In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Kolbe Certified Consultant Kimberly Dyer.
How We Work
https://www.kolbe.com/kolbe-wisdom/#ConativeMind
0:00 Intro
5:42 Book reference — Traction by Gino Wickman
7:28 What does it look like to get certified in Kolbe?
10:19 What are these assessments measuring and why are they valuable?
Differences between 3 types of assessments:
13:36 Why should we do any assessment?
15:01 Ergs…
17:20 “Imagine if you could accomplish your goals, objectives, with less people, or with the same people that aren’t burned out. You’d have a retention device built-in. You’ll probably start attracting people because they are hearing: ‘This is a great place to work.’”
18:56 ROI on assessments…
20:09 What are some other note-worthy assessments?
20:30 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni) https://www.workinggenius.com/
20:58 DISC
21:38 Book Reference - Drive by Daniel Pink
22:01 Mark’s M3M tool - https://youtu.be/NR9kRJFSYcc?t=318
23:13 Reference to other assessments:
Strengthsfinder https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/strengthsfinder.aspx
DISC https://www.discprofile.com/what-is-disc/how-disc-works/
Culture Index https://www.cultureindex.com
Predictive Index https://www.predictiveindex.com
24:09 What’s the difference between affective, cognitive, and conative?
25:50 Book Reference - 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni
29:04 Book Reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth
29:46 Ideal pairing with Kolbe…
31:31 What does the actual Kolbe assessment look like? (It’s not a test) www.kolbe.com
37:18 “You’ve got a perfect score!” (Strengths-based assessment)
37:57 The 4 Numbers
Different Kolbe assessments:
46:00 How to do this without creating more problem?
49:58 Explain what the ranges are, hierarchy from left to right…
50:53 Fact Finder (Red)
1-3 Simplify (Start with end in mind, sees big picture)
4-6 Like and need to explain, fact checking along the way
7-10 Strategizing, looking for patterns
53:02 How do these conflict or get along?
54:32 Roles for different levels of fact finder…
56:38 Follow Thru (Blue) - Systems and processes. Digital files and physical files…
1-3 Adapting
4-6 Maintaining the preexisting systems
7-10 Systemization (executing on current or creating new)
1:04:46 Quick Start - Risk and uncertainty
1-3 Stabilization to the chaos (resist straying from the plan)
4-6 Modify
7-10 Innovators
1:08:13 Implementor - Haptics (tangible tools, physical space)
1-3 Envisioning (how’s it going to look)
4-6 Restoration or preservation
7-10 Pick up tools and start building
1:09:05 Reference to Frank Gehry https://www.biography.com/artist/frank-gehry
1:14:50 How many ergs should we spend at work?
1:17:49 Tips or next steps…
1:21:40 Five desert island books
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