Executive Voice offers a spectrum of assessments on communication skills. Our assessments provide you with detailed, personal, and metrics-based analysis of your current competencies, along with extensive suggestions for self-study and practice. Our communication assessments are available on-line, so that you can take them at your convenience. Each assessment can be completed in less than 30 minutes. The assessments are an economical way to begin your progress in communication, and clients find the results to be eye-opening. One client remarked "I wish I had received this critique when I started my job. I could have avoided mistakes I didn't even know I was making."
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| Speaking | Comprehensive, metrics-based assessment of 75 competencies needed in oral communication. Participants receive 20+ page personal report with analysis and suggestions. See a sample report. Used by MBA programs and companies to boost oral communication skills through self-study. Identifies staff who may benefit from targeted training. Taken on your computer, where you give spoken responses to a series of typical business communication tasks. |
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| Business Writing | Fast and cost-effective method for identifying strengths and weaknesses in employee business writing. Assessment examines samples of your writing and pinpoints the key techniques to improve (no editing of writing samples is included). Participants receive 10 page assessment report with concrete steps to change style, language, and strategy. |
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| Leadership | The leadership assessment looks at your decision-making in contexts where you have varying authority, agreement, and relationships. It also examines the language you choose to accomplish types of leadership tasks. This assessment provides a helpful comparison of your decisions with those of peers and gives insights into how your decisions can be strengthened through consensus-building, delegation, and language signals. Assessment includes a five page report with graphs and recommendations. |
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| Pronunciation | Have you ever wondered about the correctness of your pronunciation? Are you a non-native English speaker with a strong accent? Using advanced speech analysis technology and communication metrics, we analyze the components of your pronunciation. We go beyond individual vowel and consonant sounds and describe the hidden components of your speech that stand out, both positively and negatively. See a sample pronunciation report. You can take the assessment at your computer and receive a detailed profile with targeted exercises designed to improve your every word and sentence. |
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| Presentations and Public Speaking | Using video or audio of your presentation (or better, rehearsal), our experts create a written critique of your impact and clarity. Our critique will address global issues, such as your content-strategy coordination, and specific skills, such as your use of emphasis on key ideas. If you have an upcoming, high-stakes speech, the critique will give an unbiased evaluation of your remarks and suggest ways that you can improve your talk. Or, if you've already given your presentation, the critique provides a valuable debriefing that can help you to understand audience responses. |
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| Medical Communication | Medical professionals face unique communication challenges, since they communicate regularly with experts (their colleagues) and non-experts (their patients). Success in medical communication relies on the ability to express ideas to both groups quickly and clearly. Our Medical Communication assessment gives you a valuable snapshot of the impact of your oral communication. In less than 30 minutes at your computer, we collect a representative sample of your clinical or hospital communication. Your 25 page personal analysis report will highlight the strengths in your current speaking habits and suggest ways to remove barriers that are interfering with your message, both during rounds and in patient interactions. |
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