Opusuna the Only Bias Free Teamwork Assessment + Integrated Method for Building High-Performance Teams

5 Key Differences Between Opusuna & Myers–Briggs, DISC, Predictive Index, Strengths Finder, etc.

1. What's the Objective
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Testing for personality is from exploring the relationship between the workings of the mind and behavior.
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Opusuna's researchers answer the questions: 'What is a Team, can teamwork be measured, and how can this information help businesses?
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2. What's Measured
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Tests for personality, aptitudes, interests, and values measure what's happening inside a person. Opusuna measures teamwork skills; how a person seeks to contribute and achieve common goals.
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3. Method the Information is Collected
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Psychometric tests use self-inventory questionnaires to gather data. Subjects respond to yes/no questions, choose between two alternatives, or respond to a blend of these and other challenges.

Opusuna is from physics and systems theory of how people operate.
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4. What We Learn
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Trait-oriented assessments (DISC, PI, Birkman, MBTI, etc.) measure Extrovert, Introvert, Sensing, Intuition; Thinking, Feeling; and Judging, Perceiving.
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Opusuna identifies and organizes team interaction: This information aligns with the needs of a team as a living entity.

5. How the Information Applied
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Psychometric data on traits is compared to databases from specific populations (people in management, sales, etc.). The likelihood of particular outcomes (job success, cultural fit, etc.) is inferred through these comparisons.

Opusuna's qualitative approach is validated by actual workplace behavior.

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Opus = Work
Una = Together

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Opusuna has the answer.

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What happens when people 'work' 'together'

Twenty-five years of research and testing by behavioral scientists resulted in Opusuna's transformative team-building strategy and integrated talent assessment.

Award-winning Opusuna is not the "status quo," it's unlike personality, IQ, and EQ tests; Opusuna is a forward-thinking and data-driven team-based strategy and assessment.

Opusuna Measures:

How people behave under stress
How people collaborate to achieve common goals
How people add value to their teams and organization and through what means

‘The Team’ has needs of its own

For over 100 years, great emphasis has been placed on the talents, skills, and perceived value of individual contributors.

But great gains in business value come from the design of collaborative team structures and from methods for creating and maintaining positive team chemistry.

Opusuna changes the 'big data' paradigm

Popular quantitative personality assessments focus on part of a person by measuring specific traits and attributes to infer what might happen on a team.

Opusuna is a qualitative behavioral assessment focusing on the team needs to determine how a person will ‘connect’ with others. Observing
what happens in a team.

Reach your goals, make more money

Collaboration is an essential ability in today's workforce at all levels. Teamwork is critical for solving complex issues and problems for organizations to thrive and grow into the future.

Measure two kinds of team behavior

‍Person to Person
Interactions & Relationships

‍Person to Team
Mutual Awareness, Respect, and Trust. A shared commitment to something larger than ‘self’ or ‘other.’

A graph showing how the Opusuna software organizes users

Every team’s mission requires a unique combination of Roles and positive team contribution.

Role(s) fit to job requirements + positive behavior = Team-fit.

Roles: The Ten Modes of Service to a Team

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Design better teams, select people that are the right Role for the job and can collaborate with others to achieve common goals.

Founder > Envisions the future
Vision Mover > Takes the vision into strategic reality
Vision Former > Evaluates strategy, creates concrete plans with high standards
Action Mover > Implements concrete plans for success
Action Former > Organizes ongoing actions
Conductor > Solves tough problems
Watchdog > Delivers resources
Communicator > Keeps information flowing in, out and around the company
Curator > Preserves knowledge
Explorer > Searches for treasure

Find out how potential hires will contribute to the needs of your team

Founder

Provides the vision for the organization

Ambitious, natural leader
Self-assured style with strong self confidence
Always ready to jump in and lead regardless of circumstances
Very long-term view

Example

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

The man who had a dream that has outlived him and profoundly affected subsequent generations

Vision Mover

Takes the vision into strategic reality

Strong ability to move a vision forward without disrupting the world
A forceful style that keeps people on track
Strong productivity focus
Aggressive, sometimes pushing people beyond their limits

Example

Salman Khan

After he started uploading the lessons to YouTube in 2006, many students other than his cousins tuned in, and Khan realized he was onto something big. By 2009, he had quit his job to devote his time to Khan Academy, a revolutionary nonprofit offering free online video tutorials to people around the globe.

Vision Former

Takes the strategy, evaluates it, and makes it into a concrete plan with high standards

Abstract planner, evaluator and shaper of plans and goals set by others
Makes connections and understand plans at a very deep level
Critical but not in a negative way
Future oriented; the ideal person to bounce ideas off of

Example

Serwaa Adjei-Pellé

She built a successful career as a Business Strategist. As a Partner Consultant with PELLÉ + CO, she is passionate about working with SMBs to help them grow through strategic planning and content strategy.

Action Mover

Implements the concrete plans and makes them successful

The consummate direction organizer
Ability to handle many thinks in rapid succession
Down-to-earth working style that is accomplishment oriented
Disciplined and determined to succeed

Example

Mary Bara

GM's CEO since 2014, Barra is the first woman to lead one of the big three automakers in the U.S. In spring 2020, she shifted GM's production lines to help Ventec Life Systems make critically needed ventilators.

Action Former

Organizes ongoing implementation of the plan and ensures progress

Leads from the front with marker in hand
The consummate details organizer
Strong multi-tasker focused on immediate problems and solutions
Sees work as a series of steps often managed concurrently

Example

Jacinda Ardern

The premier of New Zealand, who is empathetically steering her country through the aftermath of a terror attack and the deadly eruption of a volcano. Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and Ardern targeted not just suppression of the virus, but its complete elimination.

Explorer

Looks ahead, anticipates what the team will need and brings in even more

Independent and farsighted thinker
Envisions what is ahead and seeks out new possibilities and opportunities
Long-range focus
Ideal scout for external threats and opportunities

Example

Sir Timothy Berners-Lee

The visionary of the Internet. “The web is not a network of computers; the web is a network of people.”Berners-Lee imagined combining the Internet with linked hypertext documents, to provide access to an open-ended body of interactive information. In March 1989, Berners-Lee proposed a global hypertext project, one that would permit researchers all over the world to share work-in-progress, transmitted instantaneously, without the delays associated with traditional scholarly publication or cumbersome mail groups.

Watchdog

Takes resources as they come in, delivers them where they need to go or changes what you have into what you need

Directs resources for highest utilization
A decision maker focused on short-term objectives
Two interrelated facets of orientation: delivering what is needed and protecting those who are actually getting work done
Instinctual understanding of human resource motivations

Example

Chaitanya Karamchedu

Indian American high school senior that figured out a new way to create fresh water from sea water. Millions of lives are endangered due to lack of clean, safe, drinkable water in developing countries.

Communicator

Keeps information flowing in, out and around the company

Strong ability to evaluate people in terms of information they have to offer
Driven to pass on information that is beneficial to group efforts
Ability to get along with all types of people

Example

Adam Grant

American author, and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology. Grant co-founded Give and Take, Inc., a company called Givitas, a SaaS platform that helps organizations implement the principles from his book Give and Take.

Conductor

The troubleshooter who fixes problems before they grow and strives to make things right

The ability to fix things, not in a mechanical sense but in a conceptual sense
Ability to tackle mundane, stubborn problems that impede progress
Does not judge root cause of issues but rather resolves impediments to productivity

Example

Hubert Joly

The one behind an amazing turnaround at Best Buy. While everybody was saying he should lay people off to solve the company’s problems, Joly instead listened to the people working for him and found solutions that didn’t involve people losing their jobs.

Curator

Repository of the organization’s wisdom and experience

Ability to observe and acquire cultural knowledge of the organization
Knows where the bodies are buried
Comfortable working autonomously
Strong ability to discern categories of information

Example

Oprah Winfrey

TV star, talk show host, billionaire actress, consummate connoisseur of wisdom.

Our Reviews

"Marci is a very experienced professional in the recruitment and contingent staffing area and has impressed me with her knowledge and innovative tools for screening candidates to ensure the best fit for an organization. I would not hesitate to turn to Marci and her team for professional recruitments."

Rob Martini

Are Procurement Manager, Microsoft

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President & CEO Blacklidge

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Chief Operations Officer, Cushion Employment Services

"Marci is a professional and passionate recruiter who focuses on the satisfaction of her clients and candidates at all times. My experience of working with Marci was exceptional! She is incredibly insightful, kind, deliberate, and determined, and I endorse her with no hesitation."

Deepika Shyam

Human Resources Business Partner, Amazon

"I recently hired Marci in the capacity of a Business Advisor, Opusuna tech & Executive Search Consultant. Marci's unique value prop is her understanding and use of Opusuna assessment and Collaborative Team Structure a new formula for team building and executive search. We integrated Opusuna for an executive search and recruited top candidates for a critical position on my leadership team. I would recommend Marci in a heartbeat!"

Dr. Andrew Meikle

CEO, The Fertility Partners

"Marci Schnapp is a consummate professional and precise evaluator of human capital. Opusuna provides the appropriate diagnostic capability to anyone looking to evaluate current talent or introduce new talent into their organization."

Mark Tutton

President, Empire Communities

"Opusuna has now become an integral part of my hiring process. I support and encourage anyone to hire the right person to use Opusuna. I can no longer imagine hiring someone and hoping for the best – I want to know that I have already hired the best, and Opusuna helps me do this time and time again! I highly recommend this product for both small and large businesses alike."

Mariela Gonzalez

Business Manager, Prosthodontic Associates

"We incorporated Opusuna into our recruitment and team-building process about two years ago and have had tremendous success with it. It saves us time and money by identifying people who will be a good fit for our jobs, teams, and the company culture as a whole. It helps me attract the best talent - a diverse group of people who want to BE part of our team and work with others whose actions are consistent and in alignment with our mission and goals."

Ashley Elliott-Fleming

Recruitment & Talent, Elliott Homes

"She takes the time to listen to her stakeholders, understands their needs and expectations, and then works tirelessly to ensure she exceeds them. She is a knowledgeable resource in her field and understands the Media and Telecom industry very well. She understands what is required to succeed in this field and what companies are looking for. Marci’s success can be attributed to her extraordinary relationship-building skills combined with deep industry knowledge and drive to exceed all expectations."

Sumeet Khanna

Vice President, Business Transformation & Strategic Initiatives, Microsoft

"Marci is an outstanding communicator who always puts the client first. Marci has been a tremendous help with our company (Blacklidge) in acquiring great talent. She dedicates the time required to make your company a success. She is selfless in her pursuit to find the right person for your company. Marci and her program Opusuna is truly about teamwork."

Dr. John F.K. Moore

COO, Blacklidge

"I had the pleasure of working with and getting to know Marci since March 2013. Marci introduced me to Opusuna and proved to me that it is an imperative step in building coherent teams and professional relationships in the workplace. Completing the Opusuna exercise does take two important things: time and honesty; but the outcome of the exercise is absolutely phenomenal. I learned more about my skills, challenges, and work ethic by completing Opusuna than I did in all my years of working to date."

Tania Sheridan

Director & Partnership Development, 123Dentist

"Meeting Marci was a significant milestone in my career! Her superpower is in ensuring a win-win for both stakeholders. Her secret sauce is being able to go beyond what is discernable in interviews alone. With Marci and Opusuna technology, I save time by being able to focus on the best candidates. I highly recommend this scientific and more modern way of building winning teams."

Yoli Chisholm

Chief Marketing Officer, Venn

"A good 80% at least, if not more, are almost a little unnerved at how accurate it is. People who work with someone for six months, a year, longer, eventually discover most of the information in an Opusuna report."

Carolyn Dewitt

Consultant, Coherent Counsel

"Marci was the Recruitment Strategist, Sr. Recruiter, and Recruitment Team Lead, for the Elections Ontario Technology in the Polls (TiPS) project. I found her recruitment process highly efficient and effective because she leveraged technology. The process was seamless, and I hope Marci's practice is an example to other HR recruiters."

Wendy Quon

IT Project Manager, Purolator Inc.

"The results are endless. The Opusuna report gives me a really fast understanding of whether the person is wired to do 80% of what's listed on the job description.

Lynn Henderson

Consultant, Coherent Counsel

"If you have an employment need, look no further, Marci Schnapp is the solution for you. I don't mean to age her, but she knows what she's doing with almost 20 years of recruiting experience. She's professional, thorough, and great at communicating. It's clear she works hard for her clients and finds the right people for the job while caring and fighting for every candidate she meets."

Lindsay Minton

Sr. Account Manager, Walmart

I have had the distinct pleasure and privilege of working with Marci as a client and a colleague. As a client, Marci was instrumental in sourcing, screening, and providing well-qualified candidates, to me, for several creative/technical positions. All of the candidates provided were not only matched the skillsets but fit the composition, and the needs, of the teams involved. The successful hires seamlessly integrated with the existing staff and began actively contributing to the team's varied tasks immediately.

Bruce Jones

eCommerce Development Manager, Discounter's Pool and Spa Warehouse