What are leadership assessment solutions?

Leadership assessment is the process of assessing and enhancing the capabilities of current and future leaders within an organization. It focuses on improving essential skills such as decision-making, project management, and strategic thinking through training, mentorship, and leadership skill tests. The goal is to prepare individuals to excel in leadership roles, enabling them to effectively guide their teams and drive organizational success.

Build a leadership bench with data that matters

Secure your organization's future with customized, data-driven and skills-based leadership assessments

Role analysis

Step 1

Understand key success competencies for a leadership position.

Competency mapping

Step 2

Integrate key competencies alongside organizational objectives and measure them using our customized assessment battery.

Assessment & report configuration

Step 3

Run the assessment for a representative population to understand efficiency and accuracy.

Assessment administration & reporting

Step 4

Roll out the assessment within your organization and evaluate the final reports of your people.

Further data analysis

Step 5

Benchmark scores according to industry and internal data to ensure candidate fitment.

Evaluate leaders with our futuristic leadership assessment framework

Guide by example

Internalize a learning mindset and constantly seek opportunities
Remain focused in the face of adversity and uncertainty

Build diverse and successful teams

Develop teams by identifying their strengths and areas of development
Value the importance of diversity and inclusion

Accelerate innovation

Foster innovation to approach issues differently and strive for constant innovation
Handle ambiguous or unpredictable situations comfortably

Lead for business

Promote strategic thinking, a broader perspective and a shared vision
Solve problems and make critical decisions after considering all available data

Accelerate the leadership journey of your people

Our customized product suite empowers organizations to identify, develop, and engage leaders to safeguard the future of the business.

Online assessments

Behavioral assessments & simulators

Case study simulators
Inbox simulators
Situational judgement tests

Psychometric assessments

Personality assessments
Cognitive assessments

Development centers

Virtual development centers (online)

Fully digital
Online exercises
Quick and scalable

Blended development centers (online + offline)

Expert assessor
Offline & online exercises
Personalized experience

Feedback & survey tools

360-degree feedback

Intuitive report
Customizable survey

Built by experts, compliant with global psychometric standards

Our assessments are developed by in-house teams of industrial-organizational psychologists, psychometricians & data scientists

Well-researched tools

Based on widely accepted ability models

Designed for corporates

High correlation with on-the-job performance

Flags ingenuine responses

Impression management, central tendency, extreme responses

High reliability and validity

Robust psychometric properties

Assessments designed by psychologists with global memberships

Aptitude tests that adhere to leading psychometric and employment standards

Building relationships

SRL Diagnostics' Journey to Restructure Their Sales Team with Mercer | Mettl [Client Testimonial]

Mercer | Mettl’s team was excellent in understanding our needs. They heard us intently, also sharing some pertinent inputs. They ensured we remained on track for our competency assessments, besides providing us considerable follow-up support. We look forward to our continued partnership with Mercer | Mettl for all our competency-based assessment needs in the future.

- Farasat Khan

Head, Learning and Development, SRL Diagnostics

Modern Foods Industry Success Story [Client Testimonial]

The validity of Mercer | Mettl's assessments is exceptionally robust. It enabled us to funnel people who were precisely the type we needed. Mercer | Mettl helped us to accurately identify high-potential candidates within our internal team.

- Sonal Kapur Sinha

CHRO, Modern Foods

Transforming Averda's Recruitment Processes with Mercer | Mettl's Virtual Tools [Client Testimonial]

The ease of navigating the platform, the simplicity of the assessment reports, the ability to adapt to the COVID-19 situation -all of these helped us reduce bad hires, ensure successful probations and onboard individuals with the right set of competencies. I had a 5-star experience!

- Anson Mathews

Organization Development Manager, Averda

Building a Successful Sales Team with CP Plus [Client Testimonial]

We had short timelines in which we had to scale up our workforce. From customized solutions, ease of usability, building an in-depth understanding of the client’s problem to seamless integration with our applicant tracking system, Mercer | Mettl’s assessments ticked all the checkboxes in our wishlist and delivered within our timelines. There is no better validation than what we have witnessed - ou

- Arpan Anand

CHRO, Aditya Infotech Limited (CP PLUS)

Customer success stories

Here’s how we helped our customers transform their strategies and build winning teams

About

Tata Play Fiber is a subsidiary of Tata Play Limited, co-owned by The Tata Group, The Walt Disney Company India, and Temasek Holdings. The company is dedicated to empowering customers with the first pan-India Fiber to the Home (FTTH) broadband infrastructure.

Use case: Leadership developement, employee feedback

Business challenges

Tata Play Fiber aimed to leverage a scientific tool for potential assessment while identifying gaps in their current learning & development (L&D) design. The goal was to formulate a new strategy and upgrade the employee feedback approach.

Solution

Customized leadership tests to assess leadership competencies.
Report generation with insightful data.

Impact

Shift to holistic assessments with 360-degree feedback.
Streamlined L&D process.
91 professionals underwent leadership assessment.
E-learning adoption in the company grew from 33% to 73%.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The 5 Levels of Leadership, developed by John C. Maxwell, outline a framework for understanding and developing leadership skills. The levels are:

Position: This is the foundational level where people follow you because they have to. Leadership is based on your title or position within an organization.
Permission: At this level, people follow you because they want to. Relationships are built, and trust is established, allowing leaders to influence others more effectively.
Production: Leaders at this level produce results. People follow because of what you have done for the organization. This level focuses on achieving goals and driving performance.
People Development: Here, leaders focus on developing others. People follow because of what you have done for them. This level emphasizes mentoring, coaching, and empowering team members.
Pinnacle: The highest level of leadership, where leaders are respected and followed because of who they are and what they represent. Leaders at this level create a legacy and inspire others to become leaders themselves.

Testing leadership skills can be approached through various methods to ensure a comprehensive evaluation. Here are some effective ways to assess leadership skills:

Self-assessment surveys: Individuals evaluate their own leadership competencies using tools like leadership style inventories and emotional intelligence assessments.
360-degree feedback: Collect feedback from peers, subordinates, supervisors, and clients to gain a comprehensive view of leadership abilities through structured questionnaires.
Behavioral interviews: Conduct interviews focusing on past experiences, asking candidates to describe situations where they demonstrated leadership, resolved conflicts, or motivated teams.
Psychometric tests: Use standardized assessments, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) or Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i), to evaluate personality traits and emotional intelligence relevant to leadership.
Performance reviews: Analyze past evaluations to assess leadership competencies, achievements, and areas for improvement, focusing on team management and interpersonal skills.
Leadership development programs: Enroll individuals in training programs that include assessments, providing feedback on their leadership style and growth areas.
Mentorship and coaching feedback: Gather insights from mentors or coaches who can evaluate the individual's leadership style, strengths, and development needs.

By combining these methods, organizations can effectively assess and develop their leaders.

Here’s a concise version of the importance of leadership assessments:

Identify potential leaders: Helps organizations spot individuals with leadership potential for future roles.
Enhance development: Tailors training programs to address specific leadership skills and needs.
Improve team dynamics: Provides insights into leadership styles, fostering better communication and collaboration.
Align goals: Ensures leadership competencies align with organizational vision and objectives.
Reduce turnover: Effective leaders create positive environments, leading to higher employee retention.
Enhance decision-making: Reveals strengths and weaknesses in decision-making abilities for better outcomes.
Foster accountability: Encourages leaders to take ownership of their actions and decisions.
Facilitate Succession Planning: Identifies potential successors for key leadership roles, ensuring continuity.
Promote feedback culture: Encourages continuous improvement and receptiveness to feedback.
Measure effectiveness: Provides metrics to evaluate and improve leadership development initiatives.
Support diversity: Identifies diverse leadership styles, promoting an inclusive leadership team.

In summary, leadership assessments are crucial for developing effective leaders, improving team performance, and achieving organizational success.

Leadership assessments to build an inclusive, resilient and agile leadership pipeline