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Conation: The Missing Link - This article by Dr. Karen Gerdes of Arizona State University gives an excellent background on the conative part of the mind and includes a call to action for the social work community. This is a pre-publication copy of an article that has been accepted by Social Work journal.

This test helps you find the freedom to be you - An article featured in the Arizona Business Gazette

Right Person for the Job - Treemendous Landscape Company describes in Landscape Management how Kolbe has maximized their team efficiency and performance.

Harvesting Finanical Smarts - Read how the owner of Victoria Printz Team REALTORS® uses Kolbe for recruiting and performance improvement.

Personality Tests as Hiring Tools - An article featured in the Wall Street Journal

How to be Wildly Successful - A column about Kolbe Wisdom by Dr. Martha Beck in The Oprah Magazine.

Part I: Testing, Testing - In this two-part feature in Investment Advisor magazine, May 2005, the Kolbe Index is identified as one of the key assessments financial services firms should consider when recruiting and placing employees. Also read Part II: Going to the Source.


It's a Small-Business World After All - Will Rapp is one of three global executives featured in MyBusiness magazine, February 2005.

Kolbe returns to Medill - Alumni Kathy Kolbe tells IMC students her "System" helps people trust their instincts


Conation As An Important Factor of Mind - a brief review of some research in the area of conation and volition and how these issues can be addressed in the learning process.


Parenting by Instinct - Peer groups, popular entertainment, and increasingly, video games and the Internet, all entice youngsters relentlessly-and compete with parental efforts. Dr. Edward Hoffman, Ph.D. and Kathy Kolbe discuss parenting, one of life's greatest satisfactions as well as its most intense challenges.


Derek's Story - A mother's view of the Kolbe Index


Impulsive? Distracted? Quick Start? Experts say you suffer from ADD - Discover what Kathy Kolbe says may really be the cause of "ADD".


How to Get More Done - Kathy Kolbe writes about learning to use your instinctive strengths to operate more efficiently by having the "freedom to be yourself."


Do You Have the Gumption to Succeed? - This article by Kathy Kolbe discusses the benefits of "trusting your guts."


Relationships Built on Instinct - Dr. Edward Hoffman, Ph.D. discusses the way instincts influence your relationships.


Management by Instinct Leads the Way to Change - A white paper by Kathy Kolbe and David Kolbe, JD, on the impact of instincts on management issues.