Organizational Assessments

These assessments can be engaged by an individual member of an organization who wishes to gain a better sense of their own perspective regarding the organization. This individual mode of organizational assessment is particularly valuable as a tool to be used by executive coaches in their work with members of the C-Suite. When used as an individual assessment, the inventory is available in printed form and as part of a booklet that includes the inventory, score sheet and interpretive narrative.
The assessments can also be engaged in its digital version by multiple members of an organization. CPOA provides each inventory in a Survey Monkey format. CPOA collects the data (as a “neutral” party) and provides a basic descriptive report back to the organization. More complex statistical analyses can also be provided upon request. Here are the available organizational inventories.

OA 1. VUCA-Plus Inventory

The concept of VUCA has been widely engaged over the past decade. The contemporary work environment is certainly dominated by conditions of
• Volatility (V),
• Uncertainty (U),
• Complexity (C) and
• Ambiguity (A).

However, there has not been a widely available inventory that can assess the perspective of individual members and multiple members of an organization regarding these four environmental characteristics. Furthermore, there are two related characteristics that further enrich our understanding of our mid-21st Century environment. These two characteristics are:
• Turbulence and
• Contradiction.
They both intertwine with and influence the other four environmental characteristics.
The VUCA-Plus Inventory is distinctive and would certainly be welcomed by the leaders of any organization that is trying to navigate through this challenging environment. Given as an individual printed inventory, VUCA-Plus can be administered by an executive coach to members of the C-Suite (or other valued members of the organization – such as members of a strategic planning group).
The VUCA-Plus inventory is available as a stand-alone assessment instrument or within a booklet that includes the inventory, score sheet and interpretive essays (including a description of the polarities inherent in each of the six categories).
This inventory, in digital form, can also be administered to a large number of employees (and other stakeholders) through the deployment by CPOA of Survey Monkey. Rich organization-wide conversations can ensue—especially regarding strategic and contingency planning.

OA 2. Organizational Cultures Inventory

Over the past two decades, extensive use has been made in postsecondary education institutions of the cultural analysis offered by William Bergquist. Two widely used books have been produced based on Bergquist’s analysis. This cultural analysis has subsequently been modified and applied to the description of cultures in health care organizations, and to the diverse strategies engaged by professional coaches in many organizations.
The six cultures identified by Bergquist have been embedded in a cultural inventory that has been used in many organizational settings. An updated version of this inventory has recently been created. Respondents indicate the extent to which they perceive each of six cultures as dominant in their own organization:
• Professional,
• Managerial,
• Advocacy,
• Alternative/developmental,
• Virtual and
• Tangible.
The last two of these cultures have been added to the original four, based on the impact which digital technology has had on the workings of mid-21st Century organizations.
The Organizational Cultures Inventory is distinctive and yields valuable insights concerning the diverse perspectives and values to be found among various sectors of an organization. Given as an individual printed inventory, the Organizational Cultures Inventory can be administered by an executive coach to members of the C-Suite (or other valued members of the organization – such as members of an HR department). This single-respondent version of the Organizational Culture Inventory is available as a standalone assessment instrument or within a booklet that includes the inventory, score sheet and interpretive document.
This inventory, in digital form, can also be administered to a large number of employees (and other stakeholders) through the deployment by CPOA of Survey Monkey. Rich organization-wide or departmental conversations can ensue—and have been engaged many times over the past two decades. A guidebook for facilitation of these conversations is available by request from CPOA.