Executive Assessment
Data-Driven Insight for Senior Leaders and Executive Teams
Rigorous, research-backed assessment tools that reveal how leaders think, what drives them, and how they show up under pressure — giving executives and their organizations the clarity to accelerate development and make better talent decisions.
Why Assessment Matters at the Executive Level
At the senior leader level, the stakes of self-awareness are high. Blind spots that were manageable earlier in a career can derail an executive, damage a team, or undermine an organization's performance. Yet most leaders receive little rigorous, objective feedback on how they actually lead.
New Path Consulting integrates validated psychometric and behavioral assessment tools into executive coaching and leadership development engagements. We use assessment not as a one-time event but as a foundation for sustained development — helping leaders understand their strengths, identify derailers, and build the self-awareness that separates good executives from exceptional ones.
Assessment Tools We Use
We select and combine assessment instruments based on the specific development goals, organizational context, and coaching objectives of each engagement.
Hogan Assessments
The gold standard in executive personality assessment. The Hogan suite — HPI, HDS, and MVPI — measures performance drivers, derailers under stress, and core values and motivators. Used by more than half of the Fortune 500, Hogan provides the most predictive data available on how a leader will perform in senior roles.
360-Degree Feedback
Structured multi-rater feedback from direct reports, peers, and senior stakeholders that surfaces how a leader's behavior is experienced by others — often revealing significant gaps between self-perception and organizational reality. We design, administer, and debrief custom 360 processes tailored to the leader's role and development goals.
CEO Readiness Assessment
A structured evaluation of a leader's readiness for the CEO role, examining strategic thinking, enterprise leadership capability, board and stakeholder management, and the personal resilience required at the top. Used in succession planning, PE-backed leadership transitions, and first-time CEO coaching engagements.
Succession and Talent Assessment
Rigorous evaluation of internal candidates for senior leadership roles, combining psychometric data, structured behavioral interviews, and organizational context to inform succession decisions with confidence rather than intuition.
Executive Team Diagnostics
Assessment of team dynamics, trust, decision-making patterns, and collective effectiveness. Used as the foundation for executive team effectiveness engagements, helping leadership teams understand how they function as a system — not just as a collection of individuals.
When Organizations Use Executive Assessment
- Onboarding a new CEO, CFO, or C-suite executive into a PE-backed or high-growth organization
- Identifying high-potential leaders for succession planning and accelerated development
- Supporting a first-time CEO or newly promoted executive in understanding their leadership profile
- Diagnosing executive team dysfunction and establishing a baseline for team effectiveness work
- Providing objective data to inform a promotion, role change, or leadership transition decision
- Deepening self-awareness as part of an ongoing executive coaching engagement
- Evaluating a leadership team's collective strengths and gaps ahead of a strategic inflection point
How We Approach Assessment
Context and Goal Setting
We begin by understanding the organizational context, the leader's role and tenure, and the specific development or decision-making goals the assessment is meant to serve. Assessment without context produces data without meaning.
Instrument Selection and Administration
We select the right combination of validated tools for the engagement — never a one-size-fits-all battery. Assessments are administered confidentially and with clear communication to the leader about purpose and process.
Expert Debrief
Results are debriefed in a structured, confidential session with the leader. Our coaches are certified in the instruments we use and skilled at translating psychometric data into practical, actionable insight — not just handing over a report.
Integration with Coaching or Development
Assessment findings are integrated into the broader coaching engagement or development plan. The data becomes a living reference point — informing goal-setting, tracking progress, and grounding feedback conversations throughout the engagement.
Assessment Expertise You Can Trust
Our coaches hold certifications in the Hogan suite and other validated psychometric instruments. Corinne Mason, PhD brings doctoral-level training in organizational psychology, ensuring that assessment data is interpreted with the rigor and nuance that senior-level work demands.
We do not use assessment as a sales tool or a standalone product. Every assessment engagement is grounded in a coaching or development relationship, ensuring that data translates into real behavioral change and organizational impact.
Bring Rigor to Your Leadership Development
Talk with us about how executive assessment can accelerate development, inform succession decisions, or provide the objective data your organization needs.