Stuart Robertson & Associates Ltd Newsletter
Business Psychologists 
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Quintax Developments
Career Motivators
Assessment Centre Design Training
Adding Quintax to your Tool Box!
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April/2007
Welcome to the SR&A Newsletter!  We hope you will enjoy this issue as it contains some useful information about developments in the Quintax personality questionnaire, a FREE offer in relation to our new Career Motivation Indicator questionnaire, and lots more beside!
 
If you are concerned about receiving 'yet another' Newsletter then don't be - you can unsubscribe easily at the foot of this page.  But just to reassure you, we won't be sending out Newsletter mailings more than once every month or two, and we will be limiting ourselves to around 5 or 6 main news items per Newsletter.  As an incentive, however, there will be some attractive offers for you to consider in this and in forthcoming issues!
 
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Quintax Developments
New Reports
Our Quintax On-line website has recently been updated with a number of enhancements to its functionality.  We have broadened its compatibility with web browsers, so as to include Firefox as a potential platform, and we have made some changes regarding the treatment of respondent age, for example to take it off the Quintax Profile Chart.  In addition the site now boasts two new reports.
 
The Innovation Report contains a description of where the respondent falls on the Creative Style Continuum, between the pole positions of Creative Improver and Innovative Changer.  These styles deal with problem solving and change, and the report explains the background theory and gives practical advice on the respondent's approach to change at work, where it can conflict with that of others, and more. 
 
The Innovation Plus Report covers these aspects and also goes into more depth about the effect of other aspects of the respondent's Quintax Type on their creative style.  It also covers further advice on dealing with people of other creative styles at work, and gives the respondent the opportunity to set related learning goals.
 
These reports are excellent for workshop use in the area of innovation and problem solving.  See our website for further information.  See our documents page for a sample report.
Complete the Career Motivation Indicator FREE!
New Questionnaire for Career Counselling 
We have recently been working on a new project involving the measurement of Career Motivators - key drivers that help to determine our career choices.  We intend this to be used by career counsellors, outplacement consultants, and all those in the development field. 
 
At the moment in its pilot phase, we can offer you a chance to try it out for free.  Just email us at [email protected] and we will email you a copy of the questionnaire to complete and then return via email.  Once we receive your completed questionnaire we will generate a report and let you have this back within 2 working days of our receipt of your form.
 
We will keep you informed of the development process and send you an alert when we are about to publish the CMI in its final form.
Assessment Centre Design Training
How to Design an Assessment Centre
 
We have recently received some indications of interest in a public version of our AC Design Course.  This is a 3 day course, typically run in-company.  It involves delegates in learning about the way Assessment and Development Centres work, and in gaining skills in designing a centre, developing competency definitions, selecting exercises etc.  It also covers aspects of Rep Grid Interviewing and Critical Incidents analysis as used in data gathering for competency definition. 
 
Successful completion enables delegates to register to use one of our flagship products - the Discovery Series of Assessment and Development Centre Exercises.
 
Details of the in-company offer are on our website (click in-house courses) but we do run it in a public format when there is sufficient demand.  If you are interested or would like to add your name to the list contact us by 'phone, or reply to this Newsletter,  and we will keep you informed about possible dates.  If you know others who may be interested, why not use the 'forward email' link below to mention this offer!
Adding Quintax to your Tool Box!
Why Become a Quintax User?
Quintax is increasingly being used in career and outplacement counselling, and in development work generally.  For example DBM, a global provider of career transition services, have been using Quintax extensively now for over a year.  As a modern trait and type measure, it provides rich holistic feedback for the respondent while covering all aspects of the 'Big 5' - including those to do with emotional reactivitiy.  Because of this it gives a broad picture of personality while helping the user to understand how respondents will react to stress, challenge, and rejection.  It is also a powerful tool in selection, where many of our users see it as their first choice tool.  You can now visit our website and click through to an independent British Psychological Society review of the measure, so see for yourself how it is judged by independent psychologists!
 
How to Become a Quintax User
If you are already qualified at Level B or equivalent you can add Quintax to your tool box by ordering a Registration Pack.  At �265 + VAT this contains a Quintax Reference Set including User Guide, 150 on-line usage units on the Quintax On-line website, and a FREE optional training place on our 1 day Quintax Conversion Course.  As an extra, see the coupon at the foot of this page for a special March Newsletter Offer on this, and click here for course dates.  The first date available for this course is 30th April. 
 
If you are not Level B qualified you can become a Quintax user by a variety of training routes, from 2 days upwards depending on the qualification you seek.  Click on Quintax training for more information!  The next opportunity for public Level B training is our 3 day course in Manchester: 30th April - 2nd May.
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Why not email us if you have any feedback on the content of this newsletter.  If there are issues you want to raise or if there is content you would like to see in the next Newsletter we'd be glad to hear from you.  If you have any bright ideas about our services or products that we can share with others we will ask you if we can include them in a forthcoming Newsletter. 
 
Email [email protected] to tell us what you think.
Who are we?
For Information 
SR&A Limited is a UK company based in Manchester and registered at the address shown at the foot of this Newsletter under Company Registration No. 4887351.  Specialising in Business Psychology, our company is led and run by Chartered Psychologists regulated under a Code of Conduct established by the British Psychological Society.  Through SR&A, our psychologists have been working with business people throughout the UK and more widely in the EC since 1990.  Visit our website to see the full range of training courses, consulting services, and products we offer. 
Don't forget that you call us on +44 (0)161 877 3277 to discuss any of the items above.
 
Kind Regards,
 

Stuart Robertson
Stuart Robertson & Associates Ltd
Free Quintax On-line Units
April Newsletter Offer: If you are Level B trained or equivalent and not already a Quintax User, you can benefit from an offer of 100 Free Quintax On-line Units (enough to assess and profile an extra 5 respondents) by purchasing a Quintax Registration Pack using this coupon.  Simply print it out and send it with your order and payment details (before the expiry date shown below) and we will return your pack with 250 Quintax On-line units rather than the standard 150.  Visit our website and apply on-line or download a registration form and post it in.  Either way, we will credit your Quintax On-line account with an extra 100 units when we receive your printed coupon!
 
Offer Expires: April 30th 2007