Assessments That Develop Leaders, Build Teams, and Hire the Right People

FactorFactory publishes scientifically validated psychometric assessments for consultants, coaches, and HR professionals. Built on Item Response Theory, forced-choice methodology, and validated norms — with instant professional reporting.

The Achieving Leader book cover

New · by Kent E. Frese, Ph.D.

The Achieving Leader

Getting Extraordinary Results Through the People You Lead — seven elements, drawn from assessments of more than 3,600 working leaders.

Also by Kent: Give Them the Keys →

What Do You Need?

Every assessment in our suite can be combined to fit your use case

Leadership

Develop Leaders

360 feedback, leadership philosophy, communication, and personality insights for coaching and development programs.

Popular: AL360 (multi-rater) or Achieving Leader individual assessments (self & multi-rater) • ELLSI • DISC
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Teams

Build Stronger Teams

Behavioral styles, communication patterns, personality insights, and climate surveys for team workshops.

Popular: DISC • Communication Insight • ELLSI • Surveys
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Selection

Hire the Right People

Personality, cognitive ability, values, and leadership philosophy for evidence-based selection decisions.

Popular: ELLSIx • Reasoning • Leadership Philosophy
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Organization

Understand Your Organization

What leadership believes it has built vs. what employees actually experience — measured, condition by condition.

Popular: Ground Truth Survey • Custom & Annual Survey Programs
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Our Assessment Suite

Scientifically validated tools for leadership, personality, behavior, communication, and cognition

Multi-rater 360 • 25 min

Achieving Leader 360

6 domains, 19 factors. Comprehensive multi-rater leadership feedback with gap analysis.

7 assessments • 1 framework

Achieving Leader Assessments

Seven focused individual assessments for coaching and workshops. Use individually or together — independent of AL360.

Self-assessment • 8 min

DISC Behavioral Assessment

24 profile types for team workshops, communication training, and coaching.

Hiring assessment • 20 min

ELLSIx Hiring Assessment

Six Factor personality assessment with forced-choice format designed to resist faking. Built for hiring decisions.

Self-assessment • 15 min

ELLSI Personality Assessment

Five Factor Model assessment for coaching, development, and team building. 40 personality archetypes.

Ability test • 15-20 min

Reasoning Assessment

Verbal and logical reasoning for evidence-based hiring decisions.

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For the Whole Organization

Individual assessments measure your leaders. These measure the conditions they create.

Organization survey • $495 flat • 12 min

Ground Truth Survey

A leadership–employee survey of the conditions that drive organizational performance. Leadership’s view, the team’s experience, and the gaps between them — measured.

Consulting-led • Annual programs

Custom & Annual Survey Programs

Custom instruments, year-over-year tracking, team breakouts, and consultant-led debriefs — built around how you actually work.

Try One Free

Two-minute introductions — no signup walls, instant results

Free • For You • 2 min

Mini DISC Assessment

Quick introduction to DISC behavioral styles. Instant results with a free PDF report.

Free • For Your Business • 3 min

AI Readiness Check

Is your business ready to be multiplied? Rate your culture, strategy, and practices — see which pillar needs focus first.

Why Choose FactorFactory?

What makes our assessments different

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Validated Science

Item Response Theory, forced-choice formats, and validated norms. Learn more

Instant Reports

Professional PDF reports generated immediately upon completion

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Secure & Compliant

SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, and EEOC compliant

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Partner Program

No minimums, no setup fees. Volume discounts included.

For Partners

Add assessments to your consulting toolkit. No setup fees, no minimums, volume discounts available. Use the free AI Readiness Check and Mini DISC as conversation starters with your clients.

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For Organizations

Find the right assessment for your team. We will help you choose and get started.

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