What are the assessors looking for?
After all the exercises have been defined and the necessary paperwork produced to support them, the facilitators schedule the day. They plan room assignments, mix up the exercises so the same person doesn’t always go first, and so on. Once the assessment center has begun, the facilitator plays the vital role of keeping the session on schedule. This is important. Candidates are wandering bemusedly from room to room, assessors are furiously recording their observations, and somebody has to make sure the right exercise happens at the right time. The final step of the assessment center is to assemble the assessors – usually the day after the exercises – to pool all their observations. There are several ways to go about this. Let’s say that on target behavior for leadership is given a point value of “2.” Above target might be “3”; below target, “1”. Each candidate is discussed for each dimension, for each exercise. Finally, all the assessors must agree on an overall rating. This is not an a
