Talent Engineering Technology: Strategic IP Acquisition

Most talent assessments illustrate the characteristics of top performers. This approach utilizes analytics to clarify what drives their outstanding performance.

Performance Advantage Technologies, Inc. is on the lookout for a strategic IP acquisition of the intellectual property and methodology behind Talent Engineering Technology® (TET), developed over 35 years of rigorous research and enterprise application. This acquisition includes the method, its research-derived assets, and the expertise to implement it, targeting organizations with the customer base and capacity to scale its impact.

Why It Is Worth Owning

The key benefit is the closure of performance gaps. A top performer surpasses the average worker by 19% in unskilled roles, 32% in skilled positions, and 48% in professional jobs (Schmidt and Hunter). Tools grounded in performance measurement pinpoint what today’s leading performers share. TET establishes job-specific standards based on performance drivers, evaluates individuals against these benchmarks, and provides tailored learning solutions to bridge the gap. One client’s CFO attributed a remarkable $14M increase in annual sales revenue to the effectiveness of this method. It took decades to refine and mere days to implement.

What an Acquirer Receives

• The method: a three-step system (Standards, Measures, Solutions) for defining superior performance in a specific job, measuring talent against it using performance measurement techniques, and translating results into human capital management development.

• Research-derived models: the Success Profile methodology and assessment-development methods, built from applied research on thousands of high performers, enhancing strategic IP acquisition efforts.

• Software and tools: Talent Analytics software and supporting assessment tools to streamline the evaluation process.

• Training and certification materials: platform live in about one hour; practitioners certified as Talent Engineers in four to seven days, providing expertise in human capital management.

• The brand: the registered Talent Engineering Technology® trademark, symbolizing an innovative approach to performance measurement.

• The founder’s knowledge: a defined transition and advisory period to transfer the method and its development history, ensuring a thorough understanding for successful strategic IP acquisition.

The asset inventory, ownership, and transferability are confirmed in a structured review under a signed confidentiality agreement.

Evidence It Works and Transfers

• $14M in annual sales revenue at an employment services firm with 710 sales reps, as credited by the client’s CFO; representatives hired under the new human capital management system sold 3x more than those brought on through traditional methods.

• 87% accuracy in predicting the performance measurement ratings of 42 HR professionals; these results positively influenced 14 job changes.

• 41 of 56 engineers scheduled for layoffs were effectively reassigned to roles that matched their talent, demonstrating strategic IP acquisition.

• 16% lower turnover among wafer fab technicians, resulting in significant savings in quality, hiring, training, and management time.

• Enterprise adoption: Alcatel, Hitachi, J&J, Nokia, and Texas Instruments contracted for the method and issued contractor badges. Hitachi (USA) mandated that its staffing firms adhere to these standards.

• Proven to transfer: I certified 32 global facilitators who trained over 5,000 participants, with clients investing $125K to certify their own personnel.

Further case documentation is available to qualified parties, subject to client confidentiality.

Protection

The Talent Engineering Technology® name is a registered trademark. The method and supporting materials are proprietary and disclosed only under a signed agreement.

Where It Fits

This approach aligns seamlessly with assessment and selection firms, human capital management technology providers, sales and leadership performance measurement providers, management consulting practices, and learning and development companies. In each context, it enhances existing products and client work by adding a job-specific layer that improves overall outcomes.

Four Questions for Your Evaluation

• Strategic fit: how does this enhance your human capital management offerings and complement your existing products, services, and customer relationships?

• Differentiation: in what ways does it strengthen your market position against correlation-based tools and competitors?

• Transferability: which of your assets can transfer to this new model, and what additional development would be required for optimal strategic IP acquisition?

• Commercial potential: which applications, segments, and channels present the most credible growth opportunities in the market?

The Founder

Jeffrey Lyons is a cognitive scientist with a master’s in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience from UT Dallas. As a former CHRO, he has been dedicated to developing, refining, and validating TET for human capital management since 1991. He is the founder of Performance Advantage Technologies, Inc., and holds memberships in the American Psychological Association, the Texas Psychological Association, the Cognitive Science Society, and SHRM.

Question:

Does your current performance measurement assessment explain why your top performers excel, or does it only describe their attributes? If the honest answer is “only describe,” reach out to Jeffrey Lyons for a confidential introductory conversation about strategic IP acquisition: jkl@MeasureToSucceed.com | (972) 658-6873

For preliminary strategic discussion only. Any transaction is subject to due diligence, definitive agreements, and verification of ownership and transferability.