In this issue
Explaining RightFit™
Knowing the MO of your contact lends itself to different
approaches in providing information. For example, if
you were answering basic questions about RightFit,
here are Quick Start and Fact Finder responses:
What is RightFit?
QS response: A screening tool for selection
that works.
FF response: An unbiased approach to hiring
that focuses on identifying the natural talents a
person brings to a specific task. These are separate
from learned behaviors such as skills and personality
indicators that lack reliability.
Why should I use RightFit?
QS response: Validated, unbiased and
predictive.
FF response: An external review of job match
through RightFit showed when applied correctly, the
program was 82% predictive of who would work well in
a specific job. Additional research shows that the
value of a superior employee in the job is twice that of
a bad fit.
What are the benefits?
QS response: Improvement to the bottom
line by better matching talent to task.
FF response: Having the right person in the
right job reduces stress, gives workers a greater sense
of accomplishment and leads to better productivity and
higher morale. All of this converts to a win-win
situation that improves the bottom line.
Want to read more on RightFit?
Quick Links...
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Greetings!
Stress has been this year's byword. While most of us
can't do much to stop blizzards, droughts and Code
Orange situations, as Kolbe consultants we do have
powerful tools to deal with anticipated crises as well as
workplace sources of stress.
To keep these tools
sharp and ready for action, continuing education on
Kolbe applications is a must. Reminder! Register by
February 28 for the annual
Professional Growth Seminar (PGS) and be
rewarded with an attractive price discount.
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Quote of the Month
"We're not personalities, but personages. A
personality is what you thought you were... A
personage, on the other hand... is never thought of
apart from what he's done."
Amory Blaine in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, This
Side
of
Paradise
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More About Stress
If we keep coming back to stress as a topic for
discussion, it's because no condition is as pervasive in
the workplace and has such debilitating consequences.
A recent article put the issue into perspective when it
posed this provocative question: "Have you ever
noticed that the driver of a car is never the one that
gets carsick?" The article goes on to say that to
effectively conquer stress, you need to gain a sense of
control of your circumstances.
Greg Anderson, author of The 22 Non-Negotiable
Laws
of Wellness explains the challenge of dealing with
stress this way: "When we change our perception we
gain control. When we commit to action, to actually
doing rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress
in our life becomes manageable."
Action. That's the conative part of the mind as
every
trained Kolbe consultant knows. We can bring
value to
our clients by showing them how Kolbe's A-B-C
approach is a useful tool for identifying stress in the
workplace. Kolbe Corp has solid statistical evidence
showing a direct correlation between workplace
symptoms of serious stress such as absenteeism and
turnover and differences in an employee's A-B-C result
as measured by the Kolbe Indexes. When the
employee's natural way of solving problems is
substantially different from the self-expectations of
how the job needs to get done or the supervisor's
requirements, serious stress is a consequence.
The Kolbe A-B-C approach is a call to action. Once the
source of stress is identified, a plan for dealing with it
by giving the sense of control back to the employee
can be initiated. Click the link below and send an email
to us fif you'd like a copy of Kolbe's research showing
the stress
correlation mentioned above.
Click here to receive a copy of the stress correlation »
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Question for Kathy Kolbe
From a Initiating Quick Start Consultant preparing for a
Team
Success® Seminar: Q. I always struggle with
the
word "Won't" in the "Will, Willing, Won't" descriptors for
the Operating Zone actions. "Won't" isn't very behavior
based. One of the
reasons I like using Kolbe is because of the behavior
message. Is there any way to improve the
presentation?
A: Your point is very well taken. The same issue
troubled me. It's exactly the reason that I have
developed the Paths to Success™. I recommend
introducing individual Kolbe A™ Index results in a
team seminar with the Paths to Success. With the
language I've used in this model, there is no need to
use "Won't" or even "Prevent," other than to explain
the Zones of Operation as a part of the continuum for
each Action Mode®.
You have seen the need for a next level in
communicating the Kolbe Concept® quite
accurately. The Bottom Lines booklet which has
coaching advice based on the Paths to Success is very
helpful in a Kolbe Team Success
environment, as well as in coaching/consulting with
managers - and it builds in positive examples.
I wish I had known previously what I now know about
the Paths to Success, and we would not have
to "unlearn" the old language. Your caring attitude will
be a big help in communicating the point that there are
no negatives.
Email your idea or question »
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Kolbe in the News
In the Jan 31-Feb 6 issue of the San Francisco
Business Times an Executive Profile of Carol Bartz,
CEO
of Autodesk, Inc. produced a wonderful endorsement of
the staying power of Kathy's work. Carol lists
The
Conative Connection as the "Most Influential Book"
that
she has read. Since Autodesk has been a Kolbe
client
for almost a decade, Carol has read a lot of books since
first being exposed to Kathy's work. So, in using a
marketing term, we can truly say that the Kolbe
message is a "sticky" one.
Autodesk is the world's leading supplier of design
software and one of the biggest PC software
companies in the world. Serving a host of engineering
and design disciplines as well as the film, broadcast,
and multimedia industries, Autodesk has more than 4
million customers worldwide. Ninety percent of the
Fortune 500 largest industrial and service corporations
in the United States are Autodesk customers. The
company was recently recognized by Fortune
magazine
as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.
Carol Bartz has been CEO of Autodesk since 1992 and
has been the architect of the company's dramatic
growth. She was recently appointed to President
Bush's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
and also serves on the Board of Directors of the New
York Stock Exchange. Bartz received Ernst & Young's
Northern California Master Entrepreneur of the Year
award in 2001 and has been recognized and honored in
numerous other categories.
Since Autodesk and Kolbe Corp began working
together, a significant number of
Human Resources specialists have been trained and
certified in the Kolbe Concept®. Certified
Consultants are delivering Kolbe Solutions throughout
the organization worldwide in both the
parent company and its Discreet
division.
Click here for more about Autodesk »
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