EMAC ASSESSMENTS, LLC

CREATE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WITH EMAC'S LAMPE

LEADERSHIP MODEL AND OUR HALO TECHNOLOGIES.

WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF HALO?

While HALO is a new service, it actually has a history stretching back almost four decades. There are four main streams to this history. The first is the evolution of HALO theories which has been continuous since 1964. The second stream is the growing awareness for the need of organizational diagnosis, which is traced back to 1978. The third stream is the evolution of the technologies needed to apply the theory of the organizational hologram. This began in earnest about 1990. The fourth stream, and this may sound odd to some, was the sheer challenge of making HALO happen.

The core instrument in HALO is the Organizational Diagnostic Survey (ODS). This has been created in different forms. Different forms exist which provide different levels of detail. The one used in HALO is the reliable workhorse, the Form G: The Learning Organization. The HALO instrument has also been translated into five languages. The HALO instrument has been tried in approximately 64 organizations since 1990. Up until about four years ago, we continually worked to improve the exact text of each item. We also engaged in adding new items and deleting old items until we had a working HALO instrument. That is, it (1) could be answered by people at different levels and backgrounds in the organization and (2) kept faith with the requirements of accuracy and validity with respect to the theory of the organizational hologram.

A combination of client requests, emerging new capabilities in computer and broadband, and advances in theory stimulated many changes to the HALO instrument, the methods for processing the information, and the content of reports based on HALO. A milestone occurred in 1998 when HALO was applied to a major pharmaceutical's national sales organization. They wanted a series of Employee Opinion Items, along with HALO, and supplementary analysis reports of findings that were "split" by employee classification, unit, and rank. This led to the first ever HALO analysis, the forerunner to HALO. We began to integrate multiple information sources using standard statistical packages, our own published linear programming model, and our causal-chain analysis which lead to a patent application which is patent pending.

Before committing to the system development to implement HALO, we tinkered with the methods of analyses and tried them out on a number of client organizations. It became obvious that as our tools, theories, and computing capabilities increased, HALO could be done on-line. So, we began doing the systems development in earnest in 2000. HALO has been alpha and beta tested. After each test, we made major improvements. It now works, it can be ramped up from the use of a T-1 line to a leased network of 300 T-3 lines which allows us to pass stress tests with ease. We improved security to keep faith with our unwavering commitment to ensuring confidentiality.

So, the iterations among theory, application, tool development, and engineering began years ago and continue as you read this. In a real sense the development of HALO mirrors our process of organizational learning. The true origin of HALO is, when one gets to the basics, is not any of the four streams. These are all outpourings from the spring created by raw curiosity and a need to find answers.