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CPP Rounds Out Spectrum CPI 260™ Assessment Suite with New Client Feedback Report

Product Joins Assessment Tool and Coaching Report for Leaders

May 19, 2003

Palo Alto, CA -- CPP, Inc., a leading provider of practical solutions for training and development and career management, announced today that it has rounded out an important new suite of assessment tools for the workplace with the introduction of the Client Feedback Report. The new product joins CPP's popular Spectrum CPI 260™ assessment tool and the Coaching Report for Leaders.
"Perhaps the most important focus of business is leadership, and CPP has the ideal assessment for individuals at all levels of leadership in today's organizations," says David Krantz, president and CEO of CPP. "By using the Spectrum CPI 260 assessment and the two reports it produces, the Coaching Report for Leaders and the Client Feedback Report, training and development professionals can better understand individuals' preferences, attitudes, and behaviors in key dimensions of management and leadership. And these reports enable their clients to understand their strengths, target areas for development, set goals, and plan action steps to enhance their leadership style."
Training and development professionals, HR managers, and executive coaches welcomed the Spectrum CPI 260 assessment when it was introduced last year because it builds on more than 50 years of research and experience with the California Psychological Inventory™ (CPI™) assessment. "Our new version simplifies and streamlines the CPI assessment instrument" observes Krantz. "And now the two new reports automate the feedback process and make it accessible to a larger audience. This is just what our customers have been asking for."
According to Pamela Bradley, Ph.D., a research psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and coauthor of the Client Feedback Report, "The CPI 260 Client Feedback Report provides an accurate, complex portrait of an individual's professional and personal style. And yet it enables people to view these results in an easily comprehended language and format. When used as part of a comprehensive assessment program, the report can help develop successful employees and employee relationships, create efficient and productive organizations, and promote teamwork."
People can see how accessible the Client Feedback Report is by viewing a sample on CPP's web site at www.cpp.com or by calling CPP at (800) 624-1765.

About CPP, Inc.

CPP, Inc. is the leading provider of assessments and training tools for professionals focused on meeting individual and organizational development needs. In addition to the Myers-Briggs® and Spectrum CPI 260® assessments, its world-renowned brands include the Strong Interest Inventory® assessment, the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, the FIRO-B® assessment, and the California Psychological Inventory® assessment. Davies Black® Publishing, an imprint of CPP, also offers high-quality books in the fields of career management, leadership, organization development, and professional improvement.

CPP's mission is to help people understand themselves, how they relate to others, and how they can succeed together. The company publishes assessments and training tools for a variety of applications, such as leadership development, coaching, team building, career management, and communication. CPP's assessments are among the most widely used in the world; for more than 45 years they have benefited millions of people in more than 50 countries.

CPP's assessments, training tools, and publications are available directly from CPP and through thousands of professional counselors and consultants worldwide. Some assessments, such as the MBTI instrument, must be administered only by qualified practitioners.

For more information about CPP, visit www.cpp.com or call 800-624-1765.

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MBTI, Myers-Briggs and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator are registered trademarks of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Trust. Strong Interest Inventory is a registered trademark of Stanford University Press. Davies-Black and FIRO-B are registered trademarks of CPP, Inc. The CPP logo, Spectrum CPI 260 and California Psychological Inventory are trademarks of CPP, Inc.