Breakthrough Methodology from PNA, Inc. Enables Management Consultants to Help Clients Develop, Lead and Manage Organizations for Long-Term Growth.

Business/Technology Editors

SOMERVILLE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2001

"NetTPS," Web-Based Interactive Organizational Development System,

Measures Potential; Enables Best Use of Existing Talent for Improved

Business Performance and ROI 

Management consultants now can take advantage of a proven methodology to dramatically increase their success in helping clients develop, lead and manage organizations for strong growth. Today PNA, Inc. announced the general availability of NetTPS(TM), a revolutionary, interactive web-based organizational development system. NetTPS enables consultants to help their clients achieve greater business success through recognizing and using previously untapped potential throughout the organization.

NetTPS is a powerful, intuitive and economical solution that quickly produces practical results organizations can act upon. Organizations use NetTPS, a set of easy-access solutions, to achieve their commitments through the people and resources already in place by fully using the potential of individuals, teams and organizations. NetTPS is available through certified NetTPS Solutions Providers (NSPs) who use the system to help clients improve ROI in employee retention, performance and succession management.

NetTPS: A Powerful Ally in the War for Talent

According to market research, the war for talent has not even begun. The new talent pool is 15 percent smaller than the Baby Boom generation. The U.S. supply of 35-44 year olds will drop 15 percent by 2008. If the economy grows two percent annually, 30 percent of jobs may be unfilled by then. An additional factor: 32 percent of senior managers and top executives will retire in the next ten years, up 20 percent from the 1970s.

"Companies need to increase available ways of responding to future market and technological events," said Adrian Savage, president of PNA and an international authority on organizational development. "NetTPS offers powerful insurance - particularly in an uncertain economic climate - and a springboard for innovative and focused strategies for growth."

PNA developed NetTPS using the principles of The Potentia System(R)(TPS), a methodology co-created by Mr. Savage that has been used at Fortune 1000-size companies worldwide for more than 15 years. TPS users include Accenture, Agilent, BP Amoco, BAE Systems, Exel Logistics, Internet Capital Group, Nortel Networks, People's Energy, Reuters and BAA. PNA developed NetTPS in response to growing demand from end-user companies and management consultants for an Internet- and technology-based TPS solution.

Why Does Potential Matter?

Few businesses work to realize all their potential. Those that do develop strong internal sources of innovation and creativity that result in a consistent competitive advantage. Businesses that help their people broaden their thinking and make breakthroughs in performance maintain the only truly sustainable source of competitive advantage: having better people and keeping them.

NetTPS allows individuals, teams and organizations to recognize, cultivate and exploit their potential and become more skilled, focused and flexible. NetTPS helps people build on their strengths and their natural preferences. They work with their fundamental grain, not against it. "This freedom to be fully themselves is one of the most powerful motivations to grow and develop, and an essential precursor to outstanding achievements on an individual and organizational level," explained Mr. Savage.

NetTPS: The Web-Based Methodology for Organizational Development

NetTPS is based on three key principles:

--Examining unused options and possibilities

--Replacing automatic habitual actions with deliberate choice

--Using natural strengths to go beyond current comfort zones

NSPs use NetTPS to take clients on a process of discovery using six web-based modules that uncover individual or team values, habits of thinking and action to reveal where untapped potential exists:

--Values - Focuses on fundamental beliefs or guiding principles that underlie personal choices and behaviors. NetTPS analysis reveals the pattern of values of an individual to further explore the meaning of these values for behavior, development, career and life choices. NetTPS reports on key values drivers, "hot buttons" and potential "blind spots" with recommendations for action.

--Habits of Thinking and Action - Identifies comfortable, habitual behavior and "stretch zones." Reports identify likely areas for best development.

--Competence - Matches opportunity and attainment over 12 key competence areas. Reports measure potential that has already been developed into practical work skills. It also helps form a basis for future growth.

--Role Profiling (2 Modules)- Clarifies and establishes essential challenges of any role.

--Development Planning - Offers a systematic approach to planning and tracking development. NSPs offer participants a report that consists of a plan with milestones and action points. This module is completed with the NSP or an internal coach, often over several sessions.

Each module can be completed in 30 to 60 minutes; participants go through each module at their own pace.

"By focusing development on areas where success is most assured, and managing the organizational and individual risks that accompany any significant learning, PNA helps companies realize the potential in individuals, teams and organizations," Mr. Savage said. "This is not only an essential element of leadership, but is also an effective and proven approach to creating positive change."

NetTPS Organizational Benefits

NetTPS helps businesses improve their overall performance down to the individual contributor. It offers a straightforward method to focus organizational development where it will produce the greatest impact. NetTPS clarifies where talent exists; directs and develops it. The system helps organizations establish a strategic approach to succession, development planning and career path management. It complements any existing competence framework by helping to ensure long-term viability and development. NetTPS maximizes the potential of individuals, teams or entire organizations today and in the future by increasing motivation and retention.

Mr. Savage added: "We can create the circumstances that will bring our potential into actuality. The more carefully and precisely we can `engineer' the circumstances that will release our potential, the more readily we can exercise conscious choices about behaviors, development and careers. NetTPS is the solution for helping to build long-term growth and success."

Availability

NetTPS is offered through Certified NetTPS Solutions Providers (NSPs), professional management consultants who incorporate NetTPS as a value-add solution into their practices. PNA provides NetTPS access, administration and CRM systems, training and support for NSPs. PNA also offers customizable versions of NetTPS for major end-user organizations. To learn more about PNA and NetTPS, visit www.nettps.com or call 650-368-6198. For a free copy of a new white paper by Adrian Savage, "The Nature of Potential," contact Brenda Nashawaty or Christine Stuart at CHEN PR, Inc., 781-466-8282 or email [e-mail].

About PNA, Inc.

PNA provides The Potentia System (TPS), a qualitative diagnostic approach that produces a clear picture of potential in individuals, teams and organizations; and NetTPS, which uses the Internet to deliver the benefits of TPS through certified NetTPS Solutions Providers. PNA solutions are based on three key principles: exploring future possibilities, reawakening deliberate choice and working from strength. Companies that use PNA solutions focus on understanding and maximizing the potential in individuals, teams and organizations as an essential element of leadership and an effective and proven approach to creating positive change. PNA solutions have been in development and use for more than 15 years throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, the Far East and North America.