Schiltwald Assessments
Identify potential, minimise risks, and safeguard decisions
Well-founded HR decisions require more than gut instinct. Our scientifically grounded assessments provide companies in Switzerland with an objective, robust basis—both for recruitment and for talent and leadership development.
The Schiltwald competency model
Our assessments are based on a holistic model with three core dimensions: personality, social competence and intellectual performance—supplemented by an in-depth analysis of integrity and compliance.
Personality – motives, values and development potential
The personality analysis provides insights into values, interests, resilience, self-concept, willingness to change and leadership style. This makes individual resources visible that are central to professional success and personal development.
We identify not only potential risk factors, but above all those personality traits that enable people to master demanding challenges, take responsibility and realise their potential over the long term.
Social competence – impact on others
Social competence largely determines how successfully people collaborate with employees, customers and other stakeholders. Our assessments capture, among other things, communication skills, empathy, conflict management, team orientation, persuasiveness and customer focus.
This highlights strengths that are crucial for leadership, collaboration and building sustainable relationships—as well as development areas that can be strengthened in a targeted way.
Intellectual performance – thinking and problem-solving skills
This dimension describes the ability to analyse complex situations, recognise interrelationships, make decisions and successfully master new challenges.
Our diagnostics show which cognitive resources a person has and in which areas there is particular potential for more demanding tasks, leadership responsibility or strategic roles.
Integrity – using potential responsibly
Potential only fully realises its value when it is used responsibly. That is why we complement the analysis of personality, social competence and intellectual performance with an in-depth assessment of integrity — among other things with a view to the so-called Dark Triad of personality, as well as other factors that may indicate potentially counterproductive behaviour.
The evaluation is always carried out in conjunction with other diagnostic methods, creating a nuanced picture that takes both opportunities and risks into account.
A holistic view of the individual
Our customers receive answers to key questions:
What strengths does the person bring?
What development potential is there?
Which tasks and roles are they particularly suited for?
Which competencies can be further developed in a targeted way?
Which risks should be taken into account?
How can the existing potential be used optimally?
This creates a holistic picture of the person, enabling well-founded decisions in recruitment, talent management, succession planning, leadership development and organisational development.
Our assessment offerings
Every question is unique. That is why we offer different assessment formats, tailored to your needs in terms of scope, diagnostic depth and objectives. What all formats have in common is our multi-method, scientifically grounded approach and the holistic consideration of personality, social competence, intellectual performance and integrity.
We are a member of Swissassessment.
Bronze Assessment
Focused answers to specific questions
Duration: approx. 4–5 hours
The Bronze Assessment is suitable for clearly defined questions where individual competencies or behaviours are to be analysed in depth—for example conflict behaviour, leadership style, willingness to change, customer focus or specific development areas.
Suitable for: assessments of current status
development questions
potential assessments
focused selection decisions
analysis of specific competencies
Silver Assessment
The comprehensive solution for demanding selection and development decisions
Duration: approx. 7 hours
The Silver Assessment enables a holistic evaluation of personality, social competence, intellectual capability and integrity—especially for filling leadership roles, project management roles or demanding specialist positions. The results provide a robust basis for recruitment, promotion and development decisions.
Suitable for: leadership positions
project management roles
specialist experts
succession planning
talent and potential management
Gold Assessment
Maximum diagnostic depth for key individuals and top executives
Duration: approx. 8.5 hours
The Gold Assessment is the most comprehensive form of our potential and integrity diagnostics—for executive board members, top executives and individuals in strategically critical roles. In addition to personality, social competence and intellectual performance, there is a particular focus on integrity, leadership effectiveness, values and how power and influence are handled.
Suitable for: executive board members
department and division heads
roles close to the board of directors
key individuals
complex succession and appointment decisions
Assessment Center & internal assessor training
In addition to individual assessments, Schiltwald Partners also offers assessment centre solutions—suitable when several employees or leaders are to be assessed and developed at the same time.
If desired, we also support companies in building their own assessment capability and train internal assessors in line with scientific quality standards—jointly designed and delivered so that your organisation can independently apply potential and development diagnostics in the long term.
Assessment Centers are particularly suitable for: talent programmes, junior and leadership development, succession planning, high-potential programmes, management audits, organisation-wide development initiatives
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