LDR Team Completes Design of Executive Assessment Center

Coleman Lew & Associates' Leadership 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).