The AVA® Assessment
“The AVA® Behavioral Assessment is a free-response tool used for over 70 years to assess an individual’s behavioral style in the workplace that has been based exclusively on empirical research attesting to its validity”
Measuring Job-Related Behavior
AVA® is a work-related system of behavioral assessment tools widely recognized for its accuracy, validity, simplicity, and utility. AVA® provides the “why” behind behavior in the workplace, enabling you to hire, coach and develop employees to their best possible performance. When you understand why people do what they do, you can place them in the right jobs and motivate them optimally to achieve results. AVA® profiles an individual’s natural behavioral tendencies, the behavioral demands of specific jobs, and defines the fit between the two.
INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS
Often referred to as the “AVA®”
The Individual Analysis is the best-known and most frequently used tool in the AVA® system. A certified analyst can use profiles generated from the AVA® Individual Analysis to make recommendations about:
Selection
Organizational Alignment
Organization Development
Retention
Conflict Resolution
Motivation
Performance Coaching
Career Coaching
Team Building
With AVA®, you can assess:
an individual’s expected behavior in varying working conditions
potential for executing assignments over time
dynamic decision-making
stress factors
level of individual’s morale
an individual’s behavioral flexibility
JOB DEMAND ANALYSIS (JDA)
“An integral part of the AVA® behavioral system is measurement of a job’s behavioral demands.”
Jobs require specific behavioral traits to be performed successfully. Identifying these unique behavioral demands, and people who are compatible with them, provides the right fit for the job and improves both management and execution of work. Failure to do so often results in unmet goals, dissatisfaction, and expensive turnover. The JDA Assessment identifies the unique behavioral demands of a position while also providing a complete position description in behavioral terms.
The Job Demands Analysis (JDA) Process:
Identifies the behaviors required to do a specific job successfully, changes to existing positions, and the design of positions not yet in existence
Suggests relevant behavioral interview questions to ask job candidates
Provides employers the assurance in compliance with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidelines that require all assessment tools to be job-related
Insights to Boost Performance
AVA® was developed for the workplace. It assesses how an individual will function at work, providing a behavioral profile of both the individual and the behavioral demands of the job an individual will perform. This distinct picture of how someone will behave in your unique environment makes it the best predictor of successful job performance over time. As hiring managers know, placing the right individual and the right job is a key factor contributing to high performing performance and satisfaction in the workplace.
“Supporting High-Functioning Work Environments Where Jobs Are Performed At Their Highest Level”
Most Common Uses of AVA®
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Job Selection
AVA® provides invaluable, actionable information to recruiters, hiring managers and supervisors by providing them with a profile that measures how suitable a candidate’s behavioral attributes are for the job.
AVA® is often used in conjunction with the Job Demands Analysis (JDA), which provides a behavioral profile of the job to determine the likelihood that this individual is matched correctly according to the most essential performance criteria—behavior.
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Team Building
Team development and team effectiveness are primary uses for AVA®. By collectively identifying the behavioral characteristics of the team members, the AVA® identifies the expected team strengths and potential shortcomings. The AVA® focuses on how to maximize each person’s performance on the team, placing individuals in roles consistent with their natural behavioral tendencies. And when conflicts arise on the team, AVA® provides insight into the underlying interpersonal dynamics in the team that are creating challenges, allowing you to address and eliminate the conflict.
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Employee Development
AVA® provides managers with a roadmap to guide an employee to success within their organization. AVA® helps managers identify career paths that are compatible with individual behavioral styles and design training programs to support growth. It enables employees to understand why people see them the way they do and, with coaching, adjust their behaviors if necessary. These are critical steps toward retaining valuable employees that organizations have invested in and who are essential to maintaining a quality organization.
Knowledge Transfer
One of the distinguishing features of AVA® is its emphasis on knowledge transfer. Unlike many assessment tools that rely on a third-party interpreter, AVA® provides our clients, through training, with the skills to provide a thorough interpretation of the AVA® assessment. This allows our client to immediately begin applying the results of the assessment upon completion by an individual. Learning the methodology, interpretation, and applications of the AVA® is led by a professional member of AVA® Assessment Associates, Inc.
AVA® does not create dependence because you determine the level of support you need from us— whether that be through the WebAVA® tools, the occasional phone call for help on an assessment, or hands-on training and consulting. Your organization decide what the right level of participation, personalized attention, and support is optimal for your needs.
The professional team at AVA® Assessment Associates, Inc has decades of experience in training analysts, interpreting assessment results, and implementing applications of the AVA®.
What You Get
Consulting
Training
Support
Benefits of AVA®
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AVA® delivers positive ROI. When you hire the right person for the job, you immediately increase productivity and avoid costly turnover.
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AVA® is more actionable than other types of assessments because it is behavior-based, enabling managers to implement “course corrections” on the job.
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AVA® originates from the research of prominent psychologists and has been continually updated, providing exceptional validity and reliability.
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AVA® is compliant with EEOC guidelines which require assessment tools to be “job-related” and therefore you can have peace of mind using it for hiring and placement.