How will DNI help you grow your Organization?
The Development Needs Inventory (DNI) is a 360-degree instrument that is administered over the internet and designed to allow managers, supervisors and others in leadership positions to better understand their strengths and development needs. The information provided by the DNI will help facilitate the individual(s) growth and progress and as a result increase their effectiveness in the organization. Designed for customization to the client's needs, it consists of 9 Base scales and 6 Optional scales.
Base Scales
- Communication
- Empowerment
- Trust Building
- Decision Making
- Interpersonal Relations
- Motivational Skills
- Adaptability
- Concern for Productivity
- Leadership
Optional Scales
- Delegation
- Team Building
- Participative Leadership
- Assertiveness
- Persuasiveness
- Disciplinary Action
- Initiative
- Planning
- Control
- Time Organization
- Motivational Level
- Personal Growth
- Development of Reports
- Innovation
- Goal Directedness
The DNI serves three purposes:
- To help you better understanding your own managerial practices. This understanding will provide a basis for increasing your effectiveness as a leader and for planning your own career more realistically.
- To help you understand how other persons in the organization view your leadership practices - that is, to help you understand whether you see yourself as others see you. Armed with these insights, you can test the validity of your own self-perceptions, improve your human relations, lead and manage more effectively, and plan your career more realistically.
- To serve as a basis for setting personal development goals and for tracking your development over a period of time.