Comparing Assessments

Assessing personality and work styles is crucial for individuals and organizations to understand their strengths, weaknesses, and leadership potential. Two popular tools used for assessing personality and work styles are the Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment (RITA) and the Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ). In this article, we will compare and contrast these two assessments, exploring their similarities and differences and their potential applications in personal and professional contexts.

What is OPQ?

OPQ is a personality assessment tool developed by SHL that identifies an individual’s work styles based on 32 personality dimensions. These dimensions are grouped into eight categories: Influence, Resilience, Emotionality, Assertiveness, Sociability, Inquisitiveness, Accommodation, and Dependability. Each category represents a different aspect of work style, and each has its unique strengths and preferences.

How Can I Use OPQ?

OPQ can be used in various personal and professional contexts, such as recruitment and selection, talent management, and leadership development. It can help individuals and organizations understand an individual’s work style, identify areas for growth, and enhance personal and professional effectiveness. It can also help organizations build stronger teams by leveraging each individual’s unique work style and creating a more productive work environment.

What is RITA?

The Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment (RITA) is a personality assessment tool. It identifies an individual’s Resilience Innovator® archetype, of which there are ten. These archetypes represent different approaches to resilience, problem-solving, and innovation, with each type having its unique strengths and preferences.

How Can I Use RITA?

RITA is specifically designed to assess an individual’s resilience level and innovation style and can be used in various contexts, such as innovation and entrepreneurship training, organizational development, and leadership development. It can help individuals understand their reactions to stressful environments, their natural innovation tendencies, their strengths in the innovation process, and their areas for growth. It can also facilitate effective teamwork and collaboration by bringing together individuals with complementary innovation styles.

How are RITA and OPQ similar?

RITA and OPQ both have components of a behavioral assessment. OPQ is a behavioral assessment that focuses on workplace behavior and communicates behavioral styles in a comprehensive format through the 32 personality dimensions. RITA has a behavioral assessment portion based on the situational judgment test of the assessment. Individuals are given an analysis of their relationship to the three resilience conditions–sociability, grit, and attitude.

How are RITA and OPQ different?

1. Focus: While the Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment focuses on innovation style and problem-solving, OPQ focuses on work styles and workplace behaviors.
2. Number of Factors: The Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment has ten archetypes grouped into five dichotomies, while OPQ has 32 personality dimensions that are grouped into eight categories.
3. Depth of Assessment: OPQ provides a detailed assessment of an individual’s work styles, with practical tips for enhancing personal and professional effectiveness. The Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment provides a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s innovation style and level of resilience, with detailed descriptions of each archetype’s characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses. It also provides insight into how to improve the resilience and innovation of the individual and those around them.

In conclusion, the Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment and OPQ are two valuable assessment tools that provide insights into an individual’s natural tendencies and work styles. They have different focuses, contexts, and depths of assessment, making them suitable for different personal and professional contexts. Individuals and organizations can choose the assessment tool that best aligns with their specific needs and goals for personal or professional development.