Executive Leadership Assessments That Deliver Leaders Who Perform

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Identify the leaders who will thrive in your culture.

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Identify the Right Leader Before the Offer is Made

Smart. Credentialed. Charismatic. Impressive on paper. And still, not the right fit.

When you’re hiring for leadership, guesswork is costly. One wrong hire can derail strategy, erode trust, and disrupt momentum across your organization.

PRADCO’s executive leadership assessments remove the uncertainty. Backed by behavioral science and interpreted by psychologists, they help you identify leaders who perform, align, and stay.

What Is an Executive Leadership Assessment?

An executive leadership assessment is a structured evaluation that predicts how a senior leader or candidate will think, behave, and lead in a specific role. Instead of relying on résumés and interviews alone, it measures the behaviors that drive leadership success and compares them to what your organization needs.

PRADCO’s executive leadership assessments combine three elements:

  • Behavioral assessment: the Executive View™ assessment measures 40+ leadership behaviors.
  • Personal interview: a senior consultant conducts a 90-minute interview with each candidate.
  • Expert interpretation: PRADCO consultants analyze results in the context of your culture, goals, and leadership expectations.

Organizations use executive assessments to hire external leaders, evaluate internal candidates for promotion, and plan succession.

What Our Executive Assessments Measure

Executive View™ evaluates leaders across four key areas:

  • Motivation: what drives the person and what they are naturally motivated to do.
  • Leadership: how they lead, motivate others, and achieve results through their team.
  • Interactions with people: how they collaborate and build relationships with others.
  • Decision-making and judgment: how they make decisions and whether they exercise sound judgment.

One Wrong Leader Can Set You Back Years

When leadership hires fail, the fallout is far-reaching:

When executive hires fail, the fallout is far-reaching:

Critical initiatives stall or unravel

Team turnover increases as trust breaks down

Vision and morale suffer under poor leadership

Replacement costs exceed 30% of annual compensation

In high-stakes roles, résumés and charisma aren’t enough. PRADCO helps you go deeper with assessments that predict leadership behavior and fit from day one.

Not Just an Assessment – A Predictive Leadership System

PRADCO’s Executive Assessments go beyond evaluation. They’re part of an end-to-end process designed to help you select, onboard, and develop leaders who deliver results from day one.

Choose the Right Assessment

We help you select the ideal approach and develop a behavioral benchmark tailored to your organization’s leadership needs.

Seamless Candidate Experience

After you register candidates through our testing portal, they are notified of the assessment and a 90-minute interview is scheduled.

Gain Clear, Actionable Insight

When the assessment is complete, you’ll receive a downloadable report detailing strengths and weaknesses, follow-up interview questions, and developmental suggestions.

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How Our Executive Leadership Assessment Process Works

We identify the specific leadership traits that matter in your environment.

Candidates complete the Executive View™ assessment to measure 40+ leadership behaviors.

A senior consultant conducts a personal interview with the candidate.

Our psychologists analyze each candidate’s profile in the context of your culture, goals, and leadership expectations.

Get an easy-to-read report with risk flags, culture alignment indicators, and onboarding tips.

Assessment results include coaching insights that accelerate executive success.

What You’ll Get with Executive View™

Deep Behavioral Report

In-depth analysis of 40+ leadership behaviors, mapped to your executive success profile.

Culture Fit Analysis

We assess how well the candidate will align with your team, values, and leadership style.

Tailored Onboarding Guidance

Get early-stage coaching priorities and ramp-up plans grounded in assessment results.

Strategic Consultation

Compare candidates, discuss promotions, or plan succession with ongoing access to PRADCO’s consulting team.

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What Happens When You Stop Guessing

Clients who’ve switched from instinct-based hiring to PRADCO’s behavioral hiring platform have seen leadership hire improvements like:

Clients who’ve switched from instinct-based hiring to PRADCO’s behavioral hiring platform have seen leadership hire improvements like:

65%

improvement in delivering results

50%

boost in decisiveness

49%

increase in integrity

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PRADCO Assessment Testimonials

  • The decision to partner with PRADCO several years ago was one of the best decisions made. They have conducted several levels of assessments, and all have been professional, thorough, and timely. The tremendous insight provided into candidates has proven to be reliable and accurate.
    Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police
    Dayton, OH
  • As a company backed by a private equity firm, attracting and retaining exceptional talent is central to our success. PRADCO’s customized assessments provide a deeper level of insight into each candidate, enabling us to clearly understand strengths, identify potential gaps, and anticipate concerns before making critical hiring decisions. Their expertise has elevated the rigor of our selection process and given us the confidence that we are consistently building high-performing teams.
    HR Director
    Amlon Group, Plano Texas
  • “The decision to partner with PRADCO several years ago was one of the best decisions made. They have conducted several levels of assessments, and all have been professional, thorough, and timely. The tremendous insight provided into candidates has proven to be reliable and accurate.”
    Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police
    Sinclair College

Client Success Story: Identifying Top Leaders with Executive Assessments


The Challenge

An international aerospace company needed to fill critical leadership roles. Traditional interviews weren’t enough to uncover whether candidates had the capabilities and cultural fit to make a lasting impact.

The Solution

PRADCO designed a customized executive assessment process aligned with the client’s core leadership competencies. Each finalist was interviewed and rated by PRADCO consultants to evaluate true leadership potential.

The Results

  • Leaders rated highest by PRADCO were 83% more likely to become “A Players”
  • Executive hires better aligned with organizational goals
  • Stronger differentiation between high-, mid-, and low-impact leadership candidates
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Is PRADCO Right for Your Executive Hiring Strategy?

You may not need an assessment for every hire. But for your most critical leadership roles, instinct is not enough.

Choose PRADCO’s Executive Assessments if:

You have hired high-potential candidates who underperformed

You are tired of politics and need performance

You want leaders who reflect your company values

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You need insights beyond the résumé

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You are building a lasting leadership team, not short-term optics

When the cost of a leadership mistake is high, precision becomes strategy.

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Executive Leadership Assessment FAQs

The full process generally takes about one week from start to finish, including the online assessment, a 90-minute interview, and the final report.

Yes. We offer side-by-side reporting so you can evaluate cultural and behavioral fit with clarity. We are available to walk you through the results if you are comparing candidates.

Yes. Our assessments are widely used to evaluate leadership readiness among current employees. In fact, using an assessment inserts objectivity into your selection process and ensures internal candidates feel they are treated fairly.

Very few do. Most appreciate the seriousness it brings to the process and find the feedback valuable for their own growth.

Yes. Assessment results include onboarding guidance and coaching insights, and PRADCO’s consulting team can help you compare candidates, plan promotions, and build succession plans across the full leadership lifecycle.

A traditional interview shows how a candidate presents. An executive assessment measures how they are likely to behave on the job. PRADCO combines a behavioral assessment covering 40+ leadership behaviors with a structured 90-minute interview and expert interpretation by psychologists.

Executive assessments are designed for your most critical leadership roles: external executive candidates, internal leaders being considered for promotion, and high-potential employees in succession plans.

Don’t Gamble on Your Next Executive Hire

For more than 70 years, PRADCO has helped organizations make better leadership decisions. Let us help you make your next one count.

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Stop relying on resumes and gut instinct. PRADCO’s behavior-based assessments give you clear, science-backed insights to hire better, develop leaders, and strengthen your workforce.

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