WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO
Cognadev is a global provider of assessment & development tools and consulting-services for talent identification, recruitment, assessment, and workforce analytics/deployments. It was founded in 1994 by Dr Maretha Prinsloo to address an expressed need in the market for a new generation of unique, fair and valid ways in which to holistically assess the psychological and work-related functioning and cognitive potential of individuals and teams.Our focus is on excellent service delivery and continuous innovation engineered to optimise organisational strategies for the recruitment, selection and development of people while addressing major areas of talent and workforce strategies such as team building, organizational and job structuring, leadership succession, organizational culture, and volume assessment of candidates and employees. Over the years we have serviced hundreds of international organizations including Global Fortune 500 companies, consulting firms, and educational institutions.
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Our online assessments are automated and include deep-structure gamified simulations and exercises. The assessment reports are scored automatically using expert-system algorithms and embedded semantic analytics. The assessment results are holistic, integrated and contextualised in terms of specific work requirements so as to ensure optimal people-work matching.
Cognadev is committed to research and development; continuously evaluating and developing new and improved products, reports, and solutions in order to deliver leading-edge competitive people-management solutions. You can read more about us and exactly what we do on our brochure.
The Individual
Assessment results inform career, educational and personal development decisions; enhance self-insight; build confidence; hone and actualise talent.
The Consultant
Assessment results address, clarify and simplify HR challenges; synthesise people skill and work requirements; contextualise talent to enhance system and team functioning; and leverage talent.
The Organisation
Assessment results inform change initiatives and limit people risks; optimise people effectiveness; ensure strategic competitiveness and contribute to organizational sustainability.
SOLUTIONS
Organisational Culture & Team Development
Using the VO and the CCM 360 degree amongst other assessments, we assist companies to determine the organisational and team culture to inform talent management initiatives aimed at managing values, diversity and inclusion as well as to optimise team compilation.
Leadership Identification, Development and Succession
We provide assessments of leadership potential using different batteries for strategic and operational roles, conduct people-job matching, create people development initiatives, and help reinforce leadership behaviour in terms of organisational values.
Performance Evaluation and Appraisals
The organisation needs to understand its structure, people requirements and the available talent; we help in this process by initially conducting discussions with line managers and mentors, and then deploying and analyzing the data from our Contextualised Competency Mapping 360-degree customised performance appraisal questionnaire.
Intellectual Capital Management & Learning Agility
Using the Cognitive Process Profile (CPP), the Learning Orientation Index (LOI) and the Contextualized Competency Mapping (CCM) tools and a suitable work complexity model, the current and potential cognitive capability of people can be determined to identify “High Potentials” and to inform talent management through selection, placement, development and succession.
Competency Analysis & Job- and Organisational Structuring
Using the Contextualised Competency Mapping (CCM) tool, we consult with the executive regarding more appropriate divisional structures, roles, economies of scale, integration of competing functions, and analytics to ultimately optimise person-job matching and therefore employee engagement.
Talent Management and Peple Analytics
We specialize in assisting clients with managerial and HR issues that arise during Talent Management processes. In addition, we can advise and create innovative computational solutions for workforce and predictive analytics using a variety of machine-learning and actuarial methodologies.
OUR ASSESSMENTS
Cognadev has developed dynamic, valid, online psychological assessments for the purposes of talent management, leadership development, recruitment and selection. Our psychometric solutions measure cognition (but are not standard ability tests), job complexity, values, awareness, organisational culture, motivation, personality and job-related competencies.
Volume Assessment System
Cliquidity offers an integrated and automated screening solution that can be customised according to client needs. It provides several online assessments to individuals and organisations to optimise employment opportunities, create virtual talent pools and to guide people decisions.
Cliquidity allows companies to search for and connect with potential job candidates and pre-screen them using quick, but sophisticated assessments. Mass nominations can be created for this purpose. On completion of the assessments, reports are immediately available for download. As Cliquidity captures relevant personal, educational and career related information, it can be used to automatically search for and sort job applications.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thanks Saasha, enjoyed the training and the CPP, such a powerful instrument!!!
ANGLO AMERICAN Nico Meiring
“Thank you for friendly and professional consultants who are always willing to go the extra mile to accommodate our requests”
ARCELOR MITTAL SA HR Practitioner
“As an executive coach and management consultant in the area of strategy, leadership and talent management, I have been using the CPP for the past two decades and find it profoundly valuable in understanding and predicting performance and capability in work environments characterised by different complexity and competency requirements. As a standalone or part of an assessment package it adds powerful insights as no other tool in the cognition and strategic thinking space”
ASPIRALL AUSTRALIA Tanya Diesel, Founder and CEO
"We have been using the CPP for a number of years and find the results most valuable to inform our talent management decisions. The CPP is probably the best kept secret in psychometric assessment."
BRAMBLES, UK Lynne Rutherford, Group Vice President Learning and Development
Talk at the Crypto Finance Conference in St Moritz in 2018: “There is, however, a company called Cognadev, which has done fantastic work in creating instruments to put people management decisions on solid ground, and if you have good people there is no limit to what you can achieve.”
CRYPTO CITY, ZUG SWITZERLAND Johann Gevers, founder and CEO
"Denel Dynamics have been working with Cognadev from 2010. We have found the team to be particularly professional and easy to work with. Currently Denel Dynamics makes use of the CPP as part of a battery of assessments for the purposes of Leadership Development and Recruitment and selection."
DENEL DYNAMICS Manager: People Development
"The Cognadev assessment tools are online, competitively priced, simple to use, have practical utility and reveal critical information about a person’s preferences, skills and perceptions; what motivates them and where they are most likely to make a significant contribution. We use the Cognadev tools globally for the selection, placement and development of our top executives."
HOLCIM Claudio Nagib Calcada, Manager
"The CCM helps my clients to match their human capability to the role requirements in terms of its level of complexity, to include derailers of a position. It turns job-person matching into a much more scientific and objective process. An added feature is the mapping out and organizing of positions with suitable candidates to execute on strategy. It’s really a great tool to manage talent with organizational design and effectiveness."
HUMAN CAPITAL SOULTIONS INC. Canada, Roche Herbst, M.A.
"I would happily endorse the CPP in particular... there is nothing like it in the marketplace and I can completely see its value. I can recommend it in the highest possible terms. Similarly the values profile I found to be excellent"
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL Prof. Randall Peterson, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Chair, Organisational Behaviour Faculty
"At the Lund School, we have conducted exploratory studies and found significant correlations between processing skills as measured by the Cognitive Process Profile (CPP) and strategic capacity as measured by interview and questionnaire assessment methodologies. We are therefore optimistic about the potential of the CPP as the missing link in talent identification and intellectual capital management."
LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT Stein Kleppestø, Associate Professor, Sweden
“I have used many different kinds of evaluations for the purposes of executive assessment and development over the years, and have found the CPP to be the most valuable source in predicting the strategic effectiveness of business leaders”
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT Australia
"We have partnered with Cognadev since 2010, specifically using the CPP. The staff is always professional and the service they offer is fast and efficient. Working with a company with such high work ethic is a pleasure."
MURRAY & ROBERTS Manager
"Nedbank has been making use of Cognadev’s products for over 10 years and we have always found the products to be well researched. The products are offered at competitive prices and have added value to our selection, development and talent management processes over the years. They offer excellent service, are professional, knowledgeable, friendly and always willing to go the extra mile for their clients."
NEDBANK Head Talent Management & Assessments
“Having used the Cognitive Process Profile (CPP) in three multinational corporates, I find it to be an invaluable assessment tool for talent management purposes, particularly for the identification of potential across all levels of the organisation as well as for executive selection, placement and development. I have used a variety of assessment tools over the years but have found that the CPP adds value beyond that of traditional psychometric tests and structured interviews by offering a sophisticated and objective methodology for the valid measurement of thinking processes and learning potential.”
NYRSTAR NV Willie Smit - Chief Human Resources Officer
"We have used Cognadev's services extensively over the past few years. They have always given us efficient service and their staff has always maintained high levels of professionalism. We use the CPP throughout PwC and are even expanding its use into other regions in Africa. We have found it to be an invaluable tool that validates itself over and over. The VO also provides us with important insights into what motivates staff."
PWC HR Manager
"The insightful products and professional services offered by Cognadev have contributed significantly to identifying leadership potential and guiding senior and executive level decision-making.”
TRANSNET Industrial Psychologist
"Working with Cognadev is an absolute pleasure. They are always willing to be of assistance and deliver an exceptional service. Not only is it great working with the people, but the products too! These definitely stand out from the rest and are always aligned to new trends in the market."
WORK DYNAMICS Hendriet Pouwels
"In both corporate HR succession planning and executive coaching, I have repeatedly witnessed how the VO and MP have transformed people and reshaped lives. It is simple, fun and powerful instrument for personal insight and lasting impact."
ZURICH SWITZERLAND Selena Betton, Executive Coach