Zurich Insurance | September 2026
A development centre designed to give every candidate deep insight into their leadership capabilities, while surfacing the stretch potential and top talent within the pool.
Every candidate leaves with a clear understanding of their strengths, development areas, and a concrete plan for growth. This is not just an evaluation.
Reporting distinguishes between demonstrated performance and latent potential, mapped against the best-case CIO profile.
The management report delivers group themes, a talent map, and succession-relevant observations to inform leadership decisions.
Hogan Insights Series, Logiks Advanced, and 360 feedback are woven into a single narrative alongside exercise observations. Not treated as separate streams.
Welcome from the programme sponsor. Candidates set up for their first exercise while observers receive a separate welcome, training overview, and briefing for success. The rest of the day is a full programme of observed exercises with a lunch break.
Morning exercises followed by an observer calibration session. While calibration takes place, the lead practitioner delivers a workshop with the candidates. After lunch, each candidate receives a short performance overview from their assessor and business observer. The day closes with drinks and a send-off.
Building on the established CIO DC legacy with meaningful enhancements across every touchpoint.
A key deliverable of this programme. Every exercise comes with comprehensive behavioural indicators mapped to the competency framework. Clear, observable anchors at each rating level. Specific prompts for what "good" and "excellent" looks like. Detailed note-taking space alongside structured ratings. This level of precision drives the quality of everything downstream: feedback, reports, and the stretch potential assessment.
Psychometric Studio will propose a mapping of Hogan, Logiks, and the 360 to the competency model. This ensures assessment data integrates coherently with exercise observations in both feedback and reporting.
Reporting is anchored to the best-case CIO profile, showing not just where candidates are today but where they could get to and what it would take.
Online session with the full cohort approximately one week before the DC. Candidates arrive informed, prepared, and confident about the process. No surprises.
Dedicated briefing for all assessors and business observers. Training on using the observer sheets, scoring behavioural indicators, and maintaining consistency across the team.
Competency mapping, exercise redesign, observer sheet development, report templates
Hogan, Logiks, and 360 deployed in-house by Zurich
Candidate cohort briefing and observer/assessor training
Two days on-site: exercises, workshop, feedback, wash-up
Individual reports with stretch potential, 90-min feedback sessions (remote), and management report with talent map
Manager support materials and optional stakeholder presentation
An experienced team of assessment professionals. Associate assessor profiles are currently being finalised and will be shared shortly. All associates will be Hogan certified.
Programme design, oversight, management reporting, and candidate experience. Delivered the previous CIO DC under Talogy, ensuring continuity and institutional knowledge.
Hogan certified associate assessor. Full profile will be shared shortly.
Hogan certified associate assessor. Full profile will be shared shortly.
Hogan certified associate assessor. Full profile will be shared shortly.
Hogan certified associate assessor. Full profile will be shared shortly.
Best-case CIO profile completed and assessment-to-profile mapping done
ZurichNew competency framework finalised and shared for exercise design
KarenExercise redesign, observer sheet development, psychometric-to-competency mapping, report templates
Psychometric StudioLogiks Advanced, Hogan Insights Series, and 360 deployed in-house
ZurichCandidate cohort briefing and observer/assessor training
Psychometric StudioDay 1: exercises and workshop. Day 2: exercises, feedback, and wash-up
AllIndividual development reports delivered with 90-minute feedback sessions (remote). Management report presented.
Psychometric StudioThree options to suit your preferred assessor configuration.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Programme design: competency mapping, exercise redesign, observer sheets, psychometric mapping, report templates | €9,600 |
| Candidate briefing (online, full cohort) | €300 |
| Observer briefing and assessor training | €600 |
| Lead practitioner: 2 days on-site (programme coordination, observer training, workshop delivery, calibration) | €4,800 |
| 4 associate assessors: 2 days on-site (2 candidates each: observation, scoring, Day 2 candidate feedback) | €12,800 |
| 5th associate assessor: 2 days on-site (1 candidate: observation, scoring, Day 2 candidate feedback) | €3,200 |
| Individual development reports: 9 candidates (by associates) | €7,200 |
| Report feedback sessions: 9 candidates, 90 mins each, remote (by associates, October) | €2,700 |
| Management report (group themes, talent map, stretch potential, CIO profile mapping) | €1,500 |
| Total (excl. travel) | €42,700 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Programme design: competency mapping, exercise redesign, observer sheets, psychometric mapping, report templates | €9,600 |
| Candidate briefing (online, full cohort) | €300 |
| Observer briefing and assessor training | €600 |
| Lead practitioner: 2 days on-site (programme coordination, observer training, workshop delivery, calibration) | €4,800 |
| 4 associate assessors: 2 days on-site (observation, scoring, and Day 2 candidate feedback) | €12,800 |
| Individual development reports: 8 candidates (by associates) | €6,400 |
| Report feedback sessions: 8 candidates, 90 mins each, remote (by associates, October) | €2,400 |
| Management report (group themes, talent map, stretch potential, CIO profile mapping) | €1,500 |
| Total (excl. travel) | €38,400 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Programme design: competency mapping, exercise redesign, observer sheets, psychometric mapping, report templates | €9,600 |
| Candidate briefing (online, full cohort) | €300 |
| Observer briefing and assessor training (external associates + 3 Zurich internal assessors) | €600 |
| Lead practitioner: 2 days on-site (programme coordination, observer training, workshop delivery, calibration) | €4,800 |
| 2 associate assessors: 2 days on-site (observation, scoring, and Day 2 candidate feedback for 4 candidates) | €6,400 |
| Individual development reports: 4 candidates (by associates) | €3,200 |
| Report feedback sessions: 4 candidates, 90 mins each, remote (by associates, October) | €1,200 |
| Management report (group themes, talent map, stretch potential, CIO profile mapping) | €1,500 |
| Total (excl. travel) | €27,600 |