When individuals or organizations face significant situations or challenges, one of their first priorities is to understand the issues involved and to work out quickly what needs to be done. In many cases, we do not need any formal assistance to help this process, we can usually think our way through the steps that seem to be most appropriate. However, on occasions the issues or the problems may not be entirely clear and a structured approach can help considerably.

To meet this need, Team Publications has a suite of simple and easy-to-use but comprehensive diagnostic instruments and assessment profiles to help people to understand their own skills or the situations they face more effectively. These instruments fall into three categories as shown in the diagram below. A range of instruments is therefore available in all of these areas:

1. Instruments that measure the person or the individual are concerned with competency. As such these profiles tend to be histogram output focused and look to provide participants with an inventory of their relative skills in a number of sub categories within each topic.
2. Instruments that measure the team's or organization's performance as a whole (usually relative to the individual's perception of their own performance or level of competence).
3. Instruments that help to measure a particular task or situation In which the style that is adopted or it utilized by the individual or others is important to understand.

In most cases, instruments have comprehensive interpretation notes to explain the underpinning structure of the profile and to help facilitators to provide structured feedback. Our flagship leadership instrument, as well as person and organization instruments also have detailed coaching guides which provide practical "how to" tips on every single question in the relevant profile.