The Gower Assessment and Development Centre

At last – all you need to run your own assessment or development centres. A complete set of photocopiable materials!

For more information and to order go to: Gower website

Designed by Julie Hay FCIPD Published by Gower Oct 1997

Assessment and development centres can provide organisations with a huge amount of useful, validated data about the potential of new recruits or the performance and development needs of established managers. Until now it has been time-consuming, complex and costly to identify and design suitable exercises and to plan and administer a centre. This is no longer the case! The Gower Assessment and Development Centre is designed to save you time and money and dramatically increase the effectiveness of any centre that you run. You simply select what you need and copy it – as often as you want.

The three manuals offer expert guidance and detailed checklists on the administration of the centre and the briefing of assessors, observers and assessees, along with a wide and varied range of exercises - complete with evaluation guidelines. The simulations span a range of levels so you can use them for junior employees through to senior managers. The exercises are based on proven lists of core management and professional competencies relevant to all organisations.

The material is designed for HR professionals developing their first centre, as well as those looking to expand and improve existing centres. You can put together a complete centre or simply add items to your own materials. The activities will be equally relevant whether you use your own list of competencies or rely on the ones provided in the manual.

Contents:

Manual One: Guidance, checklists and sample forms covering all aspects of planning and administering a centre, plus detailed programmes for a 3 day assessment centre and a 3 day development workshop. 

Manual Two: A range of 25 simulations of meetings, presentations, one to one interviews and other activities, complete with detailed instructions and including evaluation guidelines for linking these to core competencies.

Manual Three: Five comprehensive in-tray exercises with detailed instructions, marking sheets and summary assessment forms, and evaluation guidelines.

Julie Hay is Chief Executive of training consultancy AD International. She has been designing and running assessment and development centres since 1979, in organisations as varied as British Airways, The Probation Service, Bull Information Systems, Sun Alliance and Devon County Council. In addition to the Gower Assessment and Development Centre, Julie is the author of Getting the Best out of Development Centres, written for the Cabinet Office and circulated widely to government departments and agencies. She also co-ordinates a network of UK HR professionals who meet regularly to share ideas.

© 2009 A D International, Wildhill, Broadoak End, Hertford SG14 2JA,UK. Tel: +44 (0) 01992 550246   e-mail: enquiries@adinternational.com