Have you ever hired someone you later wished you'd never hired?
Most leaders smile at that question — not because it's funny, but because someone immediately comes to mind. Here's the truth almost nobody says out loud: the purpose of an assessment isn't to tell you whether someone is good or bad. It's to help you make fewer expensive people mistakes.
Scientifically validated hiring and leadership assessments — PXT Select®, Everything DiSC®, and the full Profiles suite — matched to your exact problem, with a plan to turn the data into retention, engagement, performance, and profit.
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Now the harder question: what did that one hiring mistake actually cost you?
It was never just the salary. Count what really walked out the door:
Every paycheck written to the wrong person in the seat.
The work that didn't get done — and the rework of what did.
Relationships damaged by someone who never fit the role.
Your best people carrying the load — and resenting it.
Hundreds of hours coaching, correcting, and documenting.
The quiet resignations that traced straight back to one bad hire.
One bad hiring decision rarely costs thousands.
It often costs the culture.
of an employee's annual salary — the documented cost of a single bad hire
of turnover traces back to the direct supervisor or their boss
lower turnover reported by organizations that use validated assessments
Every culture problem is first a people decision. Assessments help you make better people decisions.
Every leader I've ever met has hired someone they ended up regretting — and I'll be honest with you: so have we. That's exactly why we stopped trusting gut feel alone. For nearly three decades, Jody Holland Training & Speaking has helped hundreds of organizations — from the Fortune 50 to fast-growing regional companies — replace hope with evidence. With a master's in applied psychology, 25+ books on leadership, and authorized-partner access to the most validated assessment science in the world, we turn who someone is into how they'll actually perform.
Assess
We measure the people you have — and the people you're about to hire — with scientifically validated tools that reveal thinking style, behaviors, interests, and values.
Map
We correlate the data with your actual top performers to build your success pattern — the measurable profile of what winning looks like in your organization.
Multiply
You hire, coach, and promote against that pattern — so success stops being an accident and becomes both scientific and predictable.
Which tool solves your problem?
Answer two questions. Get the exact assessment that solves your pain — and the outcome you can expect on the other side.
Every tool in the workforce ecosystem — and the job each one does
Backed by 30+ years of validation research, 5,000,000+ administrations, and 42,000+ organizations in 80+ countries. These aren't personality quizzes. They're decision instruments.
PXT Select®
The comprehensive "full person" pre-hire assessment. Computer-adaptive testing measures thinking style, behavioral traits, and interests, then matches candidates to a performance model for the specific job.
Best for: selection, onboarding, coaching, and succession — with Leadership, Sales, Team, and Manager/Employee reports included at no extra cost.
ProfileXT®
The proven original full-person assessment with unique job-fit modeling — available in over 30 languages for multi-national teams.
Best for: selection, onboarding, managing, and strategic workforce planning across global operations.
Step One Survey®
A brief pre-hire screen of work-related values: integrity, work ethic, and reliability — early in the selection process, before you spend interview hours.
Best for: high-volume hiring and protecting your culture at the front door.
Profiles Sales Assessment™
Predicts performance in seven critical sales behaviors, with job modeling customized by company, position, department, and geography.
Best for: selecting, onboarding, and coaching salespeople and account managers.
Customer Service Profile™
Measures fit for customer-facing roles — general or tailored to hospitality, healthcare, financial services, and retail.
Best for: hiring and onboarding the people who carry your brand's reputation every day.
Performance Indicator™ (DISC)
A DISC-style assessment revealing how each person's style impacts fit with their manager, coworkers, and team.
Best for: motivating, coaching, and resolving post-hire conflict and performance issues.
CheckPoint 360°™
Multi-rater feedback from direct reports, peers, supervisors, and customers, turned into a personalized leadership development path.
Best for: developing the managers who determine whether your best people stay.
Pathway Planner™
An in-depth planning assessment that reveals strengths, talents, and best-fit directions for careers and succession.
Best for: career pathing, internal mobility, and keeping high-potentials from becoming someone else's hire.
Everything DiSC® — the culture layer
When the whole organization needs a shared language, Everything DiSC on Catalyst™ delivers it: Workplace (better relationships), Management (develop managers), Agile EQ (workforce agility), Productive Conflict (harness disagreement), Work of Leaders (lead with impact), and Sales (adapt to how customers buy). Nearly 50 years of research. 97% global satisfaction.
Want a taste first? Take the free C-4 Relationship Profile — our complimentary DISC-style assessment.
Take the Free DISC AssessmentFrom refereeing people problems to running your business
You're frustrated that your team isn't as engaged or successful as the business needs. You know your people are capable — you just don't know how to get them there. Every hire is a coin flip. Every promotion is a hope. And too much of your week goes to problems that trace back to one people decision.
Your people decisions run on evidence. Hiring matches proven success patterns, managers coach each person the way that person needs, and leaders grow on data instead of guesswork. You're finally free to serve customers and solve the problems only you can solve — running the business instead of refereeing it. Retention up. Engagement up. Performance up. Profits up.
Frequently asked questions
Make your next people decision your best one.
You can keep doing what you've been doing and keep getting the same frustrating results — or you can make success scientific and predictable. A Team & Leadership Study is the first step.
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