NewlandRock Assessment & Succession Planning Solutions
Future Proof Organisations
Leadership assessment & succession is the foundation of your growth strategy
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The key to creating an effective future-proof talent plan is ensuring you are always one step ahead and prepared for change.
We understand that every organisation has unique goals and needs at different stages of its growth strategy, which is why we offer a range of assessment solutions tailored to support your organisation's growth. From internal and external talent for selection to integrating new teams following merger and acquisition activity and succession planning your C-suite leadership team.
Our assessment solutions are strategically aligned with your goals, maximising the impact of your investment.We offer a range of in-depth evaluations that reveal individual leaders' full potential and development needs, to discreet succession planning and swift, objective assessments that measure the fit and risks of high-potential talent for future leadership roles.
We ensure that every insight drives meaningful results. Our integrated solutions include the diagnostics you prefer.
We also offer diagnostic solutions through our partnership with Accendo Technologies to provide customised assessment solutions that align with your talent strategy, ensuring you get access to the best possible solution.
We Know Change Is ConstantÂ
This ever-evolving organisational landscape places pressure on leaders to adapt, embrace new opportunities and pioneer a fresh perspective. This is combined with remaining composed, focused and dynamic to lead change at pace.
Incorporating a leadership assessment strategy is an evidence-based lever to ensure you accelerate through change successfully. Â It means needing a nimble and forward-thinking approach which is multi-faceted to ensure your leaders are ready to take on their next challenge.
Our Core Expertise
A leadership assessment strategy is crucial for the growth of your organisation
Our objective is to ensure that every insight contributes to meaningful results. We evaluate individual leaders and executive teams to provide organisations with vital insights into enhancing executive performance, refining leadership effectiveness, and nurturing culture for the next generation of leaders to drive forward.
Our services feature comprehensive, high-touch evaluations based on behavioural science, delivered one-to-one by expert assessors worldwide.
The types of assessments offered by NewlandRock depend on the desired outcome. They range from a light-touch, objective evaluation to gauge immediate fit to an in-depth analysis that explores the full potential and development needs of an executive leader transitioning into a critical decision-making role.
Our solutions can integrate with your preferred diagnostic tools. Alternatively, we can provide various diagnostic options through our partnership with Accendo Technologies. This marketplace assessment solution offers customised, high-tech assessment tools that align with your talent strategy, ensuring you have access to the best solutions available.
Ultimately, our clients receive a powerful solution that provides clear development direction and valid, reliable evidence for succession planning and build-or-buy leadership strategies.
Six Key Benefits To Our Assessment & Succession Planning Solutions
Our Leadership Assessment Solutions
Our Assessment Methodology
Our comprehensive approach to executive assessment employs multiple methods to provide science-based, data-driven insights about an individualâs ability to perform, fit and make an enduring impact in a critical leadership role. Our assessment protocol validates candidates including an overview of individual's risks and development needs, aligned with core competencies.
A powerful process that provides clear development direction, inputs valid and reliable evidence into your succession planning and a build or buy strategy.
Gain deeper talent insights with BEI -Behavioural Event Interviewing
Structures, Systems & Samples
The most effective and successful leaders have structures and systems around them to enable them to deliver their best work.
At NewlandRock, we design the structures and systems that support your leadership development and building talent density.
Examples of such are enhancing competency models to show shift in strategy and new ways of building market share, designing and developing interview guides to attract new talent into expanding roles where there's changes of scope and responsibilityÂ
We understand that many HR teams are short on capacity and availability to design and deploy the structures and systems that they know will enable leaders to be their most effective and successful selves. Thatâs where our talent strategy expertise and fractional partnerships with HR come inâoffering the additional strategic support and hands-on implementation needed to bridge the gap. Whether it's refining leadership frameworks, optimising talent development programs, or embedding success profiles, we collaborate as an extension of your team to turn vision into reality.
Our reports, structures and systems are customisable to the client objectives. They are designed to provide you with a robust, evidence-based view to inform your selection and development objectives.
Succession Planning:
Future proof your talent strategy
Making a wrong choice in hiring a leader has huge financial and cultural ramifications so having a well-orchestrated approach to succession is critical.
The longer it might take to replace a senior leader the worse the impact on the company. Unexpected departures or retirements can cause significant disruptions. Succession planning anticipates and prepares for these transitions, minimising downtime and maintaining operational efficiency.
When you create a culture of ongoing development that identifies and nurtures your leadership team it allows room for tailored support and coaching programmes, ensuring leaders are ready to step into critical roles when needed.
Having a talent management strategy and clear succession plan helps to keep your leadership team engaged and lessens the potential impact of a leader leaving a huge gap in your organisation.
The outputs of succession planning is your business case for investing in leadership development and creating targeted leadership development programmes that meet the strategic objectives of your business and growth aspirations.
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Assessment for Readiness & Potential:Â
The leaders of today are not necessarily the leaders of tomorrow.Â
Not everyone aspires to be a leader. In fact, many talented individuals actively avoid leadership rolesânot because they lack potential, but because their perception of leadership is shaped by outdated experiences.Â
Perhaps theyâve seen leadership as highly directive, stress-inducing, or rigidly hierarchical. But what if the leadership your organisation needs for the next three to five years looks completely different?Â
The challenge isnât just about identifying those who want leadershipâitâs about recognising those who fit leadership within your evolving culture. Some individuals have the drive and hunger for responsibility, but does that align with the characteristics that will make them successful in your specific environment?Â
At NewlandRock, we help organisations take a data-driven approach to leadership assessment. By understanding the qualities, experiences, and potential of your people, we help you build leadership pipelines that are future-fitânot just filling roles with those who step forward first.Â
Are you confident that your next-generation leaders are the right fit for where your business is headed?
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Assessment For Leadership DevelopmentÂ
Map your talent to your growth needs
Understanding the leadership potential within your organisation is key to sustainable growth. Our Leadership Development Assessment helps you identify, evaluate, and develop talent to align with your businessâs evolving needs.
- Do you have the right leadership team to move you forward?
- Are the individual leadersâ strengths clear and maximised?
- Do you know what the strengths and development gaps are?
It's essential to adopt a future-focused approach, regularly refreshing your strategies to ensure that behaviours and success metrics align with your organisation's future direction.
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Ultimately, the goal is to enhance performance, facilitate targeted talent development, and promote leaders with the potential to deliver what's next.
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đĄÂ Are your leadership competencies walking the talk to bring your strategy to life?Â
Explore the full potential and next step development opportunity of your high potential talent through a robust behavioural science-based assessment process mapped to your key competencies and aligned to your growth strategy.Â
Contact us for more information on our supporting leadership development coaching packages.
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Assessment For Selection & Fit:
Increase your confidence in selection decisionsÂ
Hiring at a senior level involves a much more scientific approach. Itâs not about having a set of core interview questions but more around an interview style and process. The key is to draw out who the person really is and back that up with behavioural science-based assessments. These assessments provide the evidence which validates that the person youâre hiring can do the job and theyâve demonstrated the characteristics as well as having the right experience. This approach gives an organisation much greater confidence that they are hiring the right person and they have a clear picture of what that person is and is not capable of, making it easier for them to close the gap on the areas that need development.
Most companies hire on gut feel and think they donât have the time or budget to take this more evidenced based approach to hiring. However gut feeling is subjective, and it can be conflicting when there is a panel of interviewers involved assessing a candidate. If you combine the evidence-based assessment approach to narrow the field of candidates down first then gut feeling has a place in deciding who fits the culture and core values of the organisation, that approach works much better.
Qualitative 360 Degree Assessment
Unlock Authentic Insights to Drive Transformational Growth
At NewlandRock, we understand that leadership development requires more than just metricsâit demands genuine, nuanced insights. Our 360 Degree Qualitative Leadership Assessment goes beyond traditional diagnostics, offering a tailored, human-centric approach to understanding leadership impact.
What Is It?
Unlike standard online surveys, our qualitative assessment involves confidential, one-on-one conversations with key stakeholders. Through these in-depth discussions, we uncover real experiences, honest feedback, and meaningful themes that paint a comprehensive picture of a leaderâs influenceâboth the strengths and the opportunities for growth.
Why Choose a Qualitative Approach?
- Confidential & Safe: Ideal for sensitive contexts where discretion is critical.
- Deeper Insights: Personal conversations reveal the âwhyâ behind behavioursânot just the âwhat.â
- Actionable Feedback: Leaders gain a clear understanding of the impact they have on their teams, inspiring genuine behavioural change.
Real Impact, Real Change
Imagine a leader with a brilliant mind but a challenging presence in meetings. Through our qualitative assessment, we can help them truly hear how their actions affect those around them. When they understand the impact they become empowered to shift their behaviour in a lasting, meaningful way.
Ready to Elevate Your Leadership?
Connect with us today to learn how our 360 Degree Qualitative Leadership Assessment can transform your leadership team and create a more effective, cohesive workplace.
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