Judgment Index™

Northwest College of Construction is now offering employers and individuals an exciting new tool, the Judgment Index™ (JI), that measures an individual’s ability to make good judgments. This raises the obvious question:

What is Judgment?

• Judgment is the result of a person’s values
• It is how you evaluate the world
• The “lens” through which a person makes decisions, interacts, and lives life
• Your value system was being created before you were born…and will be here after you are gone
• Judgment can change and evolve over a lifetime
• Judgment can be TAUGHT
• Judgment is LEARNED through peers, parents, experience, education, and culture

There are three core areas of judgment “insight”, according to the JI:

• Relationship Insight – People Skills
• Tactical Insight – Work/Task Skills
• Strategic Insight – Understanding the Big Picture, Implications and Consequences

What is the Judgment Index™?

• A simple but sophisticated tool, taken on-line in 20 – 30 minutes, that is nearly impossible to “game”
• Tested and validated to be non-discriminatory for ethnicity, gender, age
• A focus of academia subjected to countless research projects, tests of validity, and debates
• It is not only “descriptive,” but highly “prescriptive” as numerous personal growth protocols have been developed based on the profile
• It was created to gain deeper insight into the judgment capacities of individuals

What the JI is NOT

• It is not an IQ test
• It is not an emotional balance profile; it does not evaluate mental health
• It is not a personality profile; it is not a Myers-Briggs, DISC, etc., like tool

Executive Summary

 

 

Case Studies

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Construction Safety Case Study: Eastern US Construction Company

• 2009 Safety Experience: 29 workers involved in accidents
• $80,000 average cost per accident
• Workers were hired prior to incorporating the NCCER Craft Level On-Site Judgment and Safety assessment
• Subsequent to initiating JI, 20 of the 29 workers would not have been hired
• 6 workers would have been conditionally hired
• $1,600,000+ savings

Customer Service Case Study

• 5,500 employee company
• 39% three-year average turnover
• Incorporated the JI into hiring and development practice
• In 12 months, turnover dropped to 17%
• In 18 months, turnover dropped to 9%
• Company saves $2,800,000/year in reduced training costs alone

Example Assessment Results (this is a select few of the many reports available)

• Craft Level On-Site Judgment and Safety Report – Preferred Results
• Craft Level On-Site Judgment and Safety Report – Below Scale
• Supervisor On-Site Judgment and Safety Report – Preferred Results
• Supervisor On-Site Judgment and Safety Report – Weak Results
• Leadership Qualities Report – Sample Person