Barrett Chapman Brown, Ph.D.
Principal | San Francisco
Accountability does not have to be a punitive concept in your organization. Based on our best-selling book, Winning With Accountability: The Secret Language of High Performing Organizations, we deliver a proprietary, language based method for improving business results, while building stronger relationships. When using our Accountability Method™, our clients implement their strategies at 3-8x the published Harvard average, giving our clients a competitive edge.
Simply put, organizations that are trained to use high specificity in their language - plan and perform with excellence!
Go from punitive to positive! Other methods focus on how to "hold people accountable", meaning that they assume accountability should be on the back end of your process, often, AFTER the relationship or project has failed. In our accountability workshop, your team will learn to "frontload" accountability for outstanding business results. Our method is delivered to industry and taught in business schools worldwide.
Most behavioral and leadership assessments were created and validated in the last century. The world has changed and different competencies are required for successful leadership in the 21st century.
We now live in a much faster paced environment with multi-cultural teams, employees with less long term commitment, and far more complexity to process in our average day.
Assessments are traditionally 15-20 pages long, requiring a significant time investment and sometimes, coaching just to understand what they say. We deliver our results in just a few pages, so that the information can be easily understood and acted upon.
Lastly, we don't believe that a computerized algorithm can ultimately tell you what to expect from an organism as complex as a human being. You have subjectivity when you hire, fire, promote and demote. We've built subjectivity into the instrument by including a one hour behavioral interview and also, a pre-assessment which is filled out by the supervisor.
Not every person will perform the same way, regardless of who they are working for. The Leadership Edge™ helps you understand how a person is likely to perform in a particular role, and for a specific boss.
Assessing, Developing, Retaining top talent requires a mix of environment and experiences that may not be easy to create. In addition to providing your team members with challenging work to do for others, you must also challenge your people to grow and develop themselves. This improves company performance and increases employee retention. Our proprietary assessment tool, the Leadership Edge™ provides the person being assessed with a clear, concise picture of how they:
We accomplish this unique insight through our behavioral interviews and our statistically validated assessments of work-related personality traits and key leadership competencies.
Our report is designed to:
- be easy to read and interpret
- describe the person's competencies in just a few pages
- present a baseline for future development planning
Use the Leadership Edge™ to understand and retain your top talent.
