How Good a VP People Are You, Really?
Fifty questions across ten competencies and the four faces of a modern VP People / HR — Operator, Partner, Builder, Leader. Behavioral and scenario-based, not flattery. About 15 minutes. Built for the people who run the function: a clean operation, real business partnering, org capability and data, and a team of business partners.
What this assessment measures
10 competencies across the 4 faces of the VP People / HR role — Operator, Partner, Builder, Leader — built on the People leadership: operations, partnering, capability, team. Five questions each: scenarios, honest reads and forced choices designed to resist self-flattery.
Operator
HR operations, compliance and core people processes.
- HR Operations & Service — Reliable HR ops and systems — payroll, onboarding, service — that just work.
- Compliance & Employee Relations — Sound employment compliance and fair, clean handling of ER — no time bombs.
- Core People Processes — Smooth, well-run core cycles — reviews, comp, onboarding — not annual fire drills.
Partner
HR business partnering, talent management and employee experience.
- HR Business Partnering — A partner leaders pull into decisions, not an admin function they route around.
- Talent & Performance — Real performance and talent management — develops people, addresses underperformance.
- Employee Experience & Engagement — An employee experience that drives engagement and retention, measured and acted on.
Builder
Org effectiveness and people analytics.
- Org Effectiveness & Design — Helps design effective org structures and ways of working; manages change well.
- People Analytics — Uses people data to inform decisions — attrition, engagement, talent — honestly.
Leader
Building the team and HR’s influence.
- Team & Talent — A strong HR bench of business partners, not just process administrators.
- Influence & Leadership — A trusted, influential voice; the CHRO’s right hand and a partner to the business.
How the score reads
- Emerging (0–34) — Foundations forming — operating below a full VP-People mandate today.
- Developing (35–51) — Real strengths with clear, nameable gaps before a top people seat.
- Established (52–67) — A solid, credible VP People across the four faces.
- Advanced (68–82) — A strong people leader operating ahead of the role.
- World-class (83–100) — A world-class VP People — a function that runs clean and partners with the business.
What you get
- An overall score out of 100 and a maturity level
- Your VP People / HR archetype — the honest read on how you lead today
- A 10-competency radar across the faces above
- What companies actually demand from VP People / HR hires, from real job postings, against your profile
- A personalized AI analysis and development roadmap, delivered by email with a print-ready PDF report
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