Systematic Problem-Solving Capability Profile for Individuals and Teams

Stop guessing where to focus your development. In 15 minutes, know exactly where your problem-solving capability is strong — and where targeted effort will make the greatest difference to your results.

The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report identifies complex problem solving as the fastest-growing capability in the modern workplace. Yet most professionals develop it by accident — through trial and error, repeated frustration, and the gradual accumulation of hard lessons.

Understanding where to focus changes everything.

This professional assessment, developed by Dr Tina Gallico from the academic literature and best practice on how expert problem solvers work, shows you precisely where your capability is strong and where focused development will create the greatest return. Not a personality type. Not a generic score. A detailed, actionable picture of how you actually solve problems — across every phase of the cycle.

Fifteen minutes of honest reflection. A detailed professional report in your inbox within 60 seconds.

WHAT CHANGES AFTER YOU DO THIS

• You will know which phase of the problem-solving cycle is your strongest and be able to build on it with intention.
• You will understand exactly where your approach breaks down: whether you jump to solutions before the problem is properly defined, make decisions without clear criteria, or implement well but rarely stop to learn from what happened.
• You will understand your natural problem-solving style and where it may be quietly limiting your results.
• You will have a clear, prioritised development plan grounded in evidence, not assumption — so you stop investing time in generic skill-building and start making targeted progress.

And if you reassess after a period of focused development, applying the development actions identified in your individual report, you will be able
to measure the difference.

WHO GETS THE MOST FROM THIS

Professionals who already perform well and want to perform better. People who are serious about their development and want to act on evidence rather than instinct. Leaders who need to understand not just their own capability, but their team's.

If you lead a team, cumulative results from this assessment shows you where collective problem solving breaks down — who excels at analysis but stalls at implementation, where decisions slow down, and how to build a team that covers the full cycle effectively.

If you are in L&D or HR, it gives you a diagnostic grounded in the academic literature — specific enough to design targeted development programmes, and credible enough to present to senior stakeholders when justifying investment.

HOW IT WORKS

Purchase and receive your unique access code immediately by email. Complete the online assessment at your own pace — it takes approximately 15 minutes. Your detailed PDF report is generated automatically and delivered to your inbox within 60 seconds of completion.

Your access code is valid for 12 months from purchase. Each code is single use.

THE SEVEN PHASES

The assessment covers the complete problem-solving cycle across seven
sequential phases. Each phase contains multiple specific competencies. Your report shows where you are strong and where focused development will have the greatest impact.

• Define — Clearly identifying the actual problem, who is affected, and what success looks like before any action is taken.
• Analyse — Investigating root causes rather than symptoms, understanding system-level connections, and gathering information systematically.
• Devise — Generating diverse solution possibilities and designing approaches that address root causes.
• Decide — Establishing clear criteria, comparing options objectively, and making sound decisions despite uncertainty.
• Implement — Breaking solutions into executable steps and navigating the organisational realities of making change happen.
• Improve — Measuring whether solutions actually worked and refining approaches based on evidence rather than assumption.
• Document — Capturing decisions, rationale, and lessons so the organisation retains and builds on what has been learned.

FOR TEAMS AND ORGANISATIONS

When a team completes this assessment together, something shifts. Individual blind spots become visible. Collective patterns emerge. Development planning moves from guesswork to evidence.

Orders for 25 or more profiles contact Edaith for aggregated team reports, custom volume pricing or additional resources to support team workshops, for insights and learning expereinces that will amplify the effectiveness of your L&D programmes.

Volume pricing (standalone profile):
5–19 profiles: 10% off
20–49 profiles: 15% off
50+ profiles: Contact us 

COMPANION RESOURCE

For those who want to go deeper, the companion Essential Skills Series compendium Problem Solver: the problem solving toolkit provides frameworks and tools for developing capability in each phase — grounded in the same body of research as this assessment. Your report references specific tools with page numbers for your priority development areas. Available from Edaith.com (Australian customers) or Amazon (international).