Bar-On MMP^TM Assessment

The Bar-On MMP^TM is designed to assess human performance. It is suitable for recruitment and selection, development and leadership training, and succession planning. The MMP scales evaluate 18 behavioral factors that contribute to performance, describing how well individuals are currently functioning and what could be strengthened to perform on a higher level. The MMP consists of 120 statements that evaluate how individuals describe their current behavior associated with the 18 factors that its scales assess. In the absence of an intervention or significant event, behavior is reasonably stable for the foreseeable time. Consequently, this assessment may help to predict human performance for the conceivable future as well.

This assessment is based on the Bar-On model of human performance, which asserts that performance is a function of individuals' strength in the 18 factors assessed with the MMP scales. The Bar-On model of human performance conceptually clusters these distinct factors into five categories. They capture the whole person, including the Physical, Cognitive, Personal, Social, and Inspirational. The factor categories naturally flow from one to the next, similar to how humans continuously develop from birth, through childhood and adolescence, to adulthood and maturity until end of life.

The core factors feed into and are ringed by another flow of factors pertaining to your performance at work. Alternatively, you can read the factor descriptions in the order that is most meaningful to you (perhaps fitting a particular competency framework). You can also appreciate each factor independently.

Two indices evaluate the integrity of MMP results, indicating the degree to which the results can be used in making reliable assessment and development decisions.

Indicates whether individuals provide similar responses to closely related statements in this assessment. In addition to possible random responding, inconsistency also suggests possible issues associated with not fully understanding themselves.

Suggests how realistic individuals described themselves. The results indicate if they tended to over-rate or under-rate themselves and their strength in the core and ring factors.

Wellness describes how physically fit and well individuals feel. This evaluates how they feel about their physical appearance as well as eating and sleeping habits, and the degree to which they feel refreshed in the morning and energetic during the day.

Discomfort Tolerance reveals how willing individuals are to endure working long hours, sleeping less, and eating at irregular times to complete work on time and meet deadlines.

Problem-Solving evaluates how effective individuals are in addressing challenges by attempting to logically understand them and arrive at ways to methodically deal with them. This requires collecting relevant information, weighing conflicting evidence and ambiguity, as well as considering the short- and long-term consequences of potential solutions.

Applying Experience indicates how efficient individuals are in relying on familiar or proven methods to address current challenges, building on successes, and avoiding repeating past failures. This is about using experience in deciding on what is and is not worth applying.

Ingenuity reveals how flexible and resourceful individuals are in making decisions when situations are unexpected and unpredictable or become complicated. This also indicates how resilient they are when matters do not turn out as planned, by improvising, making needed adjustments to overcome challenges, and adapting to change.

Self-Understanding evaluates how well individuals know who they are, why they behave in certain ways, and why they feel the way they do. This indicates how effectively they look inward and engage in self-reflection, which leads to enhancing self-insight.

Self-Reliance evaluates how self-sufficient individuals are by depending on themselves more than on others for help in making decisions. This is about acting independently while being open to receiving input from others.

Self-Control describes how effective individuals are in managing their emotions and impulses, so they are not disruptive in their relationships with others. This includes exercising restraint and retaining self-composure in anxiety-provoking situations.

Coping is about how efficiently individuals handle pressure and stress. This reveals how well they understand these challenging situations and then function effectively in dealing with them.

Decisiveness indicates how assertively individuals deal with situations. This includes how they express themselves confidently and act boldly, when necessary, without being aggressive or hostile.

Courage evaluates how successful individuals are in handling their apprehension and fear to function effectively in risky situations. This could include trying to prevent serious harm to oneself or others as a matter of principle.

Social-Awareness describes how alert individuals are to understanding what others need, feel, and communicate both verbally and non-verbally, which facilitates interacting with them.

Connectedness evaluates how successful individuals are in establishing and maintaining relationships with others. This includes getting along with family, friends, and colleagues, as well as how much they enjoy social interaction in general.

Protectiveness indicates how willing individuals are to support and defend others who are treated unfairly, irrespective of potentially negative consequences for themselves. This includes being sympathetic toward others, which is anchored in having, expressing, and living by a clear set of social values.

Finding Meaning evaluates how actively individuals pursue living a more meaningful life, which has a positive impact on others as well as on themselves. This describes the process or journey that leads them to achieve a sense of meaningfulness in their work and elsewhere, helping define who they are and what they do as individuals.

Engagement indicates how energized individuals are and how positive they feel about their work, involvements, and accomplishments, which stimulates them to do and contribute more.

Motivation evaluates how excited and driven individuals are about what they are involved in, and what they want to do in the future. This also includes how effectively they focus on elements that bring them enjoyment in their work and elsewhere.

Perseverance reveals how determined, committed, and persistent individuals are in following through with decisions that are made and in achieving goals.

Leadership describes how successfully individuals stay on target and make good choices. It is about how well they deal with difficulties under pressure, when they face uncertainty, or experience stress. It is about how confidently they take action and modify decisions when needed.

Industriousness shows the importance individuals place on working hard to achieve results. It has to do with the degree of commitment and proficiency they display. It is about how efficiently they plan, manage time, and apply technology.

Productiveness indicates how individuals emphasize working smart to deliver tactical results. It has to do with how effectively they apply strategy and maintain perspective. It is about how they actively look for promising options and monitor the value of what they accomplish.

Burnout Avoidance reveals how proactively individuals prevent feeling overwhelmed by continuous pressure. It has to do with how they address persistent stress to accomplish valued work with control and focus. It is about the ease with which they handle the negative effects of pushing themselves to extremes over time.

Coachability reflects how readily individuals respond to efforts to enhance their performance. It has to do with how open they are to self-development. It is about how willingly they learn more on the job or through training.