Framework · RAPD

RAPD Behavioural Assessment

Four behavioural dimensions that quietly shape every career.

RAPD is Dheya's validated behavioural profiling instrument. It maps how a person naturally thinks, decides, and acts — across four observable dimensions. Unlike a personality test, it surfaces patterns of fit, not labels.

What it is

A quick read.

  • A 25-minute structured assessment with forced-choice items.
  • Calibrated on a working-Indian sample of over 1,20,000 respondents.
  • Outputs a Natural profile, an Adapted profile, and a Gap analysis between the two.
  • Used as the starting point for every Dheya mentoring engagement.

The dimensions

What we measure.

R

Results

Ownership of outcomes, comfort with ambiguity, and how the person handles being held to a result.

A

Affiliation

How the person engages others — persuasion, collaboration, and the natural pull toward people work.

P

Patience

Composure under pressure and tolerance for long-cycle work where the payoff is years away.

D

Diligence

Precision, systems thinking, and the appetite for detail-rigour.

Why it matters

Two people with the same grades can have completely different career fits. RAPD makes the underlying behavioural wiring visible — so the conversation about stream, course, and career stops being about marks and starts being about fit.

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Three views of one person.

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The journey

From orientation to aspirational identity.

Every mentee moves through the same deliberate arc — six stages that turn self-knowledge into a career destination, and a destination into a plan you can act on.

01

Orientation

We meet you where you are. A senior mentor frames the journey, sets expectations, and listens for the questions behind the questions.

02

Assessment

The RAPD behavioural assessment maps your External Profile, Private Self, and Self-Concept — the three views that reveal your real signal.

03

Personalised Mentoring

One-to-one sessions interpret the data in the context of your life — family, environment, ambitions, constraints. No templates.

04

Aspirational Identity

Together we define the destination — not a job title, but the version of you the work is meant to serve. The career identity worth building toward.

05

Gap Analysis

We map the distance between who you are today and who you're becoming. Skills, exposure, mindset, network — every gap named honestly.

06

Development & Education Plan

A holistic personal development plan paired with an education roadmap — the concrete next steps that move you toward the aspirational identity.

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