16PF Course for
HR Professionals, Counsellors, Career & Leadership Coaches (Level 1)
Normal Fee: $1,800. Funding details available at the Funding page.
Course Overview
The 16PF is a world-renowned personality inventory with decades of research and data behind it. It establishes a fully-rounded picture of the whole individual, and is commonly used in a wide variety of applications, including career selection and development, leadership selection and development, individual and couple counselling.
This 2-day workshop is especially suitable for participants interested in exploring and unlocking human potential: educators, leadership coaches, career coaches, hiring managers, HR professionals and counsellors will know the person’s personality traits that influence the way he works and interact with others. Plans and strategies can then be created for career, leadership, personal development and corporate advancement.
Leading in a dynamic, interactive, and learner-centric way, Dr Thom Needham & Dr Mandy Cao will review the instrument in detail (including application of key findings from research, statistical structure, instrument and profile validity, and cross-cultural versatility), familiarize participants with relevant literature and research, share their practical experiences in administering and interpreting 16PF findings in career, counselling and corporate settings, and diving deep into psychometric knowledge.
The workshop will also cover the use of computer-generated reports such as the Basic Score Report (BSR), Career & Leadership Development Report, Couples Counseling Report (CCR), Adolescent Personality Questionnaire and the Psych Evaluation Personality Questionnaire Interpretation (PEPQI).
Teaching, discussion and sharing will be appropriately framed based on the assumption that participants do not have formal graduate-level knowledge in psychology.
At the end of the course, participants will achieve the following:
Important Note: Right to purchase the 16PF instrument lies with the PAN Group, owner of 16PF. This course does not certify participants to purchase 16PF.
About the Workshop Facilitators
The 16PF is a world-renowned personality inventory with decades of research and data behind it. It establishes a fully-rounded picture of the whole individual, and is commonly used in a wide variety of applications, including career selection and development, leadership selection and development, individual and couple counselling.
This 2-day workshop is especially suitable for participants interested in exploring and unlocking human potential: educators, leadership coaches, career coaches, hiring managers, HR professionals and counsellors will know the person’s personality traits that influence the way he works and interact with others. Plans and strategies can then be created for career, leadership, personal development and corporate advancement.
Leading in a dynamic, interactive, and learner-centric way, Dr Thom Needham & Dr Mandy Cao will review the instrument in detail (including application of key findings from research, statistical structure, instrument and profile validity, and cross-cultural versatility), familiarize participants with relevant literature and research, share their practical experiences in administering and interpreting 16PF findings in career, counselling and corporate settings, and diving deep into psychometric knowledge.
The workshop will also cover the use of computer-generated reports such as the Basic Score Report (BSR), Career & Leadership Development Report, Couples Counseling Report (CCR), Adolescent Personality Questionnaire and the Psych Evaluation Personality Questionnaire Interpretation (PEPQI).
Teaching, discussion and sharing will be appropriately framed based on the assumption that participants do not have formal graduate-level knowledge in psychology.
At the end of the course, participants will achieve the following:
- Understand the basic statistics of 16PF and how it applies to people development within the contexts of career, counselling, leadership, employment, etc
- Learn how to administer 16PF and interpret the findings in an objective yet empathic way
- Participants will be able to use the 16PF assessment to create appropriate development plans and strategies
- Participants will learn the different computer-generated reports, eg., Career and Leadership Development Report
- Participants will learn how to give effective feedback to spur clients’ development
Important Note: Right to purchase the 16PF instrument lies with the PAN Group, owner of 16PF. This course does not certify participants to purchase 16PF.
About the Workshop Facilitators
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Dr Needham holds Master’s degrees in Theology and Counselling Psychology and the Doctorate of Education degree in Developmental and Counselling Psychology. His expertise on the 16PF is unparalleled: Thom has conducted more than 4,000 assessments over the past 40 years in many countries, using the 16PF in a variety of settings including clinical, educational and organizational settings. His endorsement of the famed clinical textbook, ’16PF Interpretation in Clinical Practice: A Guide to the Fifth Edition’ appears on its cover. Thom has trained Singapore government psychologists at the Civil Service College, conducted many workshops in the Executive Development Program at SUSS, and provided 16PF training for private counselors. He has served as an adjunct professor for Cambridge University’s Beijing graduate management program for Chinese CEO’s, where he taught the assessment and development of managers.
Dr Mandy Cao is an educational psychologist specializing in psychological testing and measurement. She has a PhD degree in cognition, learning and development with a specialization in motivation from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also holds professional membership in the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Academy of Management. Over the past decade, she has developed expertise on the 16PF through research on personality and motivation in the workplace, and assessment of managers for selection and development. |
Target Audience
Hiring Managers, Career Coaches, Leadership Mentors, etc, who wish to learn how to use 16PF within their respective practice for purposes like hiring assessment, talent development, career coaching and leadership mentoring. It is expected that they do not hold a graduate qualification in psychology (or related field) or without graduate-level coursework in Tests and Measurement.
Pre-Workshop Reading and Assignments
Duration
2 days (9 am - 5 pm).
Workshop Topics:
DAY ONE
A. Review of APA Ethics for use of measurement in clinical practice
B. Overview of 16PF
G. Case Studies
DAY TWO
A. The Computer-Generated Report
C. Skills Practice: How to Provide Client Feedback
*Course Progression
This course is set at Level 1 and will train clinicians who are new to 16PF to be proficient users of the instrument. Advance users can attend the 2-day Level 2 workshop.
Note: Interested persons working as Hiring Managers, Career Coaches, Leadership Mentors, etc, who do not hold a graduate qualification in psychology (or related field) or without graduate-level coursework in Tests and Measurement, should attend the 2-day ‘16PF Course for HR Professionals, Counsellors, Career and Leadership Coaches (Level 1)’ course.
Hiring Managers, Career Coaches, Leadership Mentors, etc, who wish to learn how to use 16PF within their respective practice for purposes like hiring assessment, talent development, career coaching and leadership mentoring. It is expected that they do not hold a graduate qualification in psychology (or related field) or without graduate-level coursework in Tests and Measurement.
Pre-Workshop Reading and Assignments
- Complete or have a client complete the 16PF online
- Be familiar with scales by alphabetical letter (A, E, F, etc)
- Review handout materials
- Complete first open book quiz
- Recommended Reading
- Essentials of 16PF Assessment by Heather E.P. Cattell & James M. Schuerger (2003)
Duration
2 days (9 am - 5 pm).
Workshop Topics:
DAY ONE
A. Review of APA Ethics for use of measurement in clinical practice
B. Overview of 16PF
- Application to leader selection and development
- Uniqueness of the Career Development Report (CDR) approach
- Using patterns of human behaviour to predict performance, career options, etc.
- Key resources in learning the 16PF
- Significance of peer-reviewed research
- Significant 16PF predictors of the 7 career interest themes of Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS)
- How to evaluate whether a profile is valid
- Impression Management
- Infrequency, etc
- Sten distribution with bi-polar traits
- How Global Factors are derived
- How Global Factors relate to Big Five
- Why a cognitive measure, ‘B’ scale, on a personality instrument?
- Significance of ‘B’ distribution
- Qualification & website access
- Preparation of link and access code
- Precautions against excessive ‘B’ responses
- Review your 16PF profile
- How personality influences behaviour
- The meaning of particular scores on the 15 traits according to distribution
- Case illustrations of various trait scores
- Traits that cluster into the 5 Global Factors
- How different combinations of factors influence behaviour
G. Case Studies
- Case 1: Humanities or Finance
- Case 2: Self-doubts and Career confusion
DAY TWO
A. The Computer-Generated Report
- How to use computer-generated reports
- Increasing self-understanding through the self-review of personality
- Introduction to selected reports
- Basic Score Report
- Couple Counselling Report
- Career and Leadership Development Report
- Expanded Reports
- Adolescent Personality Questionnaire
- Psych Evaluation Personality Questionnaire Interpretation
C. Skills Practice: How to Provide Client Feedback
- Video
- Practice among participants
*Course Progression
This course is set at Level 1 and will train clinicians who are new to 16PF to be proficient users of the instrument. Advance users can attend the 2-day Level 2 workshop.
Note: Interested persons working as Hiring Managers, Career Coaches, Leadership Mentors, etc, who do not hold a graduate qualification in psychology (or related field) or without graduate-level coursework in Tests and Measurement, should attend the 2-day ‘16PF Course for HR Professionals, Counsellors, Career and Leadership Coaches (Level 1)’ course.
