AQR Assessments
AQR is a highly innovative test publisher, working with psychologists to design well-evidenced, reliable assessments for a wide range of applications in people and organisation development.
AQR International's goal is to make high-quality psychometric assessments that are accessible to user of all types - managers, coaches and facilitators - to support them in making better decisions about people; in turn leading to more effective interventions and development.
We offer the full suite of research-based assessments that can be used at all stages of the employee life cycle including recruitment and selections, leadership development, team performance, cultural and wellbeing programmes, and more.
AQR is most well-known for developing the globally recognised 4C model of mental toughness.
Leadership and teamworking
The MTQPlus assessment is a unique 63 item high-quality psychometric measure that measures Mental Toughness which describes the mindset that every person adopts in everything they do. It is closely related to qualities such as character, resilience, grit, etc.
Published research and case studies from around the world show that Mental Toughness is a major factor in:
Performance – explaining up to 25% of the variation in performance in individuals.
Wellbeing – more contentment, better stress management, less prone to bullying.
Aspirations – more ambitious, prepared to manage more risk.
Best For:
Recruitment, leadership development, teamwork & wellbeing, coaching
MTQ4Cs
The MTQ4C is a lite version of the MTQPlus that measures the four Cs of Control, Commitment, Challenge, and Confidence, but doesn’t give scores for the eight sub factors.
Best For:
Large scale measurement of teams and organisations when looking at influences on culture, mindset and wellbeing
ILM72
The ILM72 assessment is a reliable psychometric measure which assesses two important elements:
Adopted Leadership Style (Six Scales) and Leadership Effectiveness in terms of Leadership Behaviour (Three Scales). Using a sliding STEN scale for each scale/continuum it provides the ability to measure the effectiveness of behaviour change interventions giving the test-taker HR/OD teams valuable insights. It is also used in cultural assessment and change initiatives.
Best for:
Leadership development, recruitment and cultural insights, coaching
TWOI - Team Working Orientation Inventory
The Teamwork Orientation Inventory (TWO) is designed to enable team members to quickly and reliably identify important strengths and weaknesses in the way their team operates – their teamwork orientation. This allows team members to focus on interventions which either consolidate strengths and/or attend to weaknesses in five key areas: Common Goals and Objectives, Effective Communication, Continuous Improvement, Working Together, and Engaging with Success.
Best For:
Teamworking, team coaching, performance improvement
AQR 360
The AQR 360 Assessment facility is an online tool for use by organisations for assessing and monitoring key behaviours and competencies in a structured, systematic, and highly effective manner.
Organisations can create their own 360 assessment, using their own competencies and behaviours, developing own items, or draw down items from a database available within the system based on a Generic Competency Framework.
The process produces a report in an innovative workbook format which encourages an individual to reflect purposefully on the feedback provided and with (or without) their line manager or coach to jointly develop a Personal Development Plan. The PDP can be reviewed on an on-going basis.
Best for:
Performance improvement, individual & leadership development, coaching
CARRUS
The Carrus Assessment is part of a complete program designed to assess employability and through that to show people of all ages how to manage their careers and aspirations in the 21st century, irrespective of next job or next employer.
The programme focuses on key qualities which describe Employability. Our research with almost 500 employers showed that, with Mental Toughness, these are the core areas in which they are most interested. Qualities which are consistently associated with performance, wellbeing, and the quickest transition into new and different roles.
From the individual’s perspective, this identifies the qualities they should develop and demonstrate that will, both, prepare them best for the world of work and enhance their employability. This is very transferable from job to job.
From the employer’s perspective, Carrus assesses those attributes which produce “good attitude and behaviour”.
Prevue
The Prevue Assessment is a high quality comprehensive psychometric measure which assesses:
Abilities – 3 areas + an overall measure
Motivation and interests – 3 areas
Personality – 13 areas
Widely accepted – as key qualities for a good fit for most jobs, these can be difficult to assess by other means.
Best For:
Recruitment and Selection, management and employee development programmes, coaching.
The Occupational Trust Measure
The Occupational Trust Measure provides a framework to identify to measure trustworthiness of the senior leadership of an organisation.
Launching January 2024
Best For:
Culture review, improving leadership, team development, team coaching.
