You won’t go far without the right talent.
Talent Services
Hire Smarter. Develop Faster. Lead Better.
The Center for Sales Strategy’s Talent Services are strengths-based assessments and coaching solutions that help organizations hire smarter, develop leaders, and align talent with business performance.
By combining predictive insight with practical coaching, these solutions help organizations hire the right people for the right roles, unlock natural strengths, and drive measurable performance and revenue growth. When individuals grow, teams perform — and organizations win.
Our approach blends scientifically validated talent assessments, expert analyst insight, and practical coaching tools to help leaders make better hiring decisions, develop people intentionally, and build high-performing teams.
Explore The Center for Sales Strategy's Talent Services
Talent Assessments
Talent Feedback & Coaching
Talent Dashboard
Workshops, Training, & Leadership Development
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What Are Talent Services?
Talent Services are a comprehensive, strengths-based approach to hiring, development, and leadership effectiveness. Rather than relying on resumes, intuition, or generic personality tools, we use highly predictive, role-specific assessments and expert coaching to help organizations:
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Hire with confidence
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Coach with clarity
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Align people to the right roles
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Improve performance, engagement, and retention
Our solutions are designed for leaders who want better outcomes from their people — not just more activity.
Why The Center for Sales Strategy?
For more than 40 years, The Center for Sales Strategy has helped organizations turn talent into performance. Our approach goes beyond assessments or training alone — we focus on helping leaders apply insight, coach intentionally, and build teams that consistently perform.
Available Talent Assessments
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Sales Management (MTA)
MTA (Management Talent Assessment)
Designed for sales managers who are responsible for building high-performing teams, making smart strategic and tactical decisions, and driving consistent revenue results. The MTA helps organizations identify leaders who can coach effectively, execute with discipline, and create a culture of accountability and growth.
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B2B Sales (STA)
STA (Sales Talent Assessment)
Built for B2B sales roles, the STA identifies salespeople with the innate talent to prospect effectively, run strong discovery conversations, present compelling solutions, close business, and grow long-term client relationships. It predicts who will succeed in complex sales environments and consistently deliver revenue.
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Leadership (OMTA)
OMTA (Operations & Management Talent Assessment)
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Created for leaders outside of sales, the OMTA measures the talent needed to lead people, projects, and processes. It highlights individuals who can make sound decisions, build trust, and develop their teams while driving operational excellence. -
Customer Service / Account Management (CSTA)
CSTA (Customer & Support Talent Assessment)
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Tailored for internal support and customer-facing service roles, the CSTA identifies people who are self-directed, organized, goal-driven, and relationship-focused. It predicts success in roles that require responsiveness, collaboration, and consistent service performance. -
Professional Services (PATA)
PATA (Professional & Administrative Talent Assessment)
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Designed for roles that require specialized expertise, planning, and analytical thinking, the PATA identifies professionals who can organize complex information, execute with precision, and contribute to organizational growth through their technical and functional skills.
How Leaders Use Talent Assessments
- Improve hiring accuracy
- Reduce costly mis-hires
- Understand natural strengths and growth areas
- Build stronger, more balanced teams
- Coach with greater precision and purpose
About Our Assessment Channel Partner
Selecting the right talent to begin with means you can spend less time managing turnover and more time developing people to perform at their best.
That's why we partnered with Talent Plus in 1999 and built a portfolio of powerful talent assessments designed not only to support smarter hiring decisions but also to help leaders coach their people more effectively.
Why Talent Plus? Most organizations recruit and develop employees based on prior education, work experience, job tenure, and other factors gained over time. Talent Plus assessments go deeper by identifying natural talent and predicting what top performers are capable of in a specific role.
These scientifically validated solutions help you narrow in on the right candidates for your organization. They also reveal the innate strengths of your current team members, giving leaders a clear, practical blueprint for coaching, developing, and maximizing performance over time.
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Talent Dashboard
All your talent insights and tools, securely housed in one centralized platform.
What the Talent Dashboard Includes
- Talent Bank of candidates
- Talent Reports and Team Composites
- Growth Guides and coaching strategies
- 24/7 AI support with TalentCoach
Outcomes Leaders See
- Better hiring decisions
- Stronger role alignment
- Faster ramp-up
- Increased performance
- Stronger engagement
- Reduced turnover
Talent Feedback & Coaching
Expert insight and actionable guidance delivered by Certified Talent Analysts, both before and after the hire.
For Managers
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Pre-hire candidate feedback to support confident selection decisions
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Ongoing feedback on current employees to increase performance
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Clear, practical coaching priorities tied to real work
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Team Composite Reviews to understand group strengths and gaps
For Employees
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In-depth Top Talent Report
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One-on-one Strength Development Coaching
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Insight into natural strengths and growth opportunities
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Customized Strength Development Plan
This ensures talent insights don’t live in a report — they turn into real development and behavior change.
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Recruitment and Selection Series
A four-session, highly interactive virtual training program that gives leadership teams a documented, repeatable process for finding and selecting top talent.
360 Leadership Coaching
A 6-month strengths-based leadership development program combining a 360-degree survey, Talent Assessment, and ongoing coaching to help leaders understand how their natural talents show up to others — and how to grow them intentionally.
Talent Services FAQs
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What are Talent Services?
Talent Services includes the tools, assessments, coaching, and consulting programs we use to help organizations hire the right people, develop their strengths, and align talent with business performance. Our Talent Services combine predictive assessments with practical coaching and strategy to support every stage of the employee lifecycle, from smarter recruitment and selection to leadership development and team performance.
They are designed to help organizations make better talent decisions and create cultures where people can do their best work.
Talent Services include:
- Predictive talent assessments for hiring and development
- Coaching and consulting that turn insight into action
- Tools that support managers in building high-performing teams
- Strategies that connect talent decisions to business goals
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How do talent assessments improve hiring decisions?
Talent assessments improve hiring decisions by providing objective insight into a candidate’s natural strengths, work style, and potential for success in a specific role. Instead of relying on resumes and interviews alone, assessments add data that helps predict how a candidate is likely to perform on the job.
They highlight alignment with role requirements, identify where a candidate is most likely to thrive, and reduce the risk of costly mis-hires. The result is a more consistent, evidence-based hiring process that leads to stronger performance, better retention, and teams built to succeed.
Talent assessments help leaders:
- Predict role fit and on-the-job performance
- Identify natural strengths and work styles
- Reduce mis-hires and turnover
- Make more confident, data-informed hiring decisions
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Who are Talent Services designed for?
Talent Services are designed for organizations that want to make smarter talent decisions and build high-performing teams. They are especially valuable for leaders responsible for hiring, developing employees, and driving performance.
Whether an organization is growing, navigating change, or strengthening its culture, Talent Services provide practical tools and insight to help align people strategy with business goals.
Talent Services are commonly used by:
- Business leaders focused on performance and growth
- HR and talent professionals responsible for hiring and development
- Managers accountable for building effective teams
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What types of leaders benefit most from Talent Services?
Talent Services are most valuable for leaders who are directly responsible for results through people. This includes executives shaping organizational strategy, HR and talent leaders building strong pipelines, and frontline managers accountable for team performance.
Any leader who wants to make more confident hiring decisions, coach employees more effectively, and create a high-performing culture will benefit from the structure and insight Talent Services provide.
Leaders who benefit most include:
- Executives and senior leaders
- HR and talent leaders
- Frontline and people managers
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How do managers use Talent Services after the hire?
After the hire, managers use Talent Services to turn insight into targeted development and stronger performance. Assessment data helps managers coach with greater clarity, understand individual strengths and growth areas, and set practical coaching priorities.
Team reports also help leaders see how individual talents combine to shape overall team performance. This ensures development is intentional, relevant, and directly aligned with business goals.
Managers use Talent Services to:
- Coach with greater clarity and consistency
- Understand employee strengths and growth areas
- Set focused coaching priorities
- Review team strengths through composite reports
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What coaching and feedback is available?
Talent Services include expert coaching and feedback from Certified Talent Analysts designed to help leaders apply assessment insights in practical, measurable ways. This support ensures talent data translates into action — not just information.
Coaching and feedback options include:
- Pre-hire candidate feedback
- Ongoing coaching for current employees
- One-on-one strength development sessions
- Customized development plans
The goal is simple: help people grow faster and perform at their best.
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What is the Talent Dashboard?
The Talent Dashboard is a centralized, secure platform where organizations access all of their talent insights and tools in one place. It brings together assessment reports, team composites, candidate banks, development guides, and coaching resources.
With everything housed in a single system — including 24/7 AI support through TalentCoach — leaders can easily access insights, support employee growth, and make informed talent decisions.
The Talent Dashboard includes:
- Assessment reports and team composites
- Candidate banks
- Development guides and coaching resources
- 24/7 AI support through TalentCoach
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What results can organizations expect from Talent Services?
Organizations that use Talent Services see measurable improvements across hiring, development, and performance. By aligning people more effectively with roles and coaching intentionally, teams perform at a higher level.
Common results include:
- Better hiring decisions
- Stronger alignment between people and roles
- Faster ramp-up for new hires
- Increased employee performance
- Higher engagement
- Reduced turnover
Together, these outcomes help organizations build stronger teams and create a consistent path to long-term success.
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Why use The Center for Sales Strategy for Talent Services?
The Center for Sales Strategy brings more than 40 years of experience helping organizations turn talent into performance. Our approach goes beyond assessments alone — we partner with leaders to apply insight in practical ways, coach with intention, and build high-performing teams that deliver consistent results.
Clients choose us because we combine proven talent science with real-world expertise to create measurable business impact.
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How is The Center for Sales Strategy’s approach different from other talent solutions?
Unlike generic tools or one-time programs, our Talent Services combine science, expert guidance, and practical application through an ongoing partnership — not transactional support.
Our approach includes:
- Scientifically validated, role-specific assessments
- Expert interpretation from Certified Talent Analysts
- Practical coaching tools leaders can use immediately
- An ongoing partnership focused on real-world application
This ensures talent insights lead to action and measurable performance gains.
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Can Talent Services be combined with training or leadership development?
Yes. Talent Services integrate seamlessly with training programs and leadership development initiatives to create a unified approach to growth. They enhance workshops, training experiences, and leadership coaching by adding practical talent insight leaders can apply immediately.
This integration helps connect learning to real-world performance and sustain development over time.
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How do we get started with Talent Services?
Getting started with Talent Services begins with a conversation focused on your organization, your roles, and your goals. We take time to understand your priorities and challenges, then recommend the Talent Services that best support your hiring, development, and leadership needs.
The process is simple, collaborative, and designed to help you see value quickly.
What Our Clients Say
The talent team at CSS has been an integral part in building our team. This “double check” to gauge our people has really helped us avoid some pit falls and hire the right people. The one-to-one coaching that our team and I receive, allows us to approach difficult situations and conversations in a way that will spark a productive response with the individuals we are coaching.
GSM
CSS has a proven track record of identifying talents and potential of future sales consultants and sales leaders. While I appreciate the assessment and rating for selection, I value the coaching conversations with the CSS Talent Analysts. Each has documented success in media sales and management which allows them to walk in our shoes as we analyze our team members.
Vice President
Your team just NAILED that opening session! The coach's explanation of talent at the beginning was so perfect! I love, love, love the Michael Phelps example. It is so clear and she did such a great job walking people through the logic of it all. Also, her answer to Tom’s question about not hiring a talented jerk was hilarious and spot on. I cannot tell you all how excited I am to work with you. Please let the team know how great a job they did today!
Talent Development Manager
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