What is Shadowmatch?
Shadowmatch is a world-class behavioural assessment tool that maps an individual’s unique habitual behaviours—the patterns of thinking and action that drive their performance. Unlike personality or skills-based tools, Shadowmatch focuses on behavioural habits, providing actionable insights into how people naturally operate, solve problems, interact, and manage work.
What Does the Shadowmatch Assessment Measure?
At the core of Shadowmatch is a scientifically developed behavioural assessment that provides a clear, practical understanding of how individuals behave, solve problems, manage time, and engage with others in real-world situations.
This is not a personality test—it’s a habit mapping tool that shows which behaviours are automatic, which require effort, and how these habits influence performance and adaptability.
The assessment measures:
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19 Key Behavioural Habits
These reflect how a person approaches tasks, people, ideas, and internal drivers—covering everything from problem-solving and resilience to teamwork, routine, conflict handling, and leadership tendencies. -
Conceptual Fitness
This indicates the individual’s habit of engaging with conceptual or abstract problems, showing whether problem-solving is a natural behaviour or something that requires conscious effort. -
Task Efficiency
A measure of how effectively a person completes a full-cycle task (such as the Shadowmatch assessment itself), combining accuracy, time management, and ownership. -
Attitude Style
Shadowmatch identifies a person’s dominant and secondary behavioural attitude approach across four categories (involved/aggressive/unaggressive/uninvolved), which helps predict how they respond in both stable and high-pressure environments.
What is the Value to the Organisation When Using Shadowmatch?
Shadowmatch empowers organisations to make data-driven people decisions by identifying how behaviour impacts performance, culture, and collaboration. It adds value through:
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Targeted recruitment by identifying candidates who naturally align with the habits of top performers
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Improved team dynamics by understanding each individual’s behavioural contribution and collective team profile
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Culture mapping to define subcultures and design interventions that align with strategic goals
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Leadership development through individual coaching and habit-based training interventions
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Performance management optimisation by integrating behavioural data into KPIs, coaching, and development
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Change management support by identifying behavioural bottlenecks or readiness at every organisational level
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Reduced conflict and increased retention through personalised behavioural support and manager enablement
In short, Shadowmatch helps businesses build, manage, and retain high-performing, culture-aligned teams.
What is the Application of Shadowmatch?
At Gap Cognition, we use Shadowmatch in several strategic ways:
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Benchmarking for recruitment and development:
Build benchmarks based on your top performers. These profiles define the behaviour needed to succeed in your specific environment and can be used to recruit, develop, and promote talent with precision. -
Team profile analysis:
Understand how your team operates as a collective. Identify the behavioural strengths, gaps, and risks in your teams to improve performance, communication, and collaboration. -
Culture mapping:
We use team and department-level profiles to map organisational sub-cultures and create a behavioural blueprint of your company. This supports culture alignment, change initiatives, and leadership engagement. -
Manager enablement:
Train managers to lead and support individuals based on their behavioural preferences, enabling them to unlock performance and increase engagement. -
Coaching and personal development:
Shadowmatch supports tailored personal, career, and leadership coaching by identifying behavioural habits to leverage or develop.
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