Behavioural assessments for project teams.
Cognitive-style insights, 360 reviews, and senior psychometrics — used by the UK Government and global private-sector clients to accelerate teams and develop leaders.
Project teams rarely get time to gel.
Most project teams are expected to perform from day one. There's little space for the classic forming-storming-norming-performing arc — and team dynamics often falter within weeks, dragging down delivery for the wider organisation.
Behavioural assessment changes that. Reliable insight into how each team member thinks, decides, and reacts under pressure — used in a psychologically safe process — accelerates the development of teams that would otherwise take months to find their rhythm.
The instruments we use.
A range of accredited assessments — selected based on what your team or leader actually needs, not what we have to sell. Most engagements blend two or three.
KAI
Kirton Adaption-Innovation. Cognitive-style assessment for problem-solving and team collaboration. Most popular elective on the UK Government's PLP.
360 Reviews
Bespoke 360 frameworks for project leaders and sponsors — built around APM standards and our own behavioural research.
Hogan suite
Personality Inventory (HPI), Development Survey (HDS), and Motives Values Preferences (MVPI) — for senior leadership development.
Strengths Based Leadership
Identifying and building on natural leadership strengths, particularly powerful in 1-2-1 coaching engagements.
DISC
A practical, accessible personality framework — useful for team-level workshops and rapid-onset team development.
Sponsor 360
Our bespoke 360 for SROs and senior sponsors. Combines APM standards with our research on what makes sponsorship effective.
Why KAI is our most-used team instrument.
Kirton Adaption-Innovation theory measures stable cognitive style — how a person prefers to think, solve problems, and engage with change. Internationally recognised, formally approved by the British Psychological Society, and used heavily by the US military.
Our team of Advanced KAI Practitioners has assessed the cognitive style of over 3,000 project professionals. KAI consistently rates as the most popular and value-adding elective on the UK Government's Project Leadership Programme.
What KAI shows
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How team members prefer to collaborate
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Problem-solving preferences across the team
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Detail focus versus big-picture orientation
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Adherence to team norms, culture, and rules
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How each person reacts to organisational change
How behavioural work fits.
Assessment lands when it's paired with development. We rarely deliver standalone reports. Most engagements link to coaching, training, or whole-academy frameworks.
Solution
Leadership Coaching
1-2-1 coaching that uses psychometrics to surface patterns and accelerate personal change.
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Competency Management
360 reviews and behavioural frameworks hosted within our CEMS platform, at scale.
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Development Programmes
KAI workshops and 360 reviews integrated into leadership and sponsorship programmes.