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Corporate Assessment Menu
What people say

A superb treatment of the idea of Personal Best.

Dr. Stephen R. Covey
Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Your assessment was easy and quick to complete. I cannot think of any dislikes.

Larry Jadrych, CPA
Senior Consultant, Huron Consulting Group

The assessment itself is very comprehensive. I also like that it is in pdf format and not just html so I can save it and read it while not on the internet.

Elaine Wuertz
Chairman, Life Science Information Technology Global Institute

Optimal Thinking has a little bit for everyone and will help people be the best self they can be.

Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D.
Author, The One Minute Manager

This analysis provides a sound method for gaining insight into how your thinking and actions are perceived by others unlike other ways such information can be obtained. It provides a good understanding of how to recognize your own style and enables you to consider how to improve those areas.

Lenny Bart
Former Exec. V.P. Administration, Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution

Forces you to think outside the box of the Myers Briggs or similar tools.  Also show you more of a rounded look at who you are and how you think than other assessments.

Kurt Weber
Senior Financial Executive, The Johnsson Group

The discussion of "how to" connect with other "thinking types" will be helpful with my relationships with others, both at work and in my personal life.

Tom Rutenberg
CFO, C.W. Hurt Contractors, Inc.

I enjoyed the insight in to how my thinking style interacts with others.  I felt the description of the interaction was accurate.

Bennett Letwin
Business Development: Growth and Innovation Catalyst

To fast create an optimal life, lifestyle and future, read, digest and use Optimal Thinking.

Mark Victor Hansen
#1 New York Times best selling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul®

One year after 90 executives completed the corporate assessment, the company saw a 19% increase in employee engagement, a 23% reduction in turnover, and dramatically improved manager-employee communication.

James Washington, MBA
VP Business Development, Quality Tech Systems Inc.®

A superb treatment of the idea of Personal Best.

Dr. Stephen R. Covey
Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Your assessment was easy and quick to complete. I cannot think of any dislikes.

Larry Jadrych, CPA
Senior Consultant, Huron Consulting Group

The assessment itself is very comprehensive. I also like that it is in pdf format and not just html so I can save it and read it while not on the internet.

Elaine Wuertz
Chairman, Life Science Information Technology Global Institute

Optimal Thinking has a little bit for everyone and will help people be the best self they can be.

Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D.
Author, The One Minute Manager

This analysis provides a sound method for gaining insight into how your thinking and actions are perceived by others unlike other ways such information can be obtained. It provides a good understanding of how to recognize your own style and enables you to consider how to improve those areas.

Lenny Bart
Former Exec. V.P. Administration, Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution

Forces you to think outside the box of the Myers Briggs or similar tools.  Also show you more of a rounded look at who you are and how you think than other assessments.

Kurt Weber
Senior Financial Executive, The Johnsson Group

The discussion of "how to" connect with other "thinking types" will be helpful with my relationships with others, both at work and in my personal life.

Tom Rutenberg
CFO, C.W. Hurt Contractors, Inc.

I enjoyed the insight in to how my thinking style interacts with others.  I felt the description of the interaction was accurate.

Bennett Letwin
Business Development: Growth and Innovation Catalyst

To fast create an optimal life, lifestyle and future, read, digest and use Optimal Thinking.

Mark Victor Hansen
#1 New York Times best selling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul®

One year after 90 executives completed the corporate assessment, the company saw a 19% increase in employee engagement, a 23% reduction in turnover, and dramatically improved manager-employee communication.

James Washington, MBA
VP Business Development, Quality Tech Systems Inc.®



About Corporate Assessments

Corporate Assessments

Employees obtain online access to the Assessment via your email invitations. After taking the Assessment, they will see their Self-Optimization Report and be able to invite unlimited observers to offer input. At the end of your predetermined Observer invitation period, each employee will receive a custom Composite (Self and Observers) Report.

Your Administrator controls the viewing access of the Reports and eCharts. If you wish to discuss the results and eCharts during a training or consulting session, you can block access to these features. You may prefer to have employees view their Reports immediately after completing the Assessment. The choice is yours.

1

Your company pre-purchases the Assessment in bulk at a substantial volume discount.

2

Your Administrator emails employees, or uploads a csv file, authorizing them to take the Assessment.

3

Employees click the link in their email and fill out a registration form.

4

The employee completes the Self-Optimization Assessment, and may invite Observers.

5

At your discretion, employees automatically get web-based access to their Self-Optimization and Composite Reports (PDF) with a personal development roadmap.

Three Key Areas

Administrator

The Administrator distributes the Assessment via email invitations to a team of coworkers, company division, board of directors, entire organization, etc. and controls access to the results. OptimalThinking.com will administer the Assessment if you don't want to perform this task internally.

Member

The Member is invited and authorized to take the Assessment via email invitations from the Administrator.

Observer

The Observer is invited by a Member via email to complete an online Observer Assessment about the Member.

By inviting Observers, Members can acquire a 360º view of themselves. Members can invite an unlimited number of Observers — simply provide the Observer's name and email address, and the invitation is sent automatically.

Three Key Components

The Assessment

Members answer 50 questions online, after they receive access to the Assessment from the Administrator.

The Self-Optimization Report

Members receive a comprehensive, personalized report after completing the online Assessment — a description of dominant and secondary thinking styles, core motivators, stressors, performance levels, and strategies for maximizing communications and effectiveness in business and personal situations, plus a personalized eChart.

This report only provides Members with a view of themselves.

The Composite Report

A Member may be aware of his or her own thoughts, motives, and behavior, however an Observer may be more accurate in describing the Member's actual thinking, interaction styles, and performance.

After five Observers respond, the Member also receives a Composite Report (Self plus Observers) — we recommend 10 or more for anonymous, accurate feedback. Observers do not have access to the Member's Report. As soon as an Observer completes their Assessment, the result is automatically included on the Member's eChart.

Self-Optimization Report

Self view only

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Composite 360° Report

Self view + Observer feedback

All information provided is 100% confidential and secure.

See a Partial Sample 360° Report (PDF)

Two Key Areas

Administrator Home Page

A personalized, private page that provides flexibility for training options and important data to track Member progress. It allows the Administrator to:

  • Pre-purchase Assessments at a volume discount. An Assessment package includes the Assessment, Self-Optimization Report, eCharts, an unlimited number of Observer Assessments, and the Composite Report — all located on a personalized Home Page for each Member.
  • Customize the time frames for Member and Observer access to the Assessment.
  • Take your personal assessment by clicking "Add Individual Members" and entering your personal details.
  • Create Groups and view Groups within your organization.
  • Distribute Assessments to Members by entering each individual's name and email address (an email is sent automatically), or upload a csv file.
  • Track account status to see how many Assessments have been completed, how many remain, and order more as needed.
  • View the eCharts and Reports of authorized Members, see who has completed the Assessment, and send automated reminders to those who haven't.
  • Permit or block members from seeing their personalized Self-Optimization Report, Composite Report and eCharts — useful if you want to present them at a training session or meeting instead.
  • Delete or edit destructive and inappropriate Observer comments from Members' Composite Reports.
  • Review the collective results of up to 20 members on a single, color-coded eChart to see at a glance where Members appear in relation to each other.

“Your assessment was easy and quick to complete. I cannot think of any dislikes.”

Larry Jadrych, CPASenior Consultant, Huron Consulting Group
Member Home Page

A personalized, private Home Page for each Member. It allows the Member to:

  • Access their 50-question Assessment.
  • Invite unlimited Observers to complete the online Observer Assessment about the Member.
  • View all invited Observers, see who has completed the Assessment, and send an automatic reminder email to those who haven't.
  • View and print the comprehensive, personalized Self-Optimization Report in PDF format (if access has not been blocked by the Administrator).
  • View and print the personalized eCharts (if access has not been blocked by the Administrator).
  • View and print the Composite Report, which includes the Observers' responses (if access has not been blocked by the Administrator).