TY - JOUR AB - Presents barriers and benefits to top executive assessment. Discusses a range of techniques for top executive assessment and feedback. Explores pros and cons of psychological testing, individual competence assessment conducted by an external consultant and multiā€source assessment feedback techniques. Emphasizes the critical importance of selecting the right behaviours for assessing executive behaviour. Presents reliable approaches to identifying the right behaviours for the executive in a specific corporate culture and business strategy. Examples of competence models for executive leadership are included. Illustrates the various criteria for selecting among the available techniques and the applications of the different approaches through case studies. VL - 1 IS - 3 SN - 1362-0436 DO - 10.1108/13620439610118546 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/13620439610118546 AU - Guinn Kathleen A. PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - Assessment techniques for top executives T2 - Career Development International PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 9 EP - 14 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -