How to make Effective People Decisions?!

The purpose of this training is to give Business and HR leaders insights in assessment methodology and tools to make effective hiring, promotion and development decisions about their team members.

Ruddy Swinnen, who is the founder of Wise Wings will share his knowledge on 'The Formula for Successful People Decisions' and the usage of the popular methodology 'Assessment Center'.

Erica Sun, who is Talent Assessment Director at Wise Wings, will support you in how to evaluate skills, abilities, personality and competencies of your candidates.

Insight and answers to the following questions will be tackled:

1. How to select the best candidate for the urgent vacancy?
2. Do our talents have the competencies needed for business expansion?
3. Which team member fits the challenging management position?
4. How to develop our people to impact the company growth?
5. ​How Companies Can Avoid Making the Wrong People Decisions?
6. What is an Assessment Center?
7. Why Organisations Use Assessment Centers?

Afterwards, there will be canapés and refreshments for the audience. The audience is welcome to stay to chat and network.

What is 'Assessment Center'?

Assessment Center is a methodology to predict your abilities, skills and competencies; and also get insight in the character/attitude and motivations for the future function. It is a structured way of evaluation, with trained assessors, and integrates a variety of tools. These tools, like assessment tests, role plays, job simulations and cases studies, define the strengths, weaknesses and development needs of the person for the position. As you know, companies like to forecast the performance, to assure the right hiring or promotion. And for team members, how to help them to develop further in their career and grow the business.

Who is Ruddy Swinnen?

Ruddy is an Assessment Center Specialist and Senior Business Psychologist. As a Leadership Coach, he focuses on the Assessment and the Development of Management, Leadership and Organisations.

Driven by his passion for people, leadership, and organizational development, Ruddy has accumulated 25 years of diversified working experience, of which 15 years in China and Asia. As a Business Psychologist, he conducts Leadership Assessment centers and Development programs (including assessment tools, training, workshops, and coaching for leadership and organisation development).

Who is Erica Sun?

Erica is a Talent Assessment Specialist and Career Coach. She has an in-depth understanding of talent assessment methodology and career coaching for professionals, managers and leaders.

For talent assessment, she is experienced in assessing skills, abilities, personalities and competencies to determine the best-fit candidate for each open position/promotion and supporting competency improvement & performance. Erica has a passion for people and psychology, which drives her to support professionals in developing their career, managerial and leadership skills.

The assessment centers and development projects Ruddy & Erica are involved in, focus on Professionals, Managers and Leaders of international/JV companies from a diversity of industries: Automotive, Chemical, Construction, Consumer Goods, Coatings, Manufacturing, Medical, Health Care, High Technology, Logistic, Tools & Assembling, and Professional Services.

An extract of the clients Wise Wings worked with: AGFA HealthCare, Alstom Power (GE), ASSA ABLOY, Atlas Copco, Beckers Coating, Bekaert, Cargo Solutions, Covestro, DaWo Law Firm, DSM, ESCO, Exxon Mobil, Ferrero, Ford, Jotun, Gonvvama Automotive, Holland Colours, Holland Organics, IKEA, Jotun, Total, UCB Medical, NTS, Piab, Starlinx, Südwolle, VDL Steelweld, Wash-Univ, Wienerberger, Shanghai Volkswagen.

Ruddy drives change in people and growth in organizations and guide them in professional, managerial/leadership development & coaching, and designs the whole transformation of leadership and systems in companies. Ruddy & Erica conduct seminars, facilitates workshops, assessment & development centers, and coaching for (young) professionals, managerial and executive levels.