Consulting Services
Professional Leverage Incorporated (PLI) services include:
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• Public Safety Evaluations
Staffing -- including hiring, training, and potential conduct problems with employees -- is one of the most costly budget demands for public safety agencies. This high expense increases the need to identify individuals who possess the traits required for a particular position before they are extended job offers. Pre-employment public safety suitability evaluations include standardized testing, a review of background and history, and a face-to-face interview. The evaluation report provides a hiring recommendation via rating, identified areas for further review by Background and/or the hiring authority, and a review of relevant background and testing information. Examples of the traits which may be evaluated during this process and are identified as essential by many public safety positions include a person's ability to interact with citizens in a positive manner, to use self-control in emergency and confrontational situations, to have the required flexibility in decision making, and to demonstrate a high level of integrity. Fictionalized final report samples can be found through these links:
State Trooper Conditionally Suited
Detention Officer Poorly Suited-Post Conditional Job Offer
A sampling of agencies that PLI has served in a sub-contractor capacity include the following:
Boulder County (CO) Sheriff's Department
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Colorado State Patrol
Denver (CO) Police and Fire Departments
Estes Park (CO) Police Department
Fort Morgan (CO) Police Department
Lafayette (CO) Police Department
Larimer County (CO) District Attorney's Office
Longmont (CO) Police and Fire Departments
Morgan County (CO) Sheriff's Department
Westminster (CO) Police Department
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Wyoming Highway Patrol
• Management or Executive Evaluations
Positions requiring managerial or executive level decision making affect an organization's short and long-term success, linking a high potential cost to these roles. After applicants complete objective written testing, they are interviewed regarding their background and work history, specific job interests and difficulties, and other relevant professional dimensions. The management reports provide a profile sketch - including traits and the potential strengths and weaknesses of the person, direct interview probes, and focused management suggestions. An applicant's strategic vision and tactical approach, interpersonal manner, and other position-related traits can be matched to the organization's charted direction for the future.
Promotion and succession planning are key processes in any organization. Identifying who from a candidate pool possesses the traits and experience most associated with success in a senior position is a hurdle faced both in the private sector and in public safety organizations. Assessment by a contracted, outside party, provides an objective measurement to use as part of your strategic succession planning. At PLI, we use objective testing, interview, a review of history and background, along with feedback from collateral parties (supervisors, subordinates, and other professional contacts) to give an organization the best information available. Assessment can identify unknown benefits as well as developmental areas for a person's work behavior while allowing the hiring authority to make the most successful promotion choices.
Special assignment evaluations are useful tools for identifying appropriate candidates for special response/SWAT teams, product launch teams, and other specialized fields in public and private sector organizations. Objective testing, targeted history reviews, interview, and collateral reports are some of the ways information is gathered to develop an integrated report for the hiring authority. These reports can be customized to make a recommendation relevant to a specific position in your organization.
Most organizations have at least one "problem employee." Do words such as insensitive, volatile, lacking direction, or thrown-by-change describe anyone on your team? Is there an officer who repeatedly reacts without considering the consequences of actions. Does an executive have a glaring "blind spot" that does not seem to improve? Gain outside assistance with identifying unproductive attitudes in a team and helping the individuals to adopt more successful behavior. Objective testing, a review of the individual's work-relevant history, interviews with the individual and collaborative sources can all be included in PLI's developmental assessments. This form of evaluation provides constructive feedback along with training recommendations to address the noted "problem employee."
Developmental assessments can also be used to identify talents, strengths, and aptitudes possessed by your team that currently may be underutilized. By continually challenging your staff, their sense of value and commitment is apt to increase, leading to a higher retention rate for your organization and improved overall performance levels.
Without follow-up coaching, often the benefits of training rapidly disappear. Or, a person makes an effort to change an unproductive attitude or behavior, yet falters after a few days of success. Such setbacks can seem insurmountable, leading to frustration and a "give up" attitude. Targeted performance coaching can enhance the results of your team by providing ongoing feedback and recommendations for change. Assessment is used to reveal the specific underlying attitudes and ideas, then coaching provides guidance on altering them to achieve real change in behavior. Program packages can be customized to fit a client's situation.
Have a unique development situation? Gain the benefit of collaborative solutions by contacting Professional Leverage Incorporated. We are open to developing flexible solutions to address whatever need or opportunity faces your organization. We hope to help you stay on the cutting edge by leveraging your staffing resources.
04/04/07