Human Resources: About the Center for Applied Cognitive Studies

The Center for Applied Cognitive Studies is passionate about optimizing people at work and at school. We provide state-of-the-art personality assessment, reports, and systems applications for businesses, schools, and organizations through a global network of internal and external consultants and international affiliate companies who use the Five-Factor Model of Personality and related brain research in their work. Our signature assessment product is the WorkPlace Big Five Profile. Through the Internet, training programs, annual learning conference, and publishing, the Center for Applied Cognitive Studies provides high quality products, cutting edge information, and support services.

The Center for Applied Cognitive Studies helps businesses and organizations maximize their investment in human resources through research, training and consulting. Our products and services enable clients to:
• Reduce attrition
• Increase productivity
• Improve communication
• Increase sales
• Improve job-person fit
• Increase employee satisfaction
• Identify strengths to build on; challenges to work around
• Use training dollars effectively

Based on more than twenty years of brain research and organization development consulting, the Center for Applied Cognitive Studies developed a suite of state-of-the-art products focused on the Five-Factor Model of Personality. Our signature assessment, one of the most valid and reliable in the market today, is the WorkPlace Big Five Profile. All assessments and training programs are globally normative and exclude biases often found in the workplace.

The Center’s assessments are used for the following workplace applications:

• Team effectiveness training
• Management training
• Leadership development
• Individual performance coaching
• Executive coaching
• Career planning
• Conflict resolution
• Assertiveness training
• Customer service training
• Diversity issues
• Identifying compensatory strategies
• Indentifying learning styles
• Training design
• Sales training
• Job profiling
• Selection and hiring
• Relationship development
• 360 degree feedback
• Succession planning
• Validity studies
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Competency assessment
• OD interventions
• Influencing others
• Change Management

To learn more about our products and the Center for Applied Cognitive Studies, please visit our website at www.centacs.com.

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