Also known as competencies, soft skills are the important leadership skills that are not measured on standardized tests or acquired in the classroom. They embody an individual’s ability to work with others, make critical decisions, and think strategically – all factors that drive success.

It is well-documented in corporate and education settings around the world that soft skills – personal attributes that enhance an individual’s interactions, job performance, and career prospects – are important to how work gets done and how individual and organizational success is achieved.

The Reflect™ product is a personality assessment and development tool. After an individual takes the assessment, he or she receives a personalized Reflect Report that summarizes and helps them develop their leadership potential.

The Reflect™ tool is based on three academically and commercially proven world-class assessments from Hogan Assessments. Using 10 competencies defined by over 800 corporate recruiters and 40 graduate business schools as being important in the workplace, the Reflect tool helps users understand their personal and professional strengths and development areas. Those insights are turned into action items to help users grow and achieve their professional goals or take the next step in their professional education.

The Reflect™ tool helps an individual build skills that offset weaknesses and leverage strengths. For example, a person high in Innovation may provide many new ideas and concepts to a team (the positive), but might not be able to stop providing insights – even after the team has agreed to a solution (the negative). By using the Reflect tool, that individual can learn to modify his or her behavior to be more productive and develop new skills to avoid potential derailers.

The Reflect™ tool is different from other assessments in several ways:

• It was designed to be self-paced and interpreted by an individual – without the support of a career or leadership coach
• It provides 200 resources tailored to individual results
• It was developed with input from corporate recruiters and business schools
• Its interactive benchmarking feature helps individuals identify any key “gaps” between their competencies and those important in their chosen field
• It offers a workshop area where users can track the key actions and behaviors they want to work on, along with their favorite learning resources
• It provides access to a full library of learning materials
• Its content is written in the language of business, not psychology, psychometrics, or personality