How does assessing our leadership team with the Kolbe A Index help us build a more cohesive unit when implementing EOS?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Integrating the Kolbe A Profile into your EOS® framework is a powerful way to understand how your leadership team naturally takes action. While traditional personality assessments measure what people think or feel, Kolbe measures conation, which is how people naturally solve problems and execute tasks.

During your quarterly sessions, we look closely at each team member's conative strengths across four action modes: Fact Finder, Follow Thru, Quick Start, and Implementor. Understanding these individual profiles helps the team predict how members will handle new projects, communicate during crises, and manage change. It allows you to build a team with conative synergy, placing people in roles that match their natural problem-solving instincts.

Importantly, analyzing these profiles helps identify and prevent conative stress. Conative stress occurs when there is a significant discrepancy between how an individual naturally works and the self-expectations or supervisor requirements of their job. By recognizing these natural drives, you can optimize your Accountability Chart, reduce internal friction, and ensure that everyone has the right conative makeup to execute their Rocks without burning out.