Leapfrog International

Profiling Overview

Personality Profiling Assessments provide an insight into people's work styles and behaviour. They are used as part of self-development, recruitment and development processes to help employers select the best people for their business. Personality has been shown to be related to job performance, motivation, absenteeism, and job satisfaction.

Leapfrog International use a selection of proven assessment tools based on our own experience, using what we believe are the right tools for each individual or apply to the chosen programme.

What is Personality Profiling?

Personality Profiling – sometimes referred to as psychometric testing or psychological profiling – is a means of measuring an individual’s personality in a particular situation. It is not a measure of intelligence or ability – but of behaviour.

Profiling provides a snapshot view of the preferred behaviour that comes subconsciously to most people. This is the behaviour with which they are ‘comfortable’ and can sustain for long periods of time. This behaviour is social and intellectual – not physical.

The means by which this behaviour is measured is through a questionnaire which asks the individual to choose the behaviour most and least like them. The results from this questionnaire provide a personality profile of the respondent.

The questionnaire is not a test – as there can be no right or wrong answer to psychological type. It is an evaluation of the individual’s habitual or typical way of dealing with the world.

Profiling in Practice

People are complex. The environment and other people can influence behaviour change on a regular basis. Behaviour has reasons, not causes and if we understand the reasons why, we become increasingly empowered.

Psychological type gives a snap shot of the preferred behaviour that comes almost unconsciously to most people. This is the behaviour that they are comfortable with and can sustain for long periods of time.

It is worth noting that people can be versatile and can change, as the behaviour they are comfortable with will almost certainly not be suitable for every eventuality. People are often asked to “think and act outside the box” – in these situations they need to be confident that they can do this.

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