It is inevitable from time to time that an individuals ability and the role that they are expected to perform gets out of sync or becomes mismatched. In simple terms, the individual may outgrow their job, or the job may outgrow the individual. In such cases, both the job holder and the organization needs a rigorous mechanism to measure this mis-match and perhaps help to point the way to a future solution.

By completing one or perhaps several assessments, individuals can learn more about their strengths and weaknesses or development needs. This will paint a more realistic picture of how they are doing in their current role and provides some useful clues about roles to which they may be better suited in the future - these roles may be within the organization (internal transfers to other jobs and other departments) or transitions to entirely new job roles in an entirely new organization.