Personnel Decisions International (PDI) Media Kit

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PDI has more than 250 organizational and counseling psychologists and consultants who are available to speak on workplace issues. If you would like to speak with an expert from PDI on a management or human resources topic, contact:

Teresa Jensen
Director, Marketing Services, TeleSales & E-Commerce
Phone: +1.612.337.8213
Fax: +1.612.904.7120
teresa.jensen@personneldecisions.com

DESCRIPTION
Personnel Decisions International (PDI) is a global consulting firm specializing in talent management. Founded in 1967, PDI has become a recognized leader in applying behavioral sciences to help organizations define successful performance, measure capabilities and potential, and develop the skills and abilities of individuals, teams, and organizations.

CLIENTS
PDI works with clients to offer integrated, customizable solutions to management and human resources needs. Clients include nearly half of the FORTUNE 500 and many of the Global 1000 companies, as well as large multinational firms and governmental agencies.

In 2003, our clients included all 10 companies on FORTUNE magazine's list of America's Most Admired companies, and 8 of the 10 Best Companies to Work For.

STAFF
PDI employs more than 250 organizational and counseling psychologists and consultants with Ph.D. or master's degrees. Each of our 28 international operating offices is staffed with consultants experienced in the culture of their particular region, enabling PDI to be a hands-on, strategic business partner that delivers consistent solutions to global clients as well as localized organizations.

LOCATIONS
Headquartered in the U.S. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, PDI serves clients worldwide with 28 full-service operating offices throughout the United States (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Austin, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C), Europe (Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Geneva, Göteborg, The Hague, London, Paris, Stockholm, Stuttgart/Tübingen), Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, and Tokyo), and Australia (Melbourne and Sydney).

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
PDI has strategic alliances and partnerships with several established consulting organizations across the globe, including:

Astaire, Milan, Italy
Consilium, Bucharest, Romania
Consulting Now, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dorsey, Rocha, and Associates, São Paulo, Brazil
ePredix, Minneapolis, MN
Gren Communication, Kraków and Warsaw, Poland
Human Resources Planning Ltd., Athens, Greece
Management Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Sponsor Management Consulting, Barcelona and Madrid, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal
Talentos Unicos Ltda., Bogotá, Colombia

SOLUTIONS, SERVICES, AND PRODUCTS
PDI services and products are based on extensive research and experience gained through more than 35 years of working with organizations around the world. PDI specializes in helping its clients:

Select and retain top talent.
Assess people's capabilities, readiness, and potential.
Train and develop current and future leaders.
Coach individuals to change behavior and improve performance.
Develop a human capital strategy.
Plan for succession and promote the right people.
Improve customer relationships.

ASSESSMENT SOLUTIONS
Assessment Solutions help organizations accurately measure the abilities and potential of people at all organizational levels for hiring, promotion, readiness, or development. The validity of PDI's assessments is 30 percent higher than the industry average, resulting in significant return on investment for organizations. PDI offers standard and customized assessment services to fit the specific requirements of the role and the organization.

Areas of expertise:

CEO assessment
Assessment practices at executive, mid-level, front-line, and individual contributor levels
Leadership screening and development
Pre-employment screening
Assessment for career development

COACHING
Coaching Services help companies develop their people's talent and achieve competitive advantage in the face of their most significant business challenges. Based on years of research, PDI's coaching programs provide companies with customized development programs, helping them successfully implement long-term individual and organizational change.

Areas of expertise:

Accelerating the learning of high potentials
Improving individual performance through behavior change
Assimilating new hires and leaders into new positions
Professional development

SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Change is inevitable in any company, and it must be managed effectively. Strategic Talent Management help organizations put the right people in the right place at the right time, so they will have the talent to reach their organizational goals.

Areas of expertise:

Designing succession processes
Identifying readiness, potential, and performance
Preparing and promoting the strongest performers
Integrating talent during mergers and acquisitions
Proactive performance management

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
PDI provides Training And Development Solutions in the areas of leadership, coaching and employee development, human resources development, and competency-specific programs. PDI's customized in-house programs ensure long-term results that can’t be achieved with one-size-fits-all programs.

Areas of expertise:

Improving supervisory, management, and executive skills
Training leaders to coach and develop others
Bridging the skills gap
Helping HR professionals to be effective internal consultants

SELECTION
Finding and retaining high-quality employees is a major challenge facing businesses today. Working in partnership with ePredix, Inc., PDI addresses all parts of the staffing process, from sourcing and identifying candidates to screening and hiring the right candidates.

Based on 35 years of research and experience, PDI's selection consulting services help companies hire and retain the best employees, leading to increased productivity and higher return on investment.

Areas of expertise:

Sourcing in a tight labor market
Recruitment and retention
Staffing systems
Pre-employment screening
Building an international workforce

MULTI-RATER FEEDBACK
Multi-rater feedback processes provide people with candid feedback from peers, direct reports, bosses, customers, and others. This helps individuals learn how others perceive them and gain insight to focus their development efforts.

The PROFILOR^® Family from PDI is the most comprehensive and widely used group of multi-rater tools available. The process provides individuals and teams with feedback from the people whose opinions they find most valuable. The outcome is a feedback report that can be used as the basis for development planning. Used correctly, it is a great motivational tool for improving performance.

TalentView^® is PDI's multi-rater instrument designed specifically for comparing performance between people, and can be used for making decisions about hiring and promotion.

Performance Quotient^® is a multi-rater instrument that is ideal for use in performance management. It utilizes Computerized Adaptive Response Scale technology to provide performance data that is more unbiased, valid, and precise than any other measurement tool on the market.

Areas of expertise:

Multi-rater feedback as a development tool
Assessment for career development and performance management
Using multi-rater feedback for hiring and succession decisions

HR DEVELOPMENT
PDI helps clients position HR as critical to business success, and as strategic business partners within an organization.

Talent has surpassed financial capital and market opportunity as the most constrained resource in many businesses. PDI’s Human Capital Strategy helps organizations manage this resource—their people.
The human resource function in organizations needs to employ models and tools to manage their human capital. PDI’s Human Resource Strategy can help your HR function achieve this objective.

SALES EFFECTIVENESS
From hiring the right salespeople to enhancing an organization’s focus on the customer, PDI offers a broad range of solutions. Core services in this area include:

Strategic Account Management Solutions (SAM) help organizations improve their current SAM program or launch a new program.
The Customer Review process (CRp™) is a face-to-face interview process between a company and the company's clients. This process provides valuable information that companies can use to manage their long-term customer relationships.

PUBLICATIONS
PDI Publishing provides relevant, engaging, practical books that help leaders and individuals develop the skills and knowledge they need to excel. PDI books are best-selling management tools—nearly a million copies of Successful Manager's Handbook are in print, along with over 200,000 copies of Leader As Coach, and 250,000 copies of Development FIRST.

Successful Manager's Handbook
The Successful Manager’s Handbook helps you fulfill two of your most important roles as a manager—developing yourself and coaching others. This one-volume managerial library contains hundreds of cutting-edge, research-based suggestions and action steps to improve performance, plus a detailed, 65-page section of recommended books, seminars, and websites.

Successful Executive's Handbook
Successful Executive’s Handbook is a critical tool for executives—and aspiring executives—whether they lead a FORTUNE 500 company or a small organization. Drawing from more than 35 years of research and work with executives around the world, it provides business-relevant strategies for improving on-the-job performance and mentoring others.

Development FIRST: Strategies for Self-Development
To stay competitive, you need to develop new capabilities quickly and efficiently. Development FIRST outlines five proven, practical strategies to help you integrate development with your responsibilities and goals so you can do your job better, now and in the future.

Development FIRST Workbook
The companion workbook to Development FIRST offers exercises, models, and suggestions to help people plan their development and create a learning plan.

Leader As Coach: Strategies for Coaching and Developing Others
Coaching improves the bottom line because it goes to the heart of what makes people productive. The five high-impact strategies outlined in this book help coaches form strong partnerships, accelerate learning, and make a solid investment in people’s growth and development.

Leader As Coach Workbook
The companion workbook to Leader As Coach offers targeted advice, exercises, and worksheets to help people develop their coaching capabilities, whether they are beginners or seasoned veterans.

Presentations: How to Calm Down, Think Clearly, and Captivate Your Audience
For more than 25 years, executives, managers, and professionals have trusted author David Lee to help them speak with impact. Now you can use this proven approach for your presentations. These practical suggestions help you develop and fine-tune your skills, from crafting your message to delivering it effectively.

IMPACT Without Authority: How to Leverage Internal Resources to Create Customer Value
Strategic account managers consistently report that their number one challenge is influencing internally where they have no authority. IMPACT Without Authority outlines how they can approach this challenge. It provides specific tools to help them:

Better understand the internal network and how to navigate it.
Develop an Influence Map, including the financial impact of the recommended solution.
Recognize the importance of personal credibility and how to achieve it.
Relate to senior executives and other internal decision makers.
Create customer advocates within the company.
Use the LETS Influence process to achieve win/win scenarios.

Advances in Global Leadership, Volumes I, I, and III
Leading academics, business leaders, and consultants address the nature of global leadership. Topics include: international perspectives on leadership, virtual or distance leadership, women in international leadership, leading international teams and alliances, and developing global leaders.

The What and Why of Assessment
Are you confident about the personnel decisions you make? The What and Why of Assessment introduces the principles of assessment and how to apply them in your organization. It’s especially useful for human resource professionals, managers, and executives who want to learn more about how and when to use psychological assessments.