Getting to know the person better.
Exploring trends and strengths that an interview or stated experience may not fully reveal.
SOFT SKILLS · GPI ASSESSMENT
Understand your team’s strengths.
Guide their development.
Assess competencies and workplace behaviours using GPI tests,
in partnership with Great People Inside.
Connect results to the role and its context
to guide decisions and development.
In partnership withGreat People InsideUnderstand the collaboration
Personal strengths
Working relationships
Development priorities
THE CHALLENGE
Impressions matter.
Understanding takes more.
Phrases like "He is proactive," "He works well in a team," or "He needs to improve his leadership" are common. To make these phrases useful in decision-making, it's important to clarify what they mean in the context of the job.
GPI assessments provide a reference point for further discussion. Esferical helps to interpret them in relation to the individual, the role, and the organisation.
Understanding differences.
Recognising different ways of interacting, addressing challenges, and contributing to the team.
Guide the development process.
Connect the interpretation of results with situations, priorities, and learning actions.
ESFERICAL × GREAT PEOPLE INSIDE
GPI assessments.
Esferical’s professional judgement.
We offer the GPI tests in partnership with Great People Inside. We combine their assessment tools with a professional interpretation linked to your specific context.
GREAT PEOPLE INSIDE
The foundation of the evaluation.
GPI provides the evaluation solutions and dimensions, the application of its tests, and the corresponding reports for the chosen instrument.
Learn about GPI's solutions.ESFERICAL
The right solution for your organisation.
We help define the need, select the approach, and relate the results to the role, team, and development priorities.
From results to a conversation that helps to take action.
The evaluation is chosen based on its purpose.
We finalize the tests, dimensions, participants, language, and feedback before starting. A useful evaluation addresses a defined need and is interpreted within its scope.
GPI COMPETENCIES AND DIMENSIONS
What do you need to understand?
What is worth assessing?
We start with the need to choose the evaluation. We explore some areas and dimensions of the GPI catalogue; each solution has its own composition.
How a person approaches their work.
Understanding behavioural trends helps to identify strengths, preferences, and situations that may require support. Reading always relates to the specific role and its context.
DIMENSIONS PUBLISHED BY GPI · SELECTION
- ResponsibilityConscientiousness
- How commitments are organised and maintained.
- StabilityStability
- How one responds to demands and pressure.
- Openness to experienceOpenness to Experience
- How one approaches new ideas and experiences.
- ResilienceResilience
- How one copes with and recovers from setbacks.
- PersistencePersistence
- How one maintains effort in the face of difficulty.
- ObjectivityObjectiveness
- How perspectives are reconciled when forming a judgement.
Both solutions cover the first three dimensions. GR8 Full Spectrum also includes resilience, tenacity and objectivity.
Selection based on the official Great People Inside profiles. Translations and brief explanations from Esferical; these are not test questions or a comprehensive catalogue.
Behaviour, skills, and interests: different approaches.
Some GPI solutions also include reasoning, working with numbers and words, or professional interests. These are interpreted separately and incorporated when the objective requires it.
A trait describes a tendency. Its meaning for the job depends on the role, the context, and other evidence. There is no ideal profile for everyone and every role.
WHAT YOU GET
Findings you can understand.
A direction for development.
GPI assessments provide evidence about the dimensions you choose to assess. Esferical interprets the findings in light of your original question and helps you decide what to do next.
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FICTIONAL CASE · TEAM COORDINATION
Understand before labeling.
Focus of the reading
Assertiveness and collaboration in a coordinating role.
Question for clarification
How does one express disagreement and gather other perspectives?
Evidence of work
Examples of meetings, agreements, and everyday conversations.
A reading that requires context.This sample does not assign scores or describe a person being evaluated.
A profile that can be understood.
The GPI report includes the results of the dimensions included in the assessment. Esferical interprets them in relation to the agreed-upon purpose, explaining strengths, nuances, and issues that are worth comparing.
- Results of the selected GPI instrument.
- Explanation of relevant dimensions.
- Professional analysis of its implications.
Moving from a general label to a conversation with specific references.
Let's talk about your projectFictional examples of readings, without results from real people or test questions. The reports, recipients, and sessions are specified in the proposal.
HOW WE WORK.
From understanding people
to guiding their development.
Listen. Understand.
Agree the next step.
The results become meaningful in a discussion about work. Professional interpretation helps to bridge differences, needs, and development possibilities.
Understand the need.
We determine which decision or process you want to guide, for whom, and with what reference (job, team, or culture).
Select the GPI evaluation.
We select the assessment and the dimensions that fit your question. We agree the language, participants, assessment conditions, recipients and scope of feedback.
To facilitate participation.
We explain the purpose, give participants clear instructions, coordinate the assessments and help with questions along the way.
Interpret within context.
We review the GPI results alongside relevant information about the work. We distinguish patterns and working hypotheses from what the evidence supports.
To guide specific actions.
We discuss the findings and agree priorities. Your proposal specifies any training, coaching, mentoring or follow-up you choose to include.
WHEN IT PROVIDES VALUE
Better evidence.
More useful conversations.
To incorporate with more discernment.
When you need to delve deeper into how a person can relate to the role and the team.
Prepare relevant questions and comparisons for the selection process.
Identify and develop leaders.
When a manager takes on new responsibilities or needs to review their approach to guiding and supporting others.
Define strengths and areas for development related to their role.
Improve collaboration.
When a team needs to understand differences, coordinate expectations, or agree on new ways of working.
Initiate useful conversations and guide shared agreements.
CONNECT THE EVALUATION WITH ACTION
Individual results.
A shared context.
Individual skills do not operate in isolation. The demands of the job, the culture, and learning opportunities all contribute to the interpretation.
We combine services when the need justifies it. Each specific proposal outlines what is included in the evaluation and how the next step is supported.
Understanding what the job requires.
Job Analysis identifies responsibilities, tasks, and skills to determine what is appropriate to evaluate.
Understand Job AnalysisRelating person, job, and culture.
Talent Optimisation connects these perspectives to guide professional development and mobility.
Learn about Talent Optimisation.Continuing learning.
Training and development plans allow for the concrete definition of content, practice, actions, and follow-up, with a clearly agreed-upon scope.
Explore Training Explore development plansBEFORE WE BEGIN
Questions
you may have.
The evaluation, interpretation, and scope of the service, explained clearly.
What is the relationship between Esferical and Great People Inside?
Esferical offers GPI assessments in partnership with Great People Inside. GPI provides the assessment tools and reports; Esferical helps to determine the appropriate approach, organise the process, and interpret the information within the client's context. The scope of the assessment and support is defined in the proposal.
What skills or dimensions are assessed?
This depends on the chosen solution. GPI offers assessments of behaviour, leadership, customer relations, and team dynamics, among others. The selection presented on this page is indicative; each tool has its own composition. We will work with you to determine what is needed for the position or project before selecting the assessment.
Is a personality trait the same as a skill?
No. A characteristic describes a trend; a competency is interpreted in relation to a specific situation and the requirements of the job. Assessments provide information that needs to be contextualized. We avoid reducing a person to a label or assuming that a higher score is always better for any position.
Does it include cognitive abilities or interests?
Some GPI solutions combine behaviour, cognitive abilities, and professional interests. These are distinct dimensions, and we explain them separately. Including them depends on the instrument and the agreed-upon objective; they are not presented as all soft skills or as a single, general measure of talent.
Can it be administered in Spanish, and how long does it take?
GPI lists Spanish (Spain) as available for solutions including GR8 Big5 Behaviors and GR8 Full Spectrum. Before starting, we confirm the language, version, duration and any adjustments for the chosen assessment, so participants know what to expect.
Do the results determine a hiring decision or a promotion?
The results help to guide decisions and conversations. They are interpreted in conjunction with the job description, experience, and other relevant evidence. The decision rests with the responsible individuals; a test does not replace professional judgement or demonstrate daily performance on its own.
Who accesses the results?
Before evaluating, the purpose, the information provided to participants, the recipients of the reports, and the access conditions are agreed upon. Feedback to the individual, working with responsible parties, and team reviews are included according to the defined scope.
What do you deliver and how is the work carried out afterward?
The proposal specifically outlines the GPI evaluation, the corresponding reports, and the interpretation or feedback from Esferical. Priorities and development actions can be agreed upon based on the review. The implementation of training, coaching, mentoring, and follow-up has a specific scope.
How do we arrange the service?
Please tell us what you need to understand, for whom, and for what purpose. We will prepare a proposal outlining the selected GPI assessments, participants, deliverables, sessions, schedule, and investment. The service is contracted through Esferical.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOFT SKILLS
What would you like to understand
about your team?
Tell us about the situation you want to address.
We’ll agree the right GPI assessment and support with you.
GPI AssessmentEsferical’s interpretationFocus on Development
Request a proposal for Soft Skills Your proposal sets out who will take part, which assessments and reports are included, the sessions, the schedule and the cost. Esferical offers this service in partnership with Great People Inside.