Talent Engineering is not academic or theoretical. It is practical technology used by clients globally to make real talent and business decisions since 1991.
Talent Engineering Technology Produces Science-based Talent Data
Our 100-item catalog of talent assessment-development products evolved over 3 decades of applied research on what distinguished high performing employees in diverse jobs at all levels.
The inventory is a toolkit that uses science and data to make talent decisions.
Intellectual property includes 100+ products developed-refined over 30 years of scientific research on thousands of high performers and then client validated
Talent Engineering Technology®
3-D operating system to integrate Work-People-Environment dynamics with talent Standards, Measures and Solutions.
This science-driven talent platform can accurately Explain-Predict-Improve performance and job person compatibility
Instead of relying on opinions, assumptions, or bias, TET relies on data and analytics to make talent plans-decisions.
30 Years Applied Research
We flew 3 Million miles over 3 decades to learn the underlying causes and best applications of talent at all job levels.
Cognitive Scientist - VP-HR
Cognitive Scientist and VP-HR analyzed what distinguished thousands of top performers on 5 levels of measurement
Clients Are Co-developers
Managers, employees and HR pros in client companies collaborated with our team of scientists and analytics pros
Technology Users include all employees, managers and HR
EMPLOYEES get job-specific Self-Management guides based on what distinguishes top performing peers
MANAGERS each get 'Interview Guides' and job-specific 'Coaching Guides'
HR gets in-depth reports and analytics on high performance behaviors, skills values and traits for each job Profiled
We conduct applied research on employee productivity and work-life success. These 6 core discoveries were instrumental in developing Talent Engineering.
Evolutionary Process became a revolutionary technology
We started with the right formula: help people and organizations succeed.
It's a long journey from pure research to commercial success. We took it and are still on the same path. Join us!
Since 1991 80% of our business came from the same 5 repeat global clients
High-Achievable Standards
The technology provides a proven path to productivity and work-life success in the form of each job's top performers
We analyze what distinguishes them on 5 levels of talent measurement and provide mean to communicate those standards
Each employee gets a 'Self-Management Guide to model their work after the top performers they work with every day
It's not rocket science...it's people science
To be a Talent Engineer you substitute your traditional reliance on 'soft people skills with hard data and facts about talent
Begin by setting high-achievable standards
Next, compare actual results and causes to the standard - using quantitative methods
Act on the gaps.with alternative solutions
10 Applications of Talent Engineering Technology. If you want to explain-predict-improve talent we have a tool in our catalog. You can get support to use these tools but after certification you won't need it
Talent Engineering Technology® - 6 Research Origins
Work-People-Environment Fit
Work-People-Environment (WPE) compatibility model is a framework for analyzing how value is created in any job - by analyzing three universal variables that create value
High Performance Profile
High Performance Profiles identify what distinguishes top performers, compares people to those standards, prioritizes learning Solutions for their development by isolating what distinguishes top performers in a job
5 Levels of Measurement
5-Level Measurement framework uniquely quantifies underlying causes of performance and assesses job-person compatibility
Domains of Genius
Domains of Genius identifies strengths, hyper-competence, and narrow bands of task specific genius that emerges from a combination of natural ability and repeated excellence
Work-Life success Model
Work-Life Success Formula provides a proven model and action plan for productive work-life balance areas for improvement.
Talent Analytics
Talent Analytics diagnoses talent job demands and compares people to these standards with predictive accuracy. It then isolates individual priorities doe development based on the measured gaps to high achievable standards