working with difference and diversity of perspective
Making differences in working methods, background knowledge and insight within a group visible and using them to reach better solutions.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Situational Judgement Test · rho 0.12 (SD 0.11)
- hrmforce instrument
- Big Fifty, Colour Profile (Jung), 360 Feedback
- Competency (50-framework)
- Flexibility
- Trainability
- high
- 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 | Asks about a colleague's different approach how it works and why it was chosen. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Deliberately gathers diverging angles on an issue, weighs them and accounts for which insights end up in the solution. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Arranges that teams routinely include dissent and different angles and tests the effect on the quality of decisions. 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 | Comparing different working methods Comparing approaches | Mapping in a team how members currently approach a task and naming the strengths of each approach. | rising |
| V | Actively seeking out a different perspective Seeking dissent | Asking in a meeting who sees it differently and dealing with that input first. | rising |
| V | Inviting dissenting voices into decision making Devil's advocate | Deliberately involving someone in a decision who is likely to think about it differently. | rising |
| V | Bridging cultural differences in collaboration Cross-cultural collaboration | Naming differences in etiquette, hierarchy and directness and adjusting working agreements accordingly. | rising |
| V | Keeping a meeting workable across language differences Multilingual meetings | Choosing language, pace and a written summary in a mixed team so that everyone can follow. | rising |
| V | Limiting bias in a selection interview Structured interviewing | Using fixed questions, fixed assessment criteria and a second assessor in a job interview. | rising |
| V | Using differences in experience within a team Peer pairing | Pairing experienced and starting colleagues so that both contribute knowledge and learn from each other. | rising |