New (Assessment) Tool to Help Measure Leadership Potential

Undertaking a front-line role can be very different to moving into a supervisory position managing others. Sometimes it can be a real ‘leap of faith’ promoting an employee or candidate into a leadership role requiring the oversight and organisation of a team’s work as well as their own self-management. For example, when considering moving a train driver to a driver manager role, or a signaller into either a signalling supervisor or local operations manager job.

However, some front-line employees will have the aptitude to progress into a supervisor’s role, and will demonstrate some key management competencies that can help them excel in a leadership position. But how can we judge whether someone has the relevant competencies to become a manager?

OPC Assessment is pleased to launch its latest, new assessment tool – the Leadership Potential Indicator (LPI) that can help to solve this problem.

OPC Assessment believes there are five key managerial competencies that can help to assess leadership potential in a front-line employee.

These include:

• Being interpersonally skilled when interacting with others.

• Thinking skills such as effective decision making, problem solving and planning.

• Strong customer focus with both external and internal customers.

• Driving performance in themselves and others.

• Leading others to deliver results.

Emily Wong, Business Psychologist at OPC Assessment said: ‘For some time, many rail clients have shared the dilemma about whether a front-line employee is capable of being a great manager, or not. With the launch of our new Leadership Potential Indicator (LPI) we’ve helped take the ‘guesswork’ out of the decision. It’s an un-timed, situational judgement test, specifically designed to help measure leadership potential and an employee’s aptitude for key management competencies. The LPI can also be used as a development tool with existing supervisors and managers to help them identify their strengths or areas that need development.’

Get in touch with the friendly team at OPC Assessment if you think the new Leadership Potential Indicator (LPI) could help you identify your future leaders on +44 (0)1923 234646, via email at admin@theopc. co.uk or visit the website at www.theopc.co.uk.