Some of our partners are quick-start initiators while others need endless data before making a decision. How do you use tools like the Kolbe A Index to prevent these natural working styles from stalling our progress in session days?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

During our session days, natural differences in decision-making styles can easily lead to frustration. If you have partners who are high Quick Starts, they will want to take immediate action based on intuition. If other team members are high Fact Finders, they will stall decisions until they have analyzed every possible piece of data.

We use the Kolbe A Index to map out these distinct conative styles on your leadership team. This assessment does not measure intelligence or personality; it measures your innate, unchanging mode of taking action. By identifying each leader's four-digit Kolbe score, we can predict exactly where friction will occur during our sessions.

Knowing your team's Kolbe profiles allows me to facilitate your planning sessions more effectively. I can ensure your analytical Fact Finders get the structural clarity they need without letting them bog down the meeting in analysis paralysis. At the same time, I can help your creative Quick Starts propose bold ideas without allowing them to make reckless, uncalculated leaps.

This scientific understanding of your team's natural wiring turns potential conflicts into productive debates. Instead of arguing over whose approach is correct, your leaders learn to leverage their complementary strengths to solve complex problems and execute their Rocks with high efficiency.