FACILITATING RECRUITMENT BEST PRACTICE
Supporting human resources, the talent acquisition team and hiring managers in the recruitment process through
Candidate assessment – providing thorough, independent assessment of shortlisted candidates through PROPHET psychometric profiling, competency and behavioural interviewing, providing analysis and feedback to both candidate and hiring manager.
Employee onboarding – coaching and supporting the appointee in their new role, through our ARRIVING coaching programme, using organisational feedback, PROPHET psychometric profiling and cognitive behavioural coaching to embed the appointee into their role and organisation, optimising their assimilation and performance during the first months.
INTRODUCING THE BEST TALENT FOR THE KEY ROLES TO DELIVER RESULTS
In response to a client’s need for a confidential or urgent candidate search and/or to fill a key leadership role, we undertake EXECUTIVE SEARCH to deliver balanced, qualified shortlists of credible, engaged and referenced candidates.
Acting as a trusted adviser, we gain an in-depth understanding of your business need, the organisation and culture, then design an executive search strategy to meet your requirements and timescale. Representing your business and your brand, we utilise best practice executive search processes and methodology, delivering employment market and competitor insights, along with a timely, qualified shortlist of candidates.
IDENTIFYING VALUES, SKILLS & STRENGTHS TO OPTIMISE HUMAN POTENTIAL
In support of succession planning, leadership development, recruitment and talent mobility, Kirkpatrick Consulting provides assessment capability to identify underlying values, talents, aptitudes, behavioural and character traits in the talent pool. Assessment results are used to inform individual development plans or coaching programmes.
Using Kirkpatrick Consulting’s proprietary CAREER VALUES framework through self-assessment and coach facilitated self-appraisal and assimilation, coachees are able to identify the career values which motivate them and underpin decision making and career direction.
Using the PROPHET psychometric profiling tool, we provide analysis and feedback on preferred working styles, strengths, personal motivations, decision making styles and approach towards business activities.
Emotional intelligence is one of the most important sets of skills needed for leadership, career success, resilience, and wellbeing. Jan Kirkpatrick is an accredited RocheMartin emotional intelligence assessor and coach and facilitates self-assessment and 360 degrees assessment, feedback and skills development programmes. The RocheMartin Emotional Capital assessment and report is an integral aspect of TRACTION our coaching programme for career success, continuity, and performance.
Tailored coaching programmes for individuals experiencing career transition
Providing coaching to a valued employee, as they return to the business after a career break, leave the business following redundancy, or seek redeployment within the organisation. Career transition coaching helps to protect employer brand, improves employee engagement for those insitu and demonstrates the organisation’s commitment to employees’ career development. It ensures the impacted employee feels supported and builds a positive focus on their future career.
Underpinning the employer’s investment in their employees’ career development, Kirkpatrick Consulting provides tailored coaching programmes for executives and business leaders who are:
- Returning after a career break
- Impacted by redundancy
- Seeking redeployment within the organisation
- Facing a career blockage
- Changing career direction
A programme of coaching and support is developed to meet individual needs and implemented over a three, six, nine or twelve-month period.
OPTIMISING POTENTIAL AND PERFORMANCE
Beyond delivering the business plan, results that prove the power and value of coaching to the organisation include:
- Improved employee engagement
- Behavioural and cultural change
- Workforce agility and empowerment
- Employee wellbeing
- Improved working relationships
- Individual and team performance
- Strengthened leadership skills
- Improved communications
Kirkpatrick Consulting provides one to one, person centric coaching programmes to facilitate individuals to meet their goals and fulfil their potential.
Using feedback and assessments to understand a coachee’s current situation, skills and strengths; coaching goals and timelines are agreed at each session and progress is assessed throughout the programme and documented in the (confidential) coaching contract.
One to one, confidential, coaching sessions and intersession support are provided, on site, near office or home location or over Zoom/Teams.
Cognitive behavioural coaching facilitates personal and professional transformation to values and strengths centric goals, relegating self-limiting beliefs and defining new self-enabling guiding principles to assist transformation.
Whilst Kirkpatrick Consulting can shape coaching around individual and specific requirements, we offer three “ready to start” coaching programmes:
- Arriving To assist and facilitate rapid, effective onboarding and assimilation into a new role and/or organisation, enabling earliest enterprise contribution from the appointee
- Traction For performance optimisation, resilience and wellbeing of key people and teams, facilitating individual career success
- Career Reset Supporting career transition for the valued employee leaving the organisation, assisting with CV, new role identification, personal/professional branding