Comments on: Psycuity: Using Psychometric Measurement To Build Teams http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/psycuity-building-teams-with-business-psychology/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:25:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dawn Dzurilla http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/psycuity-building-teams-with-business-psychology/#comment-81660 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:02:18 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=7281#comment-81660 Psychometric testing is justifiable and compelling. Investors in cleantech and renewable energy firms intend to build and secure world-class leadership teams. The pursuit of excellence in management selection is a sustaining process which Gaia Human Capital Consultants recognizes as essential to the health and prosperity of any organization.

]]> By: Tom Smith http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/psycuity-building-teams-with-business-psychology/#comment-81659 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:21:06 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=7281#comment-81659 You only got 95% in a test about yourself?

]]> By: billbennettnz http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/psycuity-building-teams-with-business-psychology/#comment-81658 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:01:18 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=7281#comment-81658 One problem with psychometric tests is they can be scammed.

Of course, attempting to scam the tests is not wise — you could get caught. I wrote about it here:

See http://is.gd/svvb

]]> By: Imran Ali http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/psycuity-building-teams-with-business-psychology/#comment-81657 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:32:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=7281#comment-81657 Thanks for your sharing your experiences – interesting I’d never considered the ‘past performance is not indicative of future results’ angle.

There’re some ethics that need to be ironed out to safeguard against discrimination, but I don’t think that’s insurmountable.

( BTW, Celine’s just posted a related article on running meetings with virtual teams – http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/04/13/how-to-plan-virtual-meetings-with-a-global-teleworking-team/ )

]]> By: C.Marx http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/psycuity-building-teams-with-business-psychology/#comment-81656 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:06:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=7281#comment-81656 We ran through Meyers/Briggs at my 9-5 job as a way to make us better consultants to internal stakeholders (aka – how to be more valuable to our co-workers). The results, like those of Psycuity, were right on. We learned to work better with one another and understand the frequent disconnect in the team.

So after all of this I went up to the host of the event, and asked the natural question. “Can we use this to build a better team”. The answer was, not really. First of all, these tests gauge past performance and preferences, not ability to succeed in the future. Opposites attract after all. Also, it may be considered discrimination to hire someone based on a personality test.

That said, in one of my 5 interviews several years ago at the same company, a high-level executive did pass me a personality test. I took it on-site “for fun”, and was soon hired. Illegal or not, it happens.

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