl for your performonce ond 0150 focus on developing Ihese.
Becouse Ihis groph is designed 10 disploy your personol oreos of developmenl il is nol inlended for direcl comporison with other
condidoles who hove underloken this ossessmenl.
Esloblishing trust
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Influencing people
Corrrrunic otinq effectively
Developing lolenl
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Building confidence
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Fostering colloborolion
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Implerrenling chonge
Golhering inlelligence
Generoling ideos
Acceleroling innovolion
Improving perto rmonce
Winning custorrers
CREATlNG STRATEGY BEHAVIORS:
Golhering Inlelligence, Generoling Ideos ond Acceleroling Innovolion
ENGAGING TALENT BEHAVIORS
Esloblishing Trusl, Foslering Colloborolion ond Developing Tolenl
INSPIRING PEOPLE BEHAVIORS:
Influencing People, Building Confidence ond Communicoling Effecliveness
ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE BEHAVIORS:
Implemenling Chonge, Improving Pedormonce ond Winning Cuslomers