Acumen - Individual Contributor
Acumen™ consists of a library of 360-degree technical leadership skill surveys that help leaders better understand their strengths and development needs within a given functional area (e.g., sales, marketing, IT, HR, Finance, etc ). Acumen™ helps leaders understand...
- Strength areas - In what technical areas am I considered a subject matter expert?
- Improvement areas - What technical skills need to be improved to be a better leader?
- Suggestions for improvement - What can I do to build my functional acumen?
Acumen™ is based on our experience in working with thousands of technical leaders across multiple business sectors and organizational levels, our executive coaching efforts, and our extensive studies of functional excellence. A total of 28 surveys are included in the Acumen™ library. Each survey typically includes from five to seven technical competencies and approximately 30 rated items (5 items per technical competency). Each survey asks raters to make ratings of technical proficiency using a 5-point scale and includes three open-ended items.
Sample surveys included in the Acumen™ library include the following technical disciplines...
- Controller/Accounting
- Research & Development
- Operations
- Manufacturing/Logistics
- Real Estate
- Information Technology
- Sales
- Marketing
- Human Resources
- Corporate Development/M&A
- Construction
- Administrative Assistant
- Facilities/Property Management
- Franchise Development/Relations
- Legal
- Training and Development
- Diversity
- Customer Service
- Business Process Improvement/TQM
- Restaurant Management
- Risk Management
- Project Management
- Corporate Strategy
- Information Technology
- Safety
- Loss Prevention
- Payroll/AP
- Purchasing
*Note: We can also develop technical surveys for functional areas not listed above.
Example functional-technical competencies for three of the 28 Acumen™ surveys are provided below...
- Marketing (Advertising Development & Execution - Agency Management - Media Execution)
- Finance (Accounting - Tax - Treasury - Controls - Financial Reporting)
- Information Technology (Application Software - Systems Architecture - Technical Infrastructure)
$199 per Feedback Report , there is no set-up charge for this established survey.
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About The Author
Van Latham, PhD is an industrial and organizational psychologist with a broad business, human resources, consulting, and academic background. Dr. Latham spent 12 years in human resources leadership positions with PepsiCo and Iron Mountain before founding PathPoint Consulting.
Prior to his business career, Dr. Latham was an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior at Creighton University. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists.
He holds a B.A. in Psychology from Baylor University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Wayne State University.
