Inventory of
Work Attitude and Motivation
The iWAM is a unique online assessment tool designed to measure
motivational and attitudinal patterns in specific contexts. These patterns
manifest in the way people sense and experience the world around them, the
way they interpret what they experience, and their preferred way of
communicating and behaving.
The iWAM helps explain, predict, and influence performance in a
certain environment or organizational role by assessing what people pay
attention to, how they think, and how they prefer to behave in specific
contexts, for example within an organization.
The iWAM provides a look at dimensions of humans that are not
available through other assessments.
* It measures motivational and attitudinal patterns set of filters
and translators that exist at the non-conscious level in humans.
* Unlike tests that measure traits such as personality, the patterns
assessed by the iWAM may be somewhat different in different contexts (e.g. at
work, at home, or with friends), hence revealing them in the work-context is
more powerful in explaining or predicting performance than characteristics
that tend to be stable independent of context. The questions and statements
in the iWAM assessment keep one's focus on the context selected for
assessment throughout the entire test process.
* iWAM indicates preferences in work
relationships and communication. It can be used to determine developmental
directions and methods.
* Unlike other tests, the iWAM does not put people in boxes: each
person has a unique fingerprint of motivational and attitudinal patterns.
* For each pattern measured, iWAM recommends motivational language
to be used - or avoided for effective communication.
* iWAM compares one's results to that of a "standard group" (people who have taken the test).
http://www.iwaminstitute.com; http://www.jobEQ.comApplications of the iWAM:
Individuals:
CAREER DEVELOPMENT - Reveal what types of tasks, responsibilities,
and work environment the person prefers, and what work approach and work
rules attitudes are most dominant. It helps design career paths or career
changes, and increases their chance for success.
MOTIVATION AND THE "CLOCK" - The iWAM Clock reveals how
long people are likely to be engaged in a specific role before boredom or
burn-out sets in. It helps individuals formulate strategies for their careers
by clarifying the areas of interest to pursue and their need for changes.
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISING - Identify patterns that are valuable
and those that might need improvement in a supervisory/management role. Learn
how to coach and manage different individuals effectively. One size does not
fit all!
COACHING - The iWAM reports provide guidance not only on what to
coach, but also on how to coach for maximum effectiveness.
RELATIONSHIPS - The iWAM Paired Comparison
Report helps understand differences between people and provides a way to resolve
conflicts for better performance.
Teams:
NEW TEAM FORMATION: DESIGN AND TEAM BUILDING - Identify and design a
team and its leader's motivational patterns composition; for faster and more
effective team building process provide feedback at individual and team
levels, compare the team leader to team members.
TEAM DEVELOPMENT AND TEAM PERFORMANCE - Reveal key motivational
factors and attitudes in the team, and coach the team leader for more
effective leadership of given team. Increase the performance of the team
capitalizing on similarities and diversity amongst individuals.
Organizations:
EFFICIENT RECRUITING - Using the motivational language of high
performers triggers key motivational patterns and attracts more
high-potential candidates for a role or to match the culture of the
organization. It saves time and money, delivering better results. The iWAM
Model of Excellence, a profile of motivational patterns of high-performers
helps identify which applicants are more likely to become high-performers.
One can also evaluate the fit between a person's motivations and attitude at
work, and the culture of the organization or the requirements of a specific
role.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - Identify key patterns of leadership and its
organizational implications. Understand what makes leadership successful and
unique to an organization, and use it as input for succession planning.
SUCCESSION PLANNING - iWAM information is a useful input to identify
who has good potentials and what makes current successful leaders unique so
their success pattern can be reproduced by finding similar motivations in
their successors.
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Expertech CMSC offers access to the assessment. Contact Eric Stern
(514) 483-6264, ericst@iseffective.com www.iseffective.com We will provide a link to the assessment web site. It has 40 questions that need to be answered by putting 5 potential answers in the order of preference, in the chosen context: e.g. work, relationship, career, personal, etc. The review of the report with Eric Stern provides perspectives that use the knowledge and experience of others, aligned for the application that is most important to you.
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