Coaching & Assessment
Coaching and Assessment
Coaching and skill assessment built on your real work challenges
Precena coaches your people through live business problems, then measures their skills with scored assessments. Pick coaching on its own, coaching after a classroom programme, a customised assessment written against your competency framework, or a ready-to-use assessment from our catalogue.
- Two coaching formats
- Customised and pre-made assessments
- Anti-cheating online platform
- Reporting by learner and by item
Coaching scopes are structured to meet HRD Corp Coaching and Mentoring requirements. Approval rests on your levy balance and your eTRiS application, so confirm the scope with us before you submit.
Coaching
Two ways to run coaching
Both formats work on the same material, which is the real business challenge in front of your participant. The difference sits in whether a classroom programme comes first.
1Coaching
Our coach works with the individual on a real work business challenge across one or more coaching sessions.
2Classroom Training and Coaching
The target participant joins a training programme first to understand the relevant framework. Our coach then helps the participant apply the framework to their own work challenge.
Common subjects: Strategy, Leadership, Management and Financial Analysis.
Customised skill assessment
Assessments written against your own competency framework
Four parts make up the service. Run the full set, or take only the parts your team needs.
Question Development
We write customised questions in reference to your competency framework, or to the specific skills and knowledge you name.
Scoring
We score all the answers submitted by your test takers.
Reporting
We report the individual result with the score and supporting analysis.
Online Assessment Platform
We deliver through a partnership with a top platform provider, with anti-cheating monitoring running through the test.
Case: promotion assessment project
Five skill categories behind a promotion decision
A promotion assessment tests five categories. Each one draws on your own company material, so the result reflects your standards instead of a generic benchmark.
| Skill category | What the questions draw on |
|---|---|
| Corporate Philosophy | Corporate mission, company DNA and code of conduct. |
| General Knowledge | Latest news in the local and international market, or a relevant book set by the panel. |
| Corporate Strategy | Mid term management plan, investor relations information and the company playbook. |
| Product, Finance and Legal | Latest product information, relevant regulations and compliance requirements. |
| Corporate Competency | Expected behaviours by grade, in reference to your competency framework. |
Pre-made skill assessment
Ready-to-use assessments on proven, market-validated skill standards
Four skill families cover daily execution, thinking, teamwork and mindset. Deploy them without a development phase.
Technical Skill
Skills to execute daily tasks.
- Marketing Essentials
- Fundamentals of Accounting
- Data Analysis
Conceptual Skill
Skills to create ideas, plans or strategies.
- Logical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Design Thinking
- Business Strategy
Human Skill
Skills to influence others to achieve something as a team.
- Leadership
- Performance Management
Mindsets
Mentality, philosophy and principles towards work.
Customised assessment development is available for corporate philosophies, mission and values.
An e-learning format is also available.
How it works
Three stages, from login to grade book
Your test takers work through the platform on their own. Your administrators hold the scores and the export at the end.
Log in and start
- After login, all test and evaluation items for each subject appear in the menu bar. Design Thinking, for example, holds six evaluation items.
- The test taker clicks the Ready to Start button to begin.
Answer and submit
- Questions are multiple choice. The test taker clicks Next after each answer, with no time limit applied.
- Scores appear by evaluation item on submission, with a feedback report available.
Review and export
- The feedback report shows the explanation for each question straight away. Hide the explanations if your assessment design calls for it.
- The grade book exports detailed data by learner or by evaluation item.
Scored data for promotion and development decisions
Questions and answers
Common questions about coaching and assessment
What is the difference between coaching and classroom training with coaching?
Under coaching, our coach works with the individual on a real work business challenge across one or more sessions. Under classroom training with coaching, the participant joins a training programme first to understand the framework, then our coach helps the participant apply the framework to their own work challenge.
Which subjects does Precena coach?
Strategy, Leadership, Management and Financial Analysis are the common subjects. The final scope follows the framework your participants need to apply at work.
What is the difference between a customised and a pre-made skill assessment?
A customised assessment uses questions written against your competency framework, or against the specific skills and knowledge you name. A pre-made assessment uses ready-to-use question sets built on proven, market-validated skill standards, so it deploys without a development phase.
Which skills do the pre-made assessments cover?
Four families. Technical Skill covers Marketing Essentials, Fundamentals of Accounting and Data Analysis. Conceptual Skill covers Logical Thinking, Problem Solving, Design Thinking and Business Strategy. Human Skill covers Leadership and Performance Management. Mindsets covers mentality, philosophy and principles towards work, with customised development available for corporate philosophies, mission and values.
How does Precena prevent cheating during an online assessment?
Delivery runs on a platform from a top provider. Anti-cheating monitoring functions stay active through the test, and Precena supports the implementation with your administrators.
What does a promotion assessment test?
Five categories: corporate philosophy, general knowledge, corporate strategy, product with finance and legal, and corporate competency. Each category draws on your own company material, such as your mission, your mid term management plan and your competency framework.
Is there a time limit on the assessment?
No. The questions are multiple choice and the test taker moves forward with the Next button at their own pace.
What does the test taker see after finishing?
The score by evaluation item, plus a feedback report with the explanation for each question. Hide the explanations at your request if the same questions are reused later.
What data does the administrator receive?
An individual result report with the score and supporting analysis, plus a grade book export of detailed data by learner or by evaluation item.
Is coaching claimable under HRD Corp?
Precena structures coaching scopes to meet HRD Corp Coaching and Mentoring requirements. Approval depends on your levy balance and your eTRiS application, so confirm the scope with our team before you submit.
How do we start?
Share the target group, the grade or role in scope, and the decision the result supports. We come back with a recommended coaching format, an assessment design and a clear cost.
Tell us which skills you need to measure
Share the target group, the grade in scope and the decision the result supports. We come back with a coaching format, an assessment design and a clear cost.