Many employee assessment programs judge a subject by his/her past behavior. A new company in Dearborn, AcuMax, thinks there is a lot more to people than that.
"We don't try to predict based on past behavior or personalities," says Ed Fisher, consultant with
AcuMax. "Behavior and personalities change over time."
The one-year-old company provides management tools and useful information to its customers so they can improve hiring, employee placement, and engagement. Its team of five people has developed the AcuMax Index that bases its results on a statistically valid, EEOC-compliant employee assessment that measures how an individual is naturally wired in the course of a five-minute survey. The survey measures four areas, including autonomy and idea flow; communication skills; work-style preference; and how information is processed to make decisions.
"We have an over 90-percent retention rate with our clients," Fisher says.
He says that nearly 70 companies are using the AcuMax Index now, including Wayne State University and
Liberty Title Co.
"We're excited about our growth rate," Fisher says. "We're at about 50 percent a year, and I don't see why it would decline."
Source: Ed Fisher, consultant with AcuMax
Writer: Jon Zemke
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