I am a Visionary with a very high Quick Start score on the Kolbe A Index, and I keep throwing new ideas at my leadership team. They are starting to resist me and complain that my constant pivoting is causing whiplash. How do we manage this friction without killing my entrepreneurial drive?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

As a Visionary with a high Quick Start score on the Kolbe A Index, your natural instinct is to experiment, innovate, and change directions quickly. However, if your leadership team is dominated by high Follow Thru and Fact Finder profiles, your constant stream of ideas will cause severe conative friction and operational whiplash.

To manage this without crushing your entrepreneurial drive, you must implement a clear filter for your ideas. Stop sharing every new concept directly with the team or the wider company. Instead, use your Integrator as your operational buffer.

Present your new ideas to your Integrator during your weekly same-page meetings. Your Integrator, who should have the conative strengths to organize and systemize, will help you vet each idea. They will determine if the idea fits your current V/TO and if the company has the capacity to execute it.

Only after an idea has been thoroughly vetted and aligned with your quarterly Rocks should it be introduced to the rest of the leadership team. This protects the team from constant distraction and allows them to focus on execution. By respecting the conative differences on your team and using your Integrator as a filter, you keep the company stable while still allowing your creative vision to drive the business forward.