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Negotiation Capability Assessment (NCA)

Objective assessment for baselining negotiation capabilities on an individual level

Negotiation Capability Assessment

An online objective type assessment to baseline negotiation capability

What it is

Multiple-choice right and wrong answer individual assessment

Developed and validated by procurement experts

Web-based, multiplatform (computer, tableau, handheld) approach

Focus on “what matters” in negotiation

Takes ~30 minutes to complete

Reporting at the individual and organizational levels

How to use it

As a diagnostic tool​ to baseline a company’s negotiation capabilities at the start of a capability-building program

To measure the effectiveness​ of negotiation training and workshops

As a tracking means to check and develop negotiation skills on an ongoing basis for high-value negotiations in a transformation program

How it works

It assesses performance on four key negotiation dimensions, then divides these into subskills, and evaluates them using objective multiple-choice questions.

What the output looks like

Radar chart

Assesses your organization’s performance on four key negotiation areas and benchmarks it against industry peers

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Real-time dashboard

Every element of the assessment — from the online assessment platform to automated individual reports — and the organizational dashboard are digitized

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Across roles and categories

Tracks performance ​ across job titles (roles) and subfunctions (categories)

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Before - and - after negotiation workshop

Can track performance, by tenure, before and after the negotiation workshop

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For a higher-level assessment that includes non-negotiation-related dimensions, the McKinsey Capability Building Assessment is deployed

Here is an illustration of how the tool works

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