Personal Profiles

Offering the best diagnostic and assessment tools in the market to support workforce recruitment, alignment and development programs, AIM provides a resource centre for individual team and organisational assessment and diagnosis.

Consultancy, Advisory and Support Services

Consult one of our experienced organisational psychologists to determine the right tool for your needs. Use our career management diagnostic tools to assist in the development of a comprehensive career management program. Select the right personality tools to suit your recruitment and development purposes, and the right reporting option that best fits the output you are looking for.

Online Delivery

Most of our tests and instruments can be completed on the Internet. This means greatly improved ease of use, speed, convenience and efficiency. For multiple feedback (360 feedback or team/organisation wide surveys) the use of the Internet not only speeds up the data collection and reporting process considerably but the overall cost is a fraction of the print rate.

AIM Assessments Available Online

Emotional Intelligence Style profile

This instrument uses participant responses to specific situations, real and hypothetical, a long two scales: 'Degree of Structure,' and 'Motivation or Drive,' thus creating a four-quadrant grid to help describe the tendency to draw on one or more styles: Reflective, Conceptual, Empathetic and Organized

Learning Style profile

This instrument aims to help every 'learner' to understand a little bit more about what might be their own personal learning style, so that they can make adjustments as they see fit in any learning situation in which they may find themselves. The four output styles in a four-quadrant grid are Attending, Translating, Relating and Understanding.

Influencing Style profile

This instrument looks at the style that individuals are likely to adopt when looking to influence others. Four summary styles are identified. These are the Visioner, the Orchestrator, the Regulator and the Harmoniser. Individuals are given scores on all four styles and their greatest style preference revealed.

Communication Effectiveness profile

This instrument looks at an individual's ability to effectively get their message across clearly using seven separate categories. These are Empathizing, Receiving, Clarifying, Understanding, Reading non verbal clues, Feedback giving and Transmitting your message.

Negotiating Style profile

This instrument integrates fully with the conflict instrument in looking at the 'levels of energy' and 'levels of empathy' that may be used in a negotiation. The instrument plots individual scores in all quadrants of a grid, which reveal their use of four distinct negotiating styles - these are the styles of Pushy bullying, Quietly manipulating, Carefully suggesting, and Confidently promoting.

Management Effectiveness profile

This instrument looks at an individual's capacity to manage effectively in 12 competency areas. These are Time management and Prioritizing, Setting Goals and Standards, Planning and Scheduling Work, Listening and Organizing, Giving Clear Information, Getting Unbiased information, Training, Coaching and Delegating, Appraising People and Performance, Disciplining and Counseling, Identifying and Solving Problems, Making Decisions and Weighing Risk, and Thinking Clearly and Analytically.

Leadership Effectiveness profile

This instrument looks at an individual's ability to effectively lead others. The Leadership Effectiveness profile therefore assesses eight leadership qualities and skills: Emotional Intelligence, Contextual Thinking, Direcitonal Clarity, Creative Assimilation, People Enablement, Reciprocal Communications, Change Orchestration, and Drive Persistence

Teambuilding Effectiveness profile

This instrument looks at an individual's ability to effectively build the team using the Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing model and using seven separate categories in all. These are Vision and directional focus, Alignment of values, Team role and competency clarity, Groundrules determination, Performance appraisal effectiveness, Team learning and Results focus and Boundary management.

Problem Solving Effectiveness profile

This instrument looks at an individual's ability to solve problems and make decisions using seven separate categories. These are Critical thinking, Data gathering and processing, Tool selection methods, Lateral conceptualization, Alternative weighing ability, Risk assessment skills and Perception and judgment

Goal / Objective Setting Effectiveness profile

This instrument looks at an individual's ability to effectively set goals and objectives for themselves and others using seven separate categories. These are Vision clarity, Direction and target setting, Planning and organizing, Measurement and milestones, Communication and engagement, Motivation and commitment, and Results focus and orientation.

Coaching Effectiveness profile

This instrument looks at an individual's ability to coach others successfully using seven separate categories. These are Empathizing ability, Listening skills, Capacity to confront and challenge, Problem solving ability, Feedback giving skills, Capacity to empower, Mentoring skills.

Creativity & Innovation Effectiveness profile

The Creativity/Innovation Effectiveness Profile provides a detailed process for assessing an individual's existing capacity to be creative. This is done by measuring creativity and innovation in seven competency categories - these are Creative consciousness, Level of curiosity, Pattern breaking skills, Idea nurturing ability, Willingness to experiment and take risks, Courage and resilience level and Energetic persistence.

For more information on AIM's Online Profiles, please contact the Center for Career Management on 13 16 48 or email ccsa@aimqld.com.au