Overview

Selecting the right leaders isn’t just about resumes or gut instinct—it requires rigorous, objective assessment to ensure that executives have the right competencies, motivations, and potential to succeed within the specific demands of your business. Whether you are evaluating existing leadership team members or hiring new executives, Lodestone’s Executive Assessment provides data-driven insights that enhance decision-making, reduce risk, and align leadership capabilities with business imperatives.

Our assessments go beyond the well-known long clinical interviews. They are designed to measure through a multi-method, validated process how well a leader will deliver on your specific company’s value creation plan. Every executive we assess is evaluated within the context of your organization’s unique challenges and strategic goals, ensuring a practical, impact-focused approach to leadership selection.

Comprehensive, But Practical Assessment: Don’t Just Tell Us, Show Us

Lodestone’s Executive Assessment process is structured to deliver a holistic, evidence-based evaluation of leadership capability.

Our standard assessment model includes:

1. Gold-Standard Leadership Styles Inventories

2. Online Business Simulation

3. Behavioral and Business Impact Interview

A Deeper Look at Our Standard Assessment Model

Here’s how we deliver a holistic, evidence-based evaluation of leadership capability:

 1. Gold-Standard Leadership Styles Inventories

With the ability to compare your leaders’ responses against a worldwide database of executives, this assessment measures three key areas:

  • Day-to-day leadership style (strengths and typical behaviors)
  • Motivations and drivers (what energizes and engages the leader)
  • Potential derailers under stress (how they may react under pressure)

Administering personality-based inventories is one thing, but it’s quite another to have seasoned experts who have seen and interpreted 1000s of cases interpreting the results. Knowing a person’s score on a variety of scales is not the same as accurately interpreting the patterns among the scales. Our expert interpretation along with your business context provide valuable insights into how executives are likely to perform, adapt, and interact with others—helping organizations anticipate potential challenges and development needs.

2. Online Business Simulation

Leadership isn’t just about who someone is—it’s about how they perform. Our immersive business simulation allows executives to demonstrate their leadership abilities in real time by tackling strategic and operational challenges in a fictitious company.

Participants will:

  • Address real-world leadership dilemmas
  • Make operational and strategic decisions in a dynamic environment
  • Showcase communication and influence
  • Develop and present strategic plans for business growth

Additionally, a cognitive assessment is embedded in the simulation, measuring the executive’s ability to quickly process information, adapt to new challenges, and make data-driven decisions.

3. Behavioral and Business Impact Interview

A 75- to 90-minute interview with a senior Lodestone consultant provides executives the opportunity to:

  • Reflect on past leadership experiences and achievements
  • Discuss career aspirations and leadership philosophy
  • Explain their decision-making approach during the simulation

This structured conversation ensures that we understand not only what a leader has done in the past, but how they think, solve problems, and lead under pressure.

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Beyond Assessment: Integration & Feedback

Lodestone’s Executive Assessment process doesn’t end with individual evaluations. We take the extra step to synthesize insights across all assessment components, providing a comprehensive and actionable view of leadership capability.

Multi-Assessor Review & Talent Discussion

  • At least two trained, senior Lodestone assessors integrate the assessment findings for each executive.
  • A talent review meeting with key stakeholders ensures that findings are fully discussed and aligned with the company’s strategic priorities.
  • The discussion focuses on each leader’s readiness for their role, potential risks, and developmental pathways to maximize long-term success.

Executive Feedback & Development Support

  • Every executive receives a personalized 60-minute feedback session with a Lodestone coach.
  • This session ensures that the individual understands their assessment results and can use those insights to enhance their leadership performance.

Why Lodestone?

Lodestone’s approach to executive assessment stands out because we don’t just evaluate leaders in isolation—we assess them against the realities of your business.

  • Context-Specific Insights: Our assessments are tailored to your company’s value creation plan, ensuring that leaders are evaluated in the right business context.
  • Predictive Decision-Making: By combining personality, cognitive, behavioral, and business simulation data, we provide a clear, evidence-based prediction of executive performance.
  • Actionable Outcomes: Our reports and feedback sessions go beyond scores and ratings—we provide practical recommendations on selection, onboarding, and leadership development.
  • Experienced, Science-Backed Assessment: Our assessments are conducted by senior business psychologists with deep expertise in executive leadership, organizational behavior, and performance prediction.

Building the Right Leadership Team for Long-Term Success

In today’s high-stakes business environment, guesswork isn’t an option when selecting executive leaders. A data-driven, structured assessment process is essential to ensure that leaders can meet the demands of a growing and evolving business.

Lodestone’s Executive Assessment process gives you the clarity and confidence to make the right leadership decisions—ensuring that your executive team is equipped to drive performance, execute strategy, and create lasting impact.

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