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Leadership and Team Development Skills

A family of 10 competencies. Kokoro can combine several of them into an assessment tailored to the role, to build a comparable signal before interviewing.

• Coaching and mentoring

  Measures the ability to guide, support and develop others through coaching and mentoring. It looks at the capacity to motivate, give feedback, facilitate learning and promote personal and professional growth.

• Team building

  Measures the ability to build and lead cohesive, effective work teams. The assessment focuses on key aspects such as team formation, fostering collaboration, communication, motivation and conflict resolution. It looks at the capacity to recognize and leverage individual strengths, promote mutual trust and respect, and set clear objectives for the group.

• Talent development

  Measures the ability to identify, develop and retain talent in an organization, covering strategic planning, development programs, performance management and succession through practical scenarios and questions.

• Performance evaluation

  Measures the ability to assess employee performance objectively, providing feedback and setting goals through relevant scenarios and questions.

• Managing conflict within the team

  Measures the capacity to identify, address and resolve conflicts within a work team. It looks at communication, negotiation and collaboration skills in conflict situations through hypothetical scenarios.

• Managing team communication

  Measures the ability to facilitate clear, effective communication within the team, promoting trust, active listening and the constructive resolution of communication conflicts.

• Managing diversity within the team

  Measures the capacity to promote an inclusive environment, manage conflicts arising from diversity and strengthen a culture of respect, collaboration and empowerment within the team.

• Participative leadership

  Measures skill in collaborative leadership, focusing on shared decision-making, team empowerment and promoting consensus and collaboration.

• Team motivation

  Measures the ability to motivate and inspire a team, promoting a positive environment, cohesion and high performance through scenarios and questions about goal setting, feedback and recognition.

• Group decision-making

  Measures the ability to collaborate, communicate and negotiate in group decision-making. It looks at the capacity to consider multiple perspectives, work as a team and reach consensus or joint decisions.