V Skill HF-D3.2-005 transversal 7 skills
social perspective taking
Explicitly reconstructing another person's viewpoint, including interests and assumptions, and using it to adapt the conversation or one's own proposal.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Situational Judgement Test · rho 0.12 (SD 0.11)
- hrmforce instrument
- Communication Styles, 360 Feedback
- Competency (50-framework)
- Listen
- Trainability
- medium
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- rising
Scenario with response options, scored on knowledge or behavioural tendency.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Names on request which interest another person has in a topic and checks that with that person. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Describes the other party's arguments in own words during a disagreement and tests which underlying assumptions differ. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Develops methods with which teams routinely gather multiple perspectives on decisions and tests whether this improves decision quality. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Explicitly naming the other party's interest Naming interests | Formulating out loud in a meeting what interest the other party has before making a proposal. | rising |
| V | Summarising the other party's position Paraphrasing | Summarising a counterpart's position and having it confirmed before giving your own response. | rising |
| V | Uncovering assumptions behind a position Surfacing assumptions | Asking which information and assumptions a person bases their position on. | rising |
| V | Preparing the other party's counterarguments Anticipating objections | Writing down the other party's objections before a meeting and preparing an answer for each one. | rising |
| V | Adapting a proposal to the other party's interest Reframing proposals | Rewriting an own proposal so that it visibly delivers something for the other party. | rising |
| V | Using perspective switching in a meeting Perspective switching | Asking participants in a meeting to look at the issue for one round from another party's position. | rising |
| V | Distinguishing position from underlying interest Positions versus interests | Distinguishing between what someone asks for and what they actually want to achieve with it. | rising |