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About PEAKS

PEAKS (Purpose . Energy . Affirmation . Knowledge . Sustainability) is a global on-line psychometric technology developed by Research Communication International (RCI) that measures and optimizes human potential at all levels of organizations and societies. The PEAKS Profiling Technology is highly accurate, reliable, and uncomplicated which does not put you into a box or label you, but helps you live the best possible life and PEAK Perform!

PEAKS Philosophy

Strength-based Approach Beauty and Strength in Every Nature A PEAK Performance Platform

What PEAKS Workshop IS NOT?

Not used as a tool for hiring or firing Not used as weapon against you to pin point mistakes Not used as an excuse for negative behaviour Not used as performance evaluation or assessment

What PEAKS Workshop IS ABOUT?

Understanding how our personality affects us in our daily life Experiencing a very personal and customised workshop based on your own individual unique

report Understanding each other’s talent and strength Leveraging on our Personality Driven Strengths so that we can PEAK Perform in work and Life

How to get my Personalised Unique Comprehensive Report?

1. Allocate 45 minutes without distraction with access to the computer and internet 2. Follow the instructions on the “PEAKS Profiling Detailed Instructions” 3. Do look out for your Individual Unique User ID and Password in the “PEAKS Profiling Detailed

Instructions” 4. In doing the Detailed Personality Test, do not take too much time at each question but

answer whatever comes to your mind at that point of time 5. Do not worry if you do not understand the words, just answer according to what you think it

is. 6. Be as Honest as you can 7. When you are done, your Personalised Unique Comprehensive Report will be printed and

presented to you on the day of the workshop

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The Different PEAKS Profile Reports

THE BASIC PEAKS PROFILE Like the human DNA, the PEAKS Profile offers you a glimpse of your composite personality-driven potential. This will give you leverage in advancing your areas of strength and managing your identified fields of weakness for PEAK performance. The PEAKS profiles will help you negotiate the "Everests" of your work life! This basic PEAKS profile is a validated prediction of your natural disposition based on the well researched five-factor personality tradition and peak performance research by RCI. This profile gives you reflections of your potential to peak perform in a variety of contexts. The first five pages in this report contain your personality descriptors on each of the five factors that distinguish personality, arranged for ease of recall under the acronym PEAKS. (P) Purpose (E) Energy (A) Affirmation (K) Knowledge (S)Sustainability Each personality factor is further broken down into 5 sub-factors, measuring your personality uniqueness in 25 different personality areas. The subsequent pages of your basic PEAKS report will also consist of an inventory of your 32 personality-driven work traits. What are these work related traits? Work-related competency traits are personality demeanours typical of an individual who is engaged in performing productive tasks, whether on the job or at home. Whilst they do not include behaviours only unique to management, sales, leadership or other special work situations, these competencies are common to all types of work roles and are perceived as core work competencies in the Corporate, Community, Academic and Social sectors. Your Work Competency traits will include the following indices:

1. General work related traits 2. Change-related traits 3. Emotion-related traits 4. Administration related traits 5. Management related traits 6. Entrepreneurial and sales related traits




THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN The Individual Development Plan equips us to identify the key behavioural competencies we may want to "leverage on" to enhance human potential to the maximum. It allows us to identify the key personality-driven competencies we may want to "leverage on" to PEAK perform and achieve our goals. Such Knowledge is crucial for continual development and personal enhancement, providing individuals with the necessary burning fuel for individual sustainable development.




THE LEADING PEOPLE INDEX (LPI) The Leading People Index (LPI) is a rigorous tool that provides general estimates of leadership characteristics in the workplace. The scores in particular critically benchmarks individuals against top performing leaders in the marketplace. It also measures leadership competency attributes and provides indicators of workplace performance and dominant leadership styles based on current management mod els. The profile attempts to capture significant competencies in organizational leadership with the view of presenting a measurement tool to reflect personal strengths and weaknesses for personal and corporate attention. The LPI measures each individual against seven classifications that embrace essential corporate leadership domains:

1. Propelling Leadership 2. Developing Business 3. Thriving on Challenges 4. Accelerating Learning 5. Managing Relationship Networks 6. Making Decisions 7. Building Teams

Based on locally- contextualized and globally- relevant research, the LPI generates scores projected from established and prevailing leadership models used globally in management research and training. Your LPI profile will contain indices projected from current published models.




THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE

The Leadership profile utilizes RCI's PEAKS

profiling technology in capturing individual

leadership dispositions based on projections

derived from a number of cutting edge

leadership models used widely in

Management research. The leadership

profile measures each individual against 29

prevailing leadership models used widely in

Management and Leadership research. The

profile will include many current, well-

researched leadership models and more.

Some of the Leadership models include:

Emotional Intelligence – EQ

John Kotter’s 13 Leadership Factors

Situational Leadership

Kouzes and Posner Leadership Elements

PEAKS Leader o Championing a Vision o Cultivating Positive Outcomes o Communicates Intent o Collaborates with Others o Cares for Others o Confronts Wrong doing o Changes for the better o Creates Structures o Celebrates Excellence o Continues Learning




THE MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY MODEL The PEAKS Management and Leadership Competency model assesses individual potential according to the following competencies found to be essential for management and leadership development. 1. Self Management

Achievement Drive Initiative Self Confidence Flexibility Tenacity Self Control Concern for order (Attention to

detail) 2. Problem Solving

Technical Expertise Analytical Ability Conceptual Thinking

3. Managing for Results Influence Strategy Relationship Building Organizational Awareness Interpersonal Understanding Results Orientation Direct Persuasion Information Seeking

4. Group Management Team Leadership Team Work Developing Others Directing Others

5. Customer Orientation Customer Services




TEAM PROFILE The Team profile highlights individual strengths within a team dynamic. The PEAKS Team profile provides a composite display of individual scores according to 9 PEAKS Team roles. The profile is also able to project into other popular models. Additionally, the team profile offers a matrix that measures the optimum degree of match between individuals, hence identifying potential pitfalls of conflict between members of a team. Such knowledge helps to minimize personality "fall-out" when contrasting personalities are present in a team context.




THE 360 DEGREE PROFILE 360 DEGREE FEEDBACK is a Technology for eliciting reliable & valid self & other perceptions of personal potential & performance. The 360 degree feedback profile is a state-of-the-art assessment technology used by leading multinational companies that empowers individuals to catch a glimpse of their personality-driven strengths from various human perspectives. The profile is like a multi-faceted mirror of personality that allows individuals to discover their potential through feedback from others i.e. bosses, peers or subordinates, in comparison to their own self assessment. This allows for extensive gap analyses that would aid in developing human potential to the fullest. The 360 degree feedback focuses on 7 core categories crucial for excellence in the corporate arena:

1. Propelling Leadership 2. Developing Business 3. Thriving on Challenges 4. Accelerating Learning 5. Managing Relationship Networks 6. Making Decisions 7. Building Teams




THE PARTNERSHIP PROFILE The partnership profile provides general assessments of partnership compatibility, conflict management and relationship development matrices. It is a tool for business partners, married couples and colleagues alike seeking a deepened awareness of partnership synergy for sustained harmony, efficacy and success in relationships. The Partnership profile maps the individual scores of both partners for a composite reflection of personality similarities and differences. This allows individuals within partnerships to identify blind-spots and manage potential conflict areas. The partnership profile will also include a matrix measuring the optimum degree of match between individuals in a partnership. As with other PEAKS profiles, it details score projections of popular partnership models used widely internationally.




THE SALES & MARKETING PROFILE The Marketing & Sales profile is a vital and indispensable resource for all executives engaged in sales, marketing and related industries (consulting, business development, management etc.) or for those interested in developing a career in sales & marketing. This profile analyzes selling and marketing potential according to industry competency benchmarks, it also measures the individual's ability according to a diversity of popular sales & marketing models. The most common model identifies the individual’s competencies in the following area:

Introductory Phase

Information Gathering Phase

Needs Analysis Phase

Recommendation Phase

Proposal Development & Delivery Phase

Closing the Deal




THE PEOJECT MANAGEMENT PROFILE The PEAKS Project Management Profile outlines the core functional competencies of a Project Manager. This Profile provides a Project Management template for self-actualization in the Leadership and Management of projects. The Project Management competencies measured includes: Project Leadership Managing Organizational Expectations Managing Process Functions Managing Technology Managing Information Managing TEAM Formation and

Motivation Managing Relationships Managing Communication Managing Shareholders Managing Risks Managing Change Managing Control and Closure




THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT & READINESS PROFILE Change readiness is an important ingredient in transiting change in an organization or institution. Many organizations fail in implementing change because of a lack of readiness amongst stakeholders. A readiness to change is an indication of resolve, commitment, and determination of stakeholders and the participants of change to realise their dreams. Hence individual and organizational readiness needs to be assessed in order to determine the degree of change readiness. The PEAKS Change Readiness Profile gives a snapshot of personality-based projections of change readiness indices for use by researchers, organizations and individuals in implementing change. The Change Readiness Index measured includes: Change and Leadership Change and Organizational Goals Change and Collaboration Change and Relationships Change and Communication Change and Stakeholders Change and New Information Change and Risk-taking Change and Transformation




THE CAREER POSITIONER In the rugged terrain of career selection and advancement, one would require the necessary know-how to navigate across the variable landscape. The Positioner equips each job seeker with the necessary knowledge to accommodate better within the workplace environment. The Positioner captures the scores of the PEAKS profile and develops it one step further to help you define your ideal career pathway. A job to fit your personality Learning about your personality is not only an interesting activity but important. When it comes to career satisfaction, you will need to find a work environment that is compatible to your gifts and personality. Given the right perspectives, everyone can do well in the workplace/ occupation of choice. Finding the right fit means finding the ideal place for you that is well suited to your unique Personality. The Positioner is an integrative personality-based technology that offers you the opportunity to identify your personality-driven career peaks based on the Job Fit Index (JFI), which is derived by mapping your unique personality scores onto heavily researched locally relevant globally informed, occupational benchmarks developed by Research Communication International. Based on the (JFI), the Positioner will compute a listing of recommended jobs best suited to your unique personality. It will also endow you with substantial knowledge to handle the rigors of job interviews by proposing special techniques determined by your personality-driven job competencies to win the interview. Armed with new knowledge of ones personality driven strengths and career dispositions, the Positioner profile also includes an individual development plan to guide the job seeker through setting compelling goals and charting a course for future success. The Positioner is an indispensable tool for all job seekers aspiring to discover the best fit in their careers or seeking to develop themselves toward greater heights of excellence in clinching that dream job, advancing in their professions and knowing how to leverage on their individual strengths and managing those areas that require development.


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