People don’t perform in a vacuum.
Make better decisions about people by looking beyond the individual. We assess what people bring, the culture and conditions they work in, and how they enable others to contribute.HOW WE THINK
Understanding the individual is important.
But it’s only part of the picture.
Who people are matters. So does the environment they work in and how they connect with others. Effectiveness emerges from the interaction between the person, their environment and their relationships.
02 / Environment
The context of their work
The demands, culture, systems and conditions that shape what is required of them.
03 / Interpersonal
01 / Individual
What the individual brings
Their capabilities, skills, values, aspirations, motives and experience.
How people work together
The relationships and shared purpose that shape trust, voice, ownership and contribution.
A fuller picture.
Better people decisions.
Psynapse assesses people in the context of their work: what they bring, what their role and environment require, and how they work with and lead others. Our assessment suite brings these insights together to help organisations select, develop and support people to succeed.CULTURE & ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Measure how everyday culture aligns with aspirational values.
Assess people’s personal values and their experience of work alongside the organisation’s aspirational values. Compare these perspectives to identify alignment, gaps and differences across teams, helping you prioritise changes that build a more consistent culture.
LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS XPERIENCE
Understand where leaders naturally fit, how they adapt and how they build followership.
Compare a leader’s natural leadership style and current behaviour with the demands of their working environment. Include the team’s perspective to assess how their leadership supports shared purpose, trust and contribution. Use the findings to guide selection, succession and development, matching leaders to environments where they can succeed and strengthening their ability to adapt.
PSYNAPSE LEADERSHIP
Leadership Effectiveness,
reframed
Understand where leaders thrive, how they adapt to different contexts and how they build followership.
02 / Context
What the environment requires
The demands, culture, systems and conditions that shape what is required of them.
LEADER + CONTEXT
The leader is decisive.
Is decisiveness right for the situation?
A leader is naturally a fast decision-maker. In a high-risk banking environment, effective leadership also requires knowing when to pause, seek specialist input and follow controls.What the assessment reveals
Where their natural style meets the demands of the role, and where adaptation is needed.03 / Followership
01 / Leader
What the leader brings
Their natural leadership style, ability to adapt, capabilities, values, motives and experience.
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES
What their leadership enables
Whether their team sees them as one of us, acting for us, bringing us together and making us matter.
LEADER + FOLLOWERSHIP
The leader invites challenge. Do people speak up?
A leader sees their team agreeing with decisions. The team’s perspective helps distinguish willing support from reluctance to challenge.What the assessment reveals
Whether their leader represents them, advances their interests, brings them together and makes them matter.YOUR PRIORITIES
What are you trying to achieve?
CULTURE & ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE
How do we drive a consistent culture?
Identify where everyday experience aligns with your aspirational values and where change is needed.SUCCESSION PLANNING
Who is ready to lead next, and where?
Inform succession and deployment by identifying the environments that suit each leader and the adaptation their next role requires.LEADERSHIP SELECTION
How do we select the right leader for
our environment?
Assess candidates’ natural leadership style and capabilities against the specific demands of the role and working environment.LEADERSHIP & TEAM EFFECTIVENESSCE
How do we help leaders achieve results
through others?
Target development where leaders need to respond differently to their context and strengthen how they represent, support and bring their teams together.EVIDENCE WITH CLARITY
People decisions deserve sound evidence.
Decisions about people need a sound basis. Psynapse draws on established psychological research. We explain what the evidence supports, where its limits lie and what we are still testing, so you can judge how to use the insight.ILLUSTRATIVE REPORT
FROM ASSESSMENT TO ACTION
Understand the context.
Focus the development.
The Psynapse Context report brings together a leader’s natural style, their current behaviour and the specific demands of their role and working environment.Identify where their style is naturally suited to the context, where they are already adapting and what to prioritise next. Use the findings to guide leadership appointments, role placement and focused development.MINDSHIFT LABS
Grounded in reseach.
Built on experience.
MindShift Labs develops assessments and leadership development solutions that help organisations make better decisions about people.
Our work combines research in organisational psychology, expertise in psychometric assessment and practical experience across sectors and countries. We help clients turn assessment findings into clear priorities for selection, development and organisational change.Powered by Nancy AI
MindShift Labs develops the research-based assessments and guides their interpretation. Nancy AI provides the technology that supports delivery.Let’s talk about what you want to achieve
Whether you’re strengthening culture, selecting leaders or developing your teams, we can help you identify where to start.