Decipher Group utilises the very latest in strategic talent management, assessment, and development techniques and tools available. Through our partnership with industry leading provider Talogy and our own in-house capability, we can deliver a range of assessment options or alternatively, if this is client-led as part of a recruitment process, we will happily provide the level of assistance required.
Some of the more popular areas of support and assistance we provide includes:
Psychometric
Assessment
Personality assessments are ideal for both pulling apart and isolating areas of an individual’s personality with questions structured to assess test-takers natural tendencies and their potential for various behaviours in hypothetical situations.
Predominately used for selection and recruitment purposes, personality assessment can also be a useful developmental tool, particularly when coupled with other assessment options.
Emotional
Awareness
For a leadership role, the ability to understand, manage, and think about their own and other people’s feelings and emotions is critical to inspiring performance and building an engaged team through influencing, coaching, and working through others.
This assessment method is useful when making selection decisions for senior leadership roles and any role involving people relationships.
Motivational
Drivers
Drivers profiles a person’s motivations and effort they are likely to expend in different activities. It is based on widely recognised theories of career development and work values and explores how compatible individuals are with different work environments.
Predominately designed for developmental purposes but also informative in selection decisions where person-organisation fit is the focus.
Cognitive Ability
Assessments
Cognitive mental ability is said to be the greatest predictor of job performance. Testing can be hugely beneficial in assessing a candidate’s likely ability to be able to perform in the given role that they are applying for, particularly potential based roles, or in instances where skills from previous jobs are seen to be transferrable.
Predominately used for selection and recruitment purposes; should a process require an assessment of cognitive ability, we suggest combining with our personality assessments.
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"What we are looking for from a recruitment partner is a firm with a good reputation in the market and one that has access to a broad selection of candidates. Having an added level of search and recruitment expertise, really makes the difference. At the time of being introduced to Decipher Group, we knew we needed a new approach and Decipher have certainly delivered."
Richard Greenaway
Chief Executive Officer, Anderson Lloyd.
"I have a long standing professional relationship with Decipher Group, and have enlisted their services to recruit a variety of senior management, executive and governance level positions. The skills and experience of Decipher’s in-house team are outstanding."
Trevor Burt
Chair, Rua Bioscience; Chair, MHM Automation Limited; Director, Landpower Group Limited; Director, MG Marketing Limited; Trustee, Maia Health Foundation.
"Decipher find the right people based on the skills and requirements criteria. In some instances, this can mean a limited pool of candidates, but we trust Decipher to find the right people and when needed, challenge our thinking."
Claire Evans
Partner, PwC Legal; Independent Director, Christchurch City Holdings Ltd; Trustee, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra; Independent Director, Canterbury Linen Services Limited; Trustee, Emergency Care Foundation. Previous: Intern Director, Lyttelton Port Company.
"We typically partner with an external recruitment consultancy when looking for executive level roles. The value for us, is tapping into a consultancy’s wider networks, looking for talent in industries different to ours as well as identifying up and coming leaders and future talent in the regions in which we operate. Decipher Group is great at building networks and relationships in a business environment; they have strong connections in the market and Calder Stewart leverage this when recruiting for roles."
Darren Evans
Chief Executive Officer, Calder Stewart.
"Our partnership with Decipher Group has evolved and we now use them as our outsourced HR provider on a retainer basis. It means we can tap into HR guidance and support on an as needed basis, providing critical and timely advice, while also having a permanent and independent HR contact for our wider team."
Monique Kaminski
Founder, Jeuneora.
"Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research is a Crown Research Institute responsible for supporting New Zealand to develop a sustainable relationship with our land and the diversity of life on land, through the delivery of exceptional science and partnerships across a wide range of disciplines and organisations. We have utilised the services of Decipher Group for a number of executive appointments within our organisation and developed a trusted relationship with them over several years."
Richard Gordon
Former Chief Executive, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research.
