The EDA™ is a powerful research-based 360 degree performance assessment, which uses the EDAQ™ questionnaire to take candidates through 119 items in up to 45 minutes. The EDA™ draws on the observations of a candidate's superiors, peers, and reports, as well as self-assessment to create a rich mosaic of a candidate's potential for thinking and managing at senior levels.

The default version of the EDA™ assesses 16 competencies which have been found to be critical to high level leadership and management effectiveness. Comparing superiors', peers' and reports' views of a candidate on these competencies with the candidate's view of himself or herself, will show clearly if the candidate has any blind spots, and if so how significant these may be. 
 

EDA™ is an unusually powerful assessment because it examines both positive and negative aspects of performance. This brings into play the important issue of Emotional Development. EDA™ also references the results to the raters' perceptions of the relevance of the chosen competency framework - this validates the relevance of the competencies chosen. The EDA™ is designed to accept, and where necessary validate, any combination of competencies and questions.

EDA™ produces a comprehensive report that presents the results of each group of raters (self, and up to 4 superiors, 6 peers and 8 reports - present or former) graphically against each of the 16 competencies. It also provides graphical summaries to highlight any significant variations between the candidate's self-assessment and the scores awarded by the other raters. EDA™ makes a powerful contribution to executive development and clearly identifies behaviour that inhibits the effective working of management teams.

The EDA™ program is held by consultants, or by company or organisation HR professionals. Candidates and their assessors download the appropriate questionnaires (EDAQ™ Self or EDAQ™ Others) and complete them off-line. Results are handled electronically, and can be made immediately available to the consultants, or company or organisation HR professionals who will be handling the feedback.

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