May 4, 2020
Effective interdisciplinary research (IR) teams require skills of collaboration, sharing, and abilities to integrate knowledge from diverse disciplines. Pre-post data was collected using three learning modules designed to support the development of collaboration and teamwork skills in the context of IR. Results showed (1) participants learned and practiced essential collaborative skills in authentic contexts; (2) training modules were valued and helped participants recognize the important role that personal dispositional characteristics have on IR teams; (3) participants’ confidence in adapting to differences among team members increased; and (4) participants recognized that effective collaboration requires intentionality. This paper also introduces the concept of dispositional distancing.
Sep 27, 2019
This study establishes relationships between several external variables based on demographic information obtained using the O*Net job classification model and the scales of the TTI Success Insights TriMetrix EQ assessment. The work uses a logistic regression modeling approach to derive statistically significant functional relationships between the TriMetrix EQ scales and membership in the job classification group of interest. ROC curve analysis is used to show the classification algorithm outperforms the standard random selection technique.
May 8, 2019
To successfully navigate the Industry 4.0 environment (and beyond), organizations will need to integrate four different generations in their workforce and much more. TTI SI assessment data provides the cornerstone article in this 2019 Automation Alley State of Michigan peer-reviewed conference report.
Apr 10, 2019
A method and apparatus for deriving key characteristics for superior performance in a job includes deriving a set of behaviorally-related competencies relevant to most jobs, surveying persons knowledgeable about the job based on the set of competencies, and defining the job in terms of the most significant competencies identified by the surveys.
Apr 4, 2019
This in-depth study of 500 nonprofit marketing and fundraisers compares and contrasts executives, mid-management and practitioners by examining behaviors, motivators and acumen. This case study provides a template for other studies in other fields.
Apr 4, 2019
Target Training International, in cooperation with BrainMaster and their Avatar software, have for the first time turned the soft science of personal assessment into a hard science by showing not just what people say is their self reported ipsative response, but validating their answers with corresponding brain activity. This unique approach exposes both qualitative and quantitative asymmetry of the prefrontal cortex activity, thus exposing the underlying approach-withdrawal motivational system of decision-making.
Apr 4, 2019
While peer-reviewed articles demonstrate academic rigor, no publication is more rigorous than the process of obtaining a patent. For those interested, here are copies of both our USA and Canadian published patents for our “Validation Process for Ipsative Assessments. At the time of this update, we still have a European patent review in process.
Apr 3, 2019
A key area for any assessment is whether the assessment data may be used, in some form, to generate a predictive model. The results are very solid and provide solid support for a follow on, longitudinal study to determine the potential predictive power of such a modeling approach.
