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About Us

Patricia Darke
Darke & Associates

Darke & Associates is a results focused, data driven consulting firm that works with non-biased tools to implement positive change within the client. We engage with people at each level to create sustainable change. We are proud to say that we have had a client in the "Best Places to Work" in Minnesota for the last 13 years. This is an employee survey vote.

Areas of Focus
• Selection and Onboarding of the Workforce
• Employee Retention
• Sales Selection and Performance
• Succession Planning

Darke & Associates is a recognized Award Winning Consulting Firm year after year within Wiley.

Founder, Patricia Darke, RCC® has worked with selection tools for over 20 years and is regarded as a subject matter expert. She is certified in each of the Wiley tools and is a Strategic Business partner for PXT Select®, Everything DiSC®, The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team® and Profiles International®. She holds additional certifications in Predictive Index® and Mindshop®.

"Darke + Associates are unique in that the extraordinary value of their services really begins after the assessment – unlike other who just sell a product or tool."
Jay Thomas – President


Contact us at 612.866.0692 or [email protected]
website: www.darkeassociates.com

The Human Side of Selection

Testimonials For Darke & Associates

  • Many companies make claims, but a rare few actually exceed your expectations in every way. We had rapid growth and were troubled when we were stuck with a wrong hire. Once I began using the ProfileXT and Darkes' expert interpretation our need to replace problematic employees has gone to nearly zero saving hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    Steven Ayres Founder/ Owner Rocket55

Solutions

  • PXT Select

    A powerful selection assessment, PXT Select helps fill the gap between the resume and the interview. It provides organizations with actionable data about candidates in a simple to understand format that can help them to interview better and hire smarter. Powered by the latest in assessment technology, this innovative new assessment drives several reports. The data from the PXT Select suite of reports help organizations of all sizes effectively select, onboard, coach, and develop their team members. Click below to view the reports available with PXT Select.

  • Selection of the Workforce

    With years of successful experience, Darke & Associates utilizes customized employee selection assessments that business leaders can trust to meet their specific needs.

    We work with non-biased, reliable, valid assessment tools that match people with their strengths and challenge areas, measuring factors that will help predict success in specific jobs.

    The system and tools we use in our selection and onboarding assessment process will assist your organization in putting the right person in the right position, allowing them to maximize their potential and use their talent to their fullest capability.

    With over 20 years first hand experience, Patricia Darke, will work directly with your organization.
    Contact Patricia Darke at 612.866.0692 or directly to [email protected]

    Authorized Partner for: PXT Select™

    Videos

    PXT Select™ Introduction Video
  • Onboarding

    What is your organization doing to maximize onboarding? Did you realize that the statistics are in and onboarding is paying off in a big way. Close to 70% of all employees are likely to stay with a company for two to three years if they experienced a great onboarding experience. And if this experience is structured, almost 60% of these people will be retained. Organizations with a standardized process experience a 50% greater new hire retention rate!

    As an experienced coach and selection professional, Patricia Darke, RCC™ will provide you with great tools and training to make onboarding your new employees a seamless and easy process for both the organization and the new employee.

    We provide a 30 minute web based training on the virtual delivery system and also show you the various reports that make this a positive and enjoyable experience for the organization and individual. Contact us at 612.866.0692 or email us at [email protected]

  • Develop Managers

    Data shows that leaders and new employees have gotten most of the training and development dollars in recent years and yet, middle managers play a critical role in the ultimate ability of a company to achieve its strategic goals. “Middle managers receive fewer resources, manage more people, and are less engaged than all other employee groups,” according to a Bersin & Associates study on middle managers.

    Darke & Associates provides the management development tools, programs and training to help you assess your managers’ strengths and skills while identifying areas where they need additional support. We engage your managers in a group or individual session to help them learn more about their management style including these personal strength areas, challenges that they face as managers and how to adapt to meet the needs of direct reports — making them more effective as managers. By nurturing and developing strong manager, your entire team benefits.

    Contact us at 612-866-0692

  • Retain Leaders

    Darke & Associates offers “Best in Class” leadership solutions for individuals and groups with both the emerging leader and the more veteran leader in mind. Patricia Darke RCC ™ has the capability to assist you with leadership selection processes, coaching, development and succession planning.

    Our tools can be used from the front end of selection to onboarding and development of mid level and top level leaders. We combine the 20 areas of data of the PXT Select® with the Everything DiSC® Work of Leaders to obtain a full view approach to the Leader.

    For Leadership Review, we offer an excellent 360 tool with full reporting. Contact us to learn more at 612.866.0692

  • Select and Develop Top Performing Sales People

    The ability to have the right people in the right positions is much more likely to impact sales results than other talent-related dimensions of sales effectiveness analyzed, including recruitment and retention.

    Patricia Darke RCC™ offers her sales background in leadership, tools and training to the organization so you and your employees will have access to premium products & a process allowing for better selection, coaching and development. Our comprehensive solution will help you to improve the overall performance of your sales people.

    KEY BENEFITS OF WHAT WE DO:

    • Improve selection process
    • Precisely target developmental needs
    • Enable more effective coaching and communication
    • Align sales priorities
    • Increase sales effectiveness
    • Improve productivity and retention

    Contact us at 612-866-0692 or [email protected] for more information.

  • Building High Performing Teams

    Team members share common goals as well as the rewards and responsibilities for achieving them. Darke & Associates will work empower your team with proven tools and methodologies to help move the team performance to a new level. Contact us at 612.866.0692 or [email protected] to learn more.

    We will help you how to:
    • Capitalize on individual strengths for team performance
    • Match individual strengths with team roles
    • Build team unity & understand conflict
    • Shorten project cycles
    • Facilitate team cohesiveness
    • Build trust
    • Increase Communication
    • Establish personal responsibility and accountability
    • Focus on Results

    Authorized Partner and Certified Trainer for: PXT Select™, Everything DiSC™, Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™

  • Employee Retention

    In this competitive talent marketplace, employers are most concerned with retaining their good employees. In fact, a recent study by Kronos and Workplace found that 87% of employers said that improving retention is a critical priority for their organization. A key retention strategy is to provide development opportunities for all employees.

    Darke & Associates can assist your organization with employee retention. We can directly provide learning opportunities for all levels of the managers and leaders within your organization. Some areas we focus are:

    • Coaching for Leaders and Managers
    • Teambuilding
    • Leadership Training and Development
    • Management Training and Development
    • Employee Retention
    • Innovation
    • Delegation
    • Change Management
    • Time Management
    • Sales Selection and Performance
    • Succession Planning

    Contact us to learn more about our in person or web based learning at 612-866-0692

  • Succession Planning

    Darke & Associates can turn the overwhelming task of succession planning into a great opportunity to cultivate a multi-generational ownership strategy with our comprehensive succession planning services.

    Utilizing different tools, we are able to measure leadership skills and competencies. We then help you plan your workforce by giving you a system that makes your job easier, not more difficult. When a succession plan in place your company can avoid the confusion and anxiety that is inherent with any change in management.

    Contact us to learn more about how we can make succession planning a systematic simple process for your organization. Learn more: 612-866-0692 or [email protected]