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Management and Supervisory Skills Assessments

This series of management and supervisory skills assessments is designed to help HRD and Training Professionals and other executives evaluate the developmental needs of managers, supervisors and candidates for those positions.  The instruments can be used individually or in combination.  
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Management Training Needs Analysis
A Best Seller! Self-Scoring and Easy-to-Interpret

The best 360º training needs analysis
instruments available! Tells you how much additional training a manager or supervisor may need need in order to be fully effective on the job. The 48-item questionnaire covers 12 essential management practice and supervisory skill dimensions.
  • Leadership Performance Mgt.
  • Training Problem Solving
  • Human Relations Planning & Organizing
  • Motivation Work Assignments
  • Communication Time Management
  • Discipline & Control Counseling
Obtains perceptions from 3 organizational levels (self, superior,
subordinates). Convenient self-scoring format lets you graphically plot
ratings and quickly spot training needs. Excellent for first level
supervisors through upper middle management.




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Leadership Skills Tests Leadership Development Assessment
and Feedback Tool


The Leadership Skills Test is an effective way to evaluate the
leadership strengths and developmental needs of managers, supervisors and other employees at any level of your organization. The test consists of 40 paired comparison items distributed among 10 skill dimensions that are critically important for today’s leaders including:
  • Facilitating 
  • Empowering
  • Communicating 
  • Team Building 
  • Managing Change
The LST is based on research findings that identify the work related
behaviors and practices that modern leaders must demonstrate in
order to effectively lead and motivate employees in today’s work force.
The test evaluates these behaviors and practices and provides easyto-
understand feedback to respondents that will help them achieve
their full performance potential. An invaluable development aid that
will help transform managers, supervisors and other employees into
dynamic, modern leaders.

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Supervisory Skills Test
Assesses Supervisory Strengths
and Development Needs


The Supervisory Skills Test is an
objective test that measures what your
supervisors believe, know and
understand about the functions,
practices, behaviors and skills that are
required for successful supervisory
performance. The 48-item, easy-toadminister
and easy-to-score test covers all of the essential responsibilities of
first and second level supervisors; from basic planning and organizing to interaction with subordinates, superiors and peers. Requires only 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Excellent for pre and post training course assessment, for spotting high potential employees, helping to identify supervisory training needs and much more.

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Training Needs Assessment Test
Identifies the Training Needs of Managers,
Supervisors & Supervisory Candidates


An easy-to-administer 75-item objective test that pinpoints training needs in 15 key management skill dimensions including:
• Coaching & Counseling
• Training & Motivating Employees
• Decision Making & Leadership
• Planning & Organizing 

• Empowerment & Team Building
and much more.  Gives you the information that you need to design an effective training program for your employees and shows you where to place emphasis
in management and supervisory training activities. Provides valuable
feedback to employees so that they can become active participants in
developmental programs. Easily self-scored.

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Management Practices Inventory II
A Performance Centered
360° Assessment


The MPI II is a complete assessment
and feedback system that has been
specially designed to evaluate the
behaviors and skills your key employees need to lead the work force of the 21st century. This easy-to-administer and easy-to-interpret 48 item inventory assesses 12 modern leadership behavior and skill dimensions, provides
constructive performance development feedback to executives, managers, supervisors and other leaders and provides them with the information they need to construct a personal development plan to improve their job performance.
Requires only 20 minutes to complete. Suitable for leaders at all
organizational levels. Excellent for training needs analysis, performance coaching, career counseling and development and for improving performance related communication among all levels of employees.

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Communication Effectiveness Scale
Improves Communication Skills

The Communication Effectiveness Scale is the best instrument that
we have seen for giving managers and supervisors essential feedback
about how effectively they communicate with subordinates, peers and
superiors in six crucial dimensions including listening skills, verbal communication, written communication, coaching & counseling, inter-group communication, and performance management. 
The 48-item, multi-level CES is very easy-to-administer and easy-to-interpret. It is an excellent diagnostic and learning tool that can be used both to develop the communication skills and also as the basis for designing a program to improve overall organizational communication effectiveness.  


ORDER MD-140 - Only $99.95 for the complete set of six assessment instruments above.  Includes Facilitators Guides, Participants Booklets, Scoring and administration information.