
Qualia|Personality
Elite behavioural psychometrics for human resources
professionals
"[Qualia] is the best tool available for building
self-awareness and getting behavioural change. I dedicated the whole of last
year to researching these tools, to find the best one. This was the winner."
Ross McLelland, Managing Director,
Pacific Consulting
Qualia|Personality is a sophisticated
psychometric personality questionnaire that gives you a comprehensive yet easy to
understand description of an individual.
Qualia is intended for professional use
by organisational psychologists, human resources practitioners, executive coaches,
recruitment professionals and career guidance specialists. It informs:
- Selection decisions
- Executive coaching
- Career coaching
- Team building
- Learning & development
- Cultural change / organisational development
Importantly, it is also easy for you to access
and comes at a reasonable price.
Exceptional Design
Designed by leading international experts, Qualia now has over ten years
research and development behind it. Qualia's unique 'nipsative' question
format and British standard statistical trialling offer superior accuracy
over other tools in its class.
It's also written in culturally
neutralised English so you can use it internationally wherever first and second
language English is spoken, including the UK/Europe, America/Canada, Australia/New
Zealand, India, Singapore, Malaysia, The Philippines, Hong Kong and South Africa.
Results are displayed as a peer-group
comparison, so you can see your staff or clients' traits relative to
what is ‘normal’ for other working people.
Qualia has 87 question groups
comprised of 261 items and takes about 25 minutes to complete.
"Love the format - easy to read...
More comprehensive than the 16PF, less jargony than the MBTI ... Head and shoulders
above DISC. A very practical, useful tool."
Andrew McColl, Mercer Human Resources
Consultants (WM Mercer)
Comprehensive

Qualia produces very individualised
profiles with 29 personality traits that tell you about an individual's:
- Thinking style
- Drives and motivations
- Interpersonal style
- Interests
- Emotional traits
View an example Qualia Self-report Personality profile.
View an example Qualia 360° Feedback Personality profile.
"I am extremely impressed with
the depth of [Qualia]. It doesn't pigeon-hole people but creates a truly comprehensive
profile of an individual. Nonetheless it's surprisingly clear and very easy
to understand.
It's particularly great for its ability
to clarify areas for personal development. I’m amazed at the ‘Interpretation
Guide’. It’s all exceedingly well put together."
Phillip Allison, MD, Corporate Edge Consultants (Ex-Regional Director,
Franklins)
Competency Sets
Qualia also generates competencies.
It offers six standard competency sets:
- Leadership Styles - the style(s) of leadership that
a person is most likely to adopt, such as egalitarian, authoritarian or encouraging
styles.
View an example Leadership Styles Profile
- Team Styles - the role(s) that a
person is most likely to naturally adopt in a departmental or project team, such
as analyst, social activator, coordinator or hands on roles.
View an example Team Styles Profile
- Meeting Styles - the ways(s) in
which a person is likely to interact and behave at meetings of their peers, such
as competitive, constructive or disengaged styles.
View an example Meeting Styles Profile
- Reporting Styles - the way(s) in
which a person is likely to interact with their boss, such as passive, participative
or independent styles.
View an example Reporting Styles Profile
- Sales & Service Styles - the
approach(es) that a person is likely to take to selling products and services, and
to relating with their customers, such as sociable, factual or political styles.
View an example Sales & Service
Styles Profile
- Problem Predictor - a special profile chart that assists with pre-screening job candidates for common disruptive behaviours, such as overly autocratic leadership, volatility, chaotic work styles and change resistance.
View an example Problem Predictor Profile
Qualia can also measure your own in-house competencies
and display them on customised profile charts that are unique to your business. Talk to us about your needs.
“Excellent, thank you very much.
Having done some similar things in the past, I can say that it's a good reflection…
Crucially, the presentation of results is the best I've seen."
Thomas Fuller, JP
Morgan, London, UK
Accessible
Getting started
Getting started is easy. Talk to
us about your particular circumstances and we’ll advise you how to proceed.
Training
No training is required as a corporate psychologist from Insight
Matters will manage the whole process for you.
However, if you are a corporate
psychologist or human resources specialist and would like to use Qualia
independently, you may do so after attending one of the excellent
Occupational Personality Profiling training courses.
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