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About Management Skills Development

In today's organisation, Managers have to cover a wider range of issues than ever before.

Globalisation, immediate access to information, increasing legislative compliance, the knowledge levels of people they manage, and speed of change are all issues that increase the complexity of the Managerial Process.

If you want to help your clients meet the challenges of this rapidly changing environment you need an assessment tool that will uncover both the Manager's current skill level and also their expected skill level.

What is the Management Skills Inventory™?

The Management Skills Inventory is a 360-degree profiling tool that gives Managers a view of both their current skill level, and of the expected skill level, for the job they do from a self, manager, peer, and direct report perspective.

By showing Managers the gap between Current and Expected, and focusing their attention on the opportunities for development, The Management Skills Inventory enables Managers to rapidly bring their competence to a level that will enable them to meet the challenges of this fast-changing environment.

This comprehensive assessment covers 16 managerial skill areas:

  • Communicating
  • Resolving Conflict
  • Developing Staff
  • Measuring Results
  • Planning
  • Delegating
  • Motivating Staff
  • Maintaining Systems and Procedures
  • Making Decisions
  • Managing Change
  • Interviewing
  • Influencing Others
  • Solving Problems
  • Handling Pressure
  • Negotiating
  • Serving Customers

Who is it for?

The Management Skills Inventory is designed for use by facilitators raising awareness, or measuring behaviours for input into management training programs from Front Line manager up to Mid Level Managers.

What solutions does the Management Skills Inventory™ provide?

The management Skills Inventory is a comprehensive assessment of current performance levels as perceived by the person themselves, their manager, peers and direct reports.

The reports provide valuable insight into the perceptions of people around the person being rated so that they can:


  1. Become aware of the perceptions of their behaviour
  2. Make decisions about what behaviours it will be necessary to change
  3. Decide what strengths they have that can be used to assist with the change of behaviour, and
  4. Use the re-test facility to measure changes that they have been able to implement

The reports can be aggregated to show organisational data which is invaluable as an input to a training needs analysis.

Data can also be viewed on a range of demographic categories (age groups, gender, organisational levels, regions etc) to assist with the identification of organisational culture issues that may require addressing.

What is special and unique about the Management Skills Inventory™?

Showing the gap between current performance and expected performance gives a sound yardstick. This profile acknowledges that you do not have to have the top score to be effective in your current job. Instead, it shows you the gaps between where you are today and where you should be.

While other assessments focus on behaviour; this questionnaire looks at your ability to actually apply relevant skills to situations.

The ability to complete this assessment at various times and compare the results means that you can have people complete the questionnaire, undergo a development processes, and then re-assess to measure the effectiveness of the investment in the development.