Understanding the “why” behind behavior in the workplace, enabling you to hire, coach, and develop talent to maximize performance

ACTIVITY VECTOR ANALYSIS®

Individual Behavior. Organizational Success.

 Activity Vector Analysis (AVA®) is an easy-to-use, highly effective behavioral assessment that renders detailed profiles of individuals, identifying their natural tendencies and predicting their workplace behaviors. In addition, we also provide a system that measures the behavioral demands of specific positions, a critical and too often overlooked factor in matching the right people with the right jobs to optimize individual productivity and organizational success.

Measuring Job-Related Behavior

  • Individual behavioral analysis

    Individual Analysis

    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®.

  • measure job performance with a behavioral assessment

    Job Demand Analysis (JDA)

    Jobs require specific behavioral traits to be performed successfully. Identifying these unique behavioral demands, and people who are.

Client Feedback

  • It is our policy to have anyone applying for employment with our company take the AVA®. It is an excellent tool in helping to determine a baseline of areas of strength and fit in individuals applying for a position with our company. We compare this information with result from leadership within the organization who have been extremely successful in their jobs. The results have been right on, assisting us with more strategic placements that save time, training and resources.

    ~ Teri Malonee
    Vice President, Operations & Human Resources Officer, St. Johns Properties

  • The AVA® has been the sole behavioral assessment tool utilized by The Ingram Content Group for the past 20 years. When benchmarked against other instruments, no other option comes close to meeting the accuracy, clarity and value of the AVA®. Throughout our Company and at all levels of leadership, from supervisors to the CEO, the AVA is a respected behavioral assessment tool for all key human capital actions, from recruitment to team building to succession planning.

    ~ Wayne Keegan
    Chief Human Resource Officer

  • Southern States Cooperative has utilized the AVA product for well over a decade and we cannot say enough good things about this tool! We love the simplicity and accuracy of the process, and just how beneficial the tool is in assessing new hires (as well as current employees) to better understand the leadership styles, work environment and role that they work most effectively in. This tool has helped us tremendously in creating an overall better employee and candidate experience!

    ~ Morgan Brock

    Director, Human Resources

  • I’ve worked with the AVA for over 15 years at two different organizations. It’s my first go to tool in any interaction I have. I have seen it cultivate relationships and build stronger and more productive teams. I encourage curiosity when delivering individual results and enjoy seeing others truly lean in to their strengths and opportunities.

    ~ Cari Reagan

    Director, OPD

  • At Grubb Properties, we've integrated the AVA Work Style Profile into our hiring process and team development strategies, and the results have been exceptional. The platform's user-friendly interface makes it incredibly easy to navigate, saving us valuable time and effort. Moreover, we've consistently found the data provided by AVA to be accurate and insightful.

    Whether we're assessing potential candidates during the hiring process or nurturing the growth of our existing team members, AVA's comprehensive analysis has proven invaluable. It provides us with a deep understanding of individual work styles, enabling us to build more cohesive and effective teams.

    In summary, we highly recommend the AVA Work Style Profile to any organization looking to streamline their hiring process and enhance team development. It's been a game-changer for us at Grubb Properties.

    ~ Melissa Needham

    Associate Director, Talent Acquisition

Our Story

 “The professionals that bring you AVA® today are staunch advocates of the tradition of Walter V. Clarke himself—which is focused on maintaining the integrity, validity, and reliability of the AVA® Behavioral Assessment System”

 
An individuals personality impacts how they perform in their job.

AVA® Assessment Associates, Inc. (originally Walter V. Clarke Associates) was founded in 1948 by Clarke, an accomplished organizational psychologist and business executive. Capitalizing on the “self-consistency” theories developed by Prescott Lecky and Walter’s teacher and mentor, William Moulton Marston, Clarke developed an assessment that accurately measures individual behavioral tendencies and the application of those tendencies in the workplace.

AVA®, throughout the last 70 years, has remained focused on maintaining the validity and reliability of the AVA assessment and expanding its application in the workplace.  Today, the AVA® assessment is used by clients worldwide and is available in over 20 different languages.  The Company continues to provide both an in-depth assessment tool and training to our clients to thoroughly and accurately interpret and apply the assessment results in their organization.   

Most Common Uses of AVA®

  • assessment job selection

    Job Selection

  • use beahavioral assessements to improve team building

    Team Building

  • Develop better employees

    Employee Development

 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.

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 Understanding the “why” behind behavior in the workplace, enabling you to hire, coach, and develop talent to maximize performance

high functioning workplace

Behavior Moves the Bottom Line

Understanding how people will behave in line with the demands of their job, as well as their ability to interact with others is what distinguishes high-performing organizations from average or poor performers.

Our clients use AVA® because they are serious about creating a high-functioning workplace. They see AVA as high-value, backed by a responsive, accessible, and service-oriented team of professionals.