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When you hire a consultant or choose an assessment provider, you should confirm their tools and processes are valid. Can your consultant provide hard evidence that their methods actually work? How do they calculate validity and significance? Please ask these questions of your would-be vendors.

 

We are proud to say our tools and processes are valid and effective at ThinkPlanLaunch. They have been subjected to rigorous third-party testing over the past 25 years by TTI Success Insights and Dr. Tony Alessandra, who we have chosen to partner with to develop our best-in-class instruments for this exact reason. There is no other talent assessment provider in existence who has done the same level of research, development, and validity testing.

 

 

Our assessment products and related processes are evaluated according to rigorous statistical and mathematical methods, ensuring their precision and validity. These methods include Cronbach’s alpha, structured equation modeling, data norming, test and retest, and sample studies designed to maintain high standards of research integrity.

 

 

LeaderShift Assessments have been the industry-leader in workplace performance technology for more than 25 years. Our tools were the first to computerize the DISC assessment and continue to lead the field today. Their fourth and most recent patent was received in July 2015, showing what people say about themselves when taking their assessment is consistent with their brain’s response as measured by EEG scanning equipment.

 

More than two decades of research, development, and validation has been poured into our products. They have been used by millions of users around the world in hundreds of companies – and translated into 40 languages for use in 90 countries. The level of quality, accuracy, and reliability available with our solutions is unparalleled by any other talent assessment firm today.

 

The power of our research has been showcased in many recognizable publications. These include the Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Columbia University, International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), INC Magazine, The Washington Post, Workforce Review, NeuroRegulation, and many more.

 

 

On May 25, 2018, the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, which protects the fundamental right to privacy for every EU resident and greatly impacts how all companies communicate with consumers. This new regulation replaces the existing 1995 EU Data Protection Directive (European Directive 95/46/EC) and enables private consumers to better control over the use, processing, and application of their personal data. The rule transcends countries, requiring any organization that works with EU residents’ personal data to protect the data, no matter where an EU resident is in the world.

 

 

LeaderShift Architect welcomes GDPR. We recognize our responsibility to be compliant with the law and respect our users’ right to data privacy and protection. We do not, nor will we ever misuse or resell users’ personal information. LeaderShift Architect recognizes the importance of applying the same standards, processes, and procedures to our clients around the globe.

 

Over the years, we have demonstrated our commitment to data privacy and protection by meeting industry privacy standards. We have multiple technical and organizational measures in place to ensure a high level of security and compliance within our data centers around the world.

 

We already have a privacy statement and Information Security Policy for the US, Canada, Europe, and Russia. We also have a Foreign Transaction Policy. LeaderShift Architect complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss–U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States, respectively. We believe that the GDPR and its enforcement will enable the highest standards of operations in protecting customer data. LeaderShift Architect will continue to provide the right tools and processes to support its users and customers to meet their GDPR mandates.

 

 

With over 30 million assessments delivered to users around the world, LeaderShift Architect around the globe will be GDPR compliant across all of its platforms on or before May 25, 2018. Recognizing its role as a data processor, LeaderShift Architect has thoroughly analyzed GDPR requirements and has appointed a cross-functional execution team and hired qualified legal counsel to assist the preparation process. Some of our ongoing initiatives are:

 

• Allowing data controllers to set up assessments and links with auto delete capabilities after a specified period of time.

• Conducting data mapping and compliance audit.

• Implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures that ensure and demonstrate that we comply, including internal data protection policies such as staff training, internal audits of processing activities, and reviews of internal HR policies.

• Maintaining relevant documentation on processing activities.

• Implementing measures that meet the principles of data protection by design and data protection by default, including data minimization and pseudonymization.

• Creating and improving security features on an ongoing basis.

 

 

Meeting the GDPR requirements takes a lot of time and effort. As your partner, we want to help make the process as easy as possible so you can continue to focus on your business. Some of the product enhancements we are making strive to do the following:

• Enable easy contact with us. We are building a data subject website, where you can easily request changes or deletion of data. All approved requests will be compliant with GDPR and honored within 30 days of the request.

• Increase your confidence in our ability to protect user data. We anonymize or delete user data as appropriate.

• Receive customer communications where we provide updates on the status of requests.