Employment Assessment

DDI is the only global talent management consulting firm to offer assessment solutions across the leadership pipeline. You’ll benefit from our 40-year history of using the most tested and proven assessment methods in the world. Our methods reflect actual job behavior and deliver the most meaningful assessment experiences to participants—and the most predictive results to their companies. Leverage our assessments to make highly effective selection and promotion decisions as well as to create solid development plans.

You can choose from a range of assessment solutions that meet the needs of any audience, anywhere in the world. Our assessments are truly scalable along multiple continuums (portability, efficiency, price, risk, depth of insight, developmental value), so that you get what you need in the most efficient, effective fashion. All of our assessment options offer high reliability and validity.

Our assessment options include: 

Assessing Talent^®: Operational & Strategic Leader

Assessing Talent^® is a collection of proven assessment tools and methods (including simulations, interviews, personality inventories, and other measures of leadership effectiveness), which provide unparalleled insight into the capabilities of leaders. (link to:

Assessing Talent: People Leader^® 

Assessing Talent: People Leader® is an in-depth web-delivered behavioral assessment program for hiring, promoting, and developing first- and second-level leaders.

Manager Ready^SM

Manager Ready^SM is a highly predictive, frontline leader assessment that delivers the same quality of insight as an in-depth assessment center at one-fourth the cost. It delivers comprehensive reports and actionable development guides that cover the most critical frontline leadership competencies.

Leadership Insight Inventory

DDI’s Leadership Insight Inventory is a convenient and highly effective way to identify leadership talent and find those people with the competencies and personal attributes to succeed as a leader. Often used in conjunction with interviews, simulations, and job performance data, the Leadership Insight Inventory is a critical indicator of leadership talent for supervisory and managerial positions.

• Is a fast and efficient method for identifying leadership talent.
• Saves time and money.
• Avoids “selection mistakes” by increasing accuracy.

Leadership Mirror^®

DDI also offers competency-based, 360° multirater instruments to help you identify people's specific strengths and development opportunities. This provides them with a deeper understanding of their current performance as well as the tools and actions needed to enhance their performance. Then you can be certain that your workforce is composed of high performers who can help your organization reach its business objectives.