Assessments
A suite, not a single instrument.
Some assessments are built for this work. Most are already licensed from providers you may already use. The job isn't to sell you a new one — it's to make sense of what already exists, alongside everything else.
PERFORMANCE & POTENTIAL
What you already run
The data most organisations already collect but rarely see alongside everything else — ratings, scores and labels already sitting in the HRIS or the last calibration cycle. This is the starting point for almost every engagement, not a new instrument to buy. A few examples:
PSYCHOMETRIC & CAPABILITY
What established providers already validated
Where an organisation already runs assessments, that data gets folded into the same view rather than duplicated or replaced. totalia isn't trying to compete with validated, accredited psychometric tools — it's the layer that makes their output useful alongside everything else, whichever ones you already run. A few examples:
CONSTRUCT DOMAINS
What gets classified
Whatever the source — a psychometric tool, a 360/peer process, a manager rating — the methodology sorts it into one consistent set of construct categories, so different instruments become comparable instead of scored against entirely different constructs. A few examples:
IN FOCUS
AQ — from concept to live instrument
AQ started as a directional idea — how ready leaders are to judge when to deploy AI versus human judgement, and to lead through an AI-driven shift. It's since been built into two live, self-scored instruments — try them above. JQ, below, is live too. The rest of this family is still at the stage AQ started at: conceptual, not yet built — if commissioned, they get built and sourced the same way as any other engagement, through established suppliers, not shipped as an unproven instrument. Other assessments in focus:
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Self-scored AI capability, live today.
6 Minutes · Individual
AQ Self-Assessment
15 questions across 5 areas — where your own AI capability tops out, from everyday use through to agentic AI and leading change in others. Instant, self-scored result — no email required to see it.
Start the assessment →6 Minutes · HR / People Leaders
AI Capability — Leadership Population
15 questions across 5 areas — rate your leaders' AI literacy, practice, and how deliberately your organisation is building that capability. Instant, self-scored result — no email required to see it.
Start the assessment →Why This Matters
Not another vendor to add. A way to use what's already there.
Most organisations don't have too little assessment data — they have too much of it, sitting in different systems, scored differently, never compared side by side. The Succession Risk Audit and TMAP workshop are where these inputs actually get used: reconciled against each other, checked for what they agree and disagree on, and turned into one calibrated view rather than several conflicting ones.
Frequently Asked
Common questions.
Do we need to buy new assessment tools? +
No. If you already run something — Korn Ferry, IMD, an internal tool — that data is a starting point, not a reason to switch. The point of the suite is to combine what exists, not to replace it.
What if our assessment data is old or inconsistent across teams? +
Common, and part of what the diagnostic surfaces — where the data is thin, where it contradicts itself between sources, and what that implies before any calibration conversation happens.
Is AQ something we can use today? +
Yes — both the individual (AQ Self) and organisational (AQ Org) versions are live, self-scored instruments you can try above. They're a starting point for a conversation, not a substitute for a full diagnostic, but they're real and usable today.
How does assessment data actually get combined? +
Through the Succession Risk Audit or a TMAP workshop — assessments are an input to those, not a standalone deliverable on their own. See Solutions for how the pieces fit together.
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