Assessment centres
and Succession Planning in the UK
Identifying talent for today and tomorrow

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Effective leadership is the cornerstone of success. At Morgan Philips Talent Consulting, our assessment centre and succession planning services are part of our broader talent management consulting solutions.

With the rapid advancement of technology, especially AI, it has never been more important to rely on trusted talent consulting services that deliver quality leadership data to power your most critical decisions.

Our approach to leadership assessment goes beyond evaluating skills and competencies; it explores the essence of an individual's leadership style, potential, and long-term impact. By combining expertise in talent development and strategy consulting, we enable you to gain clarity around leadership capability within your organisation. Your teams can make informed choices, drive sustainable performance, align talent with your company's vision and strategy, and strengthen your succession planning initiatives.

Executive Assessment

Mid to Senior Leadership assessment

High potentials and future leaders

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Executive assessment in the UK

An agile talent management consulting solution that delivers key insights to support effective senior selection decisions

Senior executives in the UK must be able to think strategically, make confident decisions, communicate in compelling ways, motivate and inspire others, and consistently drive results. To achieve this, organisations need specialised talent consulting services that go beyond traditional evaluation methods.

When moving into a new position, senior hires need to be able to make an impact in an ever-changing context, demonstrating resilience, adaptability and commitment along the way.
Crucially, what made them successful in a previous role may not be effective in a new environment, so focusing purely on past performance is not a reliable indicator of future potential.
Our assessment centre solutions in the UK de-risk your selection decisions by providing reliable, objective data that evaluates all the critical factors for a successful appointment. Through structured exercises, simulations, and expert observations, we assess skills and competencies but also delve into an individual’s leadership style, potential, and impact.
We go beyond evaluating skills and competencies and delve into the essence of an individual’s leadership style, potential and impact. Our approach empowers you to make informed selection decisions with confidence while improving your candidate’s experience, without impacting your timescales.

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Assessment for mid to senior-level executives in the UK

For mid to senior-level leaders, our Assessment Centre solutions focus on identifying the leadership skills and behaviors necessary to navigate the complexities of today's business environment. Through structured exercises, simulations, and expert evaluations, our assessments provide a detailed examination of leadership competencies, interpersonal dynamics, and decision-making abilities.

This approach offers a comprehensive understanding of your leaders’ capabilities, enabling you to identify the right person for a role or facilitate targeted leadership development interventions. Additionally, elements of our market-leading Leading with Purpose™ are integrated into our Assessment Centre methodology. This enhances the process by not only assessing leadership effectiveness but also identifying high-potential leaders within your organization, delivering added value and long-term strategic insights.

Our Assessment Centre Approach Helps Your Mid-to-Senior Leaders to:

Move between the operational and strategic in charting the course for the business
Manage complexity and high levels of pressure with organisation, poise and resilience

Build strong and influential networks that ‘open doors’ with current and future stakeholders
Unlock performance in their direct reports and peers

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T.frame

A modern leadership framework

Our leadership framework acts as the foundation for our leadership assessment process. It highlights the key behaviours that lead to high performance, across six key areas and four seniority levels - individual contributor, team leader, functional leader and strategic leader.

Think:

Seek to understand, analyse and evaluate information and situations, ask questions to find solutions; and make decisions accordingly.

Deliver:

Take the initiative to plan and prioritise to achieve objectives; be results-oriented.

Change:

Demonstrate resilience and adaptability; challenge and question to progress; exchange ideas and innovate to improve working methods.

Inspire:

Lead by example; encourage and motivate; help and support; guide and develop others.

Engage:

Collaborate and cooperate by developing productive working relationships; communicate and influence, listen and empathise.

Agility:

The ability to work with insight, flexibility and confidence in response to challenging and changing circumstances.

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Alternatively, we can work with your existing competency or leadership framework to develop an objective assessment process set in the context of your business.

High potential and future leaders

Identifying and nurturing emerging leadership talent is crucial for long-term organisational success. Our High Potential, Future Talent and Graduate Assessment services are designed to pinpoint individuals with the capability and potential to make a real impact in your organisation, enabling you to invest in their development from the outset. By strategically aligning talent with your organisational goals, we help you build a pipeline of leaders who will drive innovation and sustained success.

Our assessment approach helps you identify the talent who:

Are best suited to thriving in the culture of your organisation
Have the agility to continue learning and growing from their experiences
Align their ambitions with your values to make a positive impact to the organisation
Bring the novel ways of thinking that are crucial to future-proofing your business

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Agility

Agility is a key attribute to performance and potential at all levels of an organisation. As we now face challenge and disruption at an unprecedented level, organisations need the capability to adapt and change in order to survive.
Organisations need people who can make sense of the complex environment they operate in and respond with definitive action.

People Agility

Understanding self and others, and acting with empathy and interpersonal insight to achieve results.

Performance Agility

Dealing with pressure, being resilient, flexing and adapting plans to meet objectives.

Growth Agility

Openess to learn from experience and drive improvements.

A flexible approach to assessment

01.

Psychometric reports

Psychometric assessments
Cognitive ability tests

02.

Interviews

Biographical interviews
Competency based interviews
Values based interviews
Personality type based interviews

03.

Business simulations and exercises

Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs)
Role-plays, case studies, presentations, problem solving exercises
Assessment of organisational, communication, decision-making, commercial skills etc.

04.

Feedback and reporting

Immediate high-level feedback
Detailed individual and/or aggregate report
Analysis of strengths, areas for development and key skills

05.

Debriefing and advice

Participant one-to-one feeback session
Strategic feedback session with HR and Talent team
Recommendations for professional development and support

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Get in touch to discover how our assessment centre and succession planning solutions can strengthen your organisation in the UK

Need expert guidance on assessment centres or succession planning, or looking for tailored talent consulting services? Our team of experienced consultants are here to help you make informed decisions, identify high-potential leaders, and build a stronger leadership pipeline.

Whether you need strategic support through our talent management consultancy or customised talent consulting solutions for leadership development, we will work with you to design the right approach for your organisation.

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