Individual profiling is about gaining a better understanding of an individual’s personality, decision-making processes and behavioural preferences. It helps explain why an individual behaves in the way that they do and also provides insight into how they may behave in future scenarios. It focuses on decision-making processes, work styles (what types of tasks they prefer and how they are likely to work), interactional styles, conflict management styles, values, needs, levels of ethics, etc. Our profiles focus on an individual’s uniqueness rather than compartmentalising them.
Why Individual Profiling?
Benefit to individual
Individuals gain self-awareness and understanding of their own decision making processes and behaviour.
Benefits to employer
Utilising the new understanding about the individuals can help improve performance, communication and teamwork.
Benefits within other contexts
Understand why someone (a stakeholder, investor, competitor, key customer, key role player, etc.) behaves the way they do and how best to manage their behaviour.
Benefits to the employer
- Utilising the new understanding about the individuals can help improve performance, communication and teamwork.
- Gain insight on the most effective way to engage with, and manage, the individual to ensure optimal performance.
- Create balance within teams.
- Manage changes within the organisation better based on individual reactions.
- Ensures that individuals are in the correct roles and are managed effectively, which increases their chances of success and feeling fulfilled.
- Helps predict problematic future behaviour that can be managed and moderated.
Benefits within other contexts
- Understand why someone (a stakeholder, investor, competitor, key customer, key role player, etc.) behaves the way they do and how best to manage their behaviour.
- Develop the best engagement and influencing strategies.
- Predict how they will behave in various contexts, such as when conflict arises, when change occurs, etc. in order to manage these situations better.
- Plan more effective intervention strategies or counter-strategies to counter against competitor’s actions and mitigate risks.
An individual profile can be conducted on:
- Employees
- Key individuals (internal or external)
- Competitors
- Individuals who can influence or affect your business
Interactive Individual Profiling
Interactive profiling is usually conducted when direct access to the candidate/ individual is available. Information about the individual is gathered through interviews, psychometric assessments, third party interviews, direct observations and other open sources such as social media.
Remote Individual Profiling
Remote profiling is usually conducted when direct access to the candidate/ individual is not possible. Information about the individual is gathered through open source information, such as social media, articles, audio and audio-visual material and third party interviews.
