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| KOLBE InSite February/March 2002 InSite Newsletter |
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| In this issue: Quote of the Month Sometimes It's All Worth It Back to Mentoring Business Opportunity Kolbe Specials for our Clients Beware! Lest You Land Into a Conative Crisis Kolbe Certified Client Information |
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| Quote of the Month Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.Sydney Smith (English Clergyman, Writer and Wit) ^ return to top |
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| Sometimes It's All Worth It We know that the Kolbe Wisdom™ is a powerful tool for doing good. Those of us who have been offering Kolbe solutions over the years have all had those moments when what we did came together in such a positive way that we just knew that there was nothing better we could be doing with our lives. Kathy Kolbe is pleased to share one of those moments with all of you. Here in the words of a grateful mother is the scenario: "Last year my son�was failing his courses for the millionth year in a row.� Private testing revealed he was brilliant, scoring at several grade levels higher than the one he was in.� We couldn't figure out what was wrong. He�tried your internet analysis and I remember e-mailing you asking for more specific information about the results.� Your reply changed my son's life.� And I wanted to thank you for taking the time. Today I got a letter from�the school.� My son was on the Headmaster's Honor Roll -- for the first time in his life.��So much has changed for him and I can't thank you enough.� And all because we now understand how he learns best.� I sincerely wish your survey was part of EVERY school program so that more kids could be spared the pain my son went through. Keep up the great work!" Shortly afterwards the son also wrote Kathy and shared his anguish in such a personal way that we will not quote all of it here to protect his privacy, but here are a few of his words describing his situation and how discovering his learning style from the Kolbe Index finally allowed him to make the kind of progress both he and his mother could cherish: "I am proud to say that I took your test and it has changed my life in a very magnificent way. Before I took your test I had extreme difficulties taking tests. I had tried to get tutors to help me improve my study skills. But it didn't seem to do any good. My grades were not improving and I was losing self-confidence fast. I was failing almost every test I took and I had no idea why. I understood that in order to pass a test you needed to study. So that's what I did, but no matter how long or how hard I studied, I always scored below my expectations. I soon started developing a very strong fear of tests and whenever a teacher announced a test, I would always tense up and get worried about failing. It was during this time that my mom was reading the Rich Dad Poor Dad series and in one of the chapters it mentioned your test. She thought that it might be a good idea if I took it, to discover my learning style. So I did, and I was truly amazed with the results that I received back. They were right on target. They described me as accurately as if my mom had written a report about me and sent it to you. It was those results that gave me an idea of how I took in information, and how to improve my study skills. The next time I went to my tutor, I showed her the results and we worked out a way of studying that would work for me. I saw a difference immediately. I was scoring B and B+ grades! It was great! In fact my grades have improved so much that this year I received my first Honor Roll! That means that my grades were all in the A+ and B range. Your test has helped me so much. I don't know what I would have done without it." Sometimes it's very much worth it. This made our day here as we hope it does yours. Have you got a similar story to share? Please pass it on and we'll share as many as we can. ^ return to top |
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| Back to Mentoring Avid readers of InSite will remember the December 2001 article on Mentoring. Check out the March 2002 issue of Fast Company and you will find an article on page 44 entitled "The Trouble with Mentors." The author's bottom line is that you should look inward to your own devices rather than outward to mentors for guidance. While the author never identified natural talents or instincts as the source of internal power, more than one reader (including a Kolbe ringer) jumped in with that input in the Sound Off section. You can read the article and the subsequent debate on http://www.fastcompany.com/online/56/mentors.html ^ return to top |
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| Business Opportunity In keeping with our commitment to point out ways to position Kolbe within your organization or as a marketing approach for external consultants, we turn to one of our favorite sharp-eyed Fact Finders. Jim Woodford was originally certified in 1991 and is a true Kolbe historian. He recently brought to our attention some excerpts from Kathy Kolbe's writing about merging conative cultures that need to be shared. "The striving instincts of the people who make up an organization form its conative culture. A company can have an admirable mission statement and reasonable objectives, but it will never attain them if they aren't in line with the striving instincts of the people who work there. It's vital to separate an organization's missions or purpose from its overall conative ability to achieve in certain ways. The department store chain Nordstrom, Inc., may have a published commitment to customer service, but if it hires employees who lack the instinctive Follow Thru to allow them to structure such service, the commitment will never be achieved. There are times when two or more distinct conative cultures must mix together, and when that happens, it requires special handling. You can't just throw an entrepreneurial Quick Start oriented company in with an acquiring Fact Finder firm and not expect the two cultures to be at cross-purposes. Being aware of the different points of view allows you to integrate them into more broadly based operations, but it won't change the fact that differences exist. The last thing you want to create is a culture of discontent." How many of you are working in or consulting to companies where some sort of merger or acquisition is going on? Your management has undoubtedly gone through significant due diligence to arrive at the go-ahead decision. You've counted the inventory, looked at the real estate, evaluated the intellectual property and yet, the most often used explanation for failure is the difference in cultures but rarely is the issue addressed head on. You know something your organization desperately needs; here's the chance to be part of the solution through Kolbe applications already in your hands. ^ return to top |
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| Kolbe Specials to Our Clients Is it still Winter in your part of the world? Here in Arizona we are enjoying a lovely Spring and this has made the price hardliners almost giddy. Unheard-of price specials for a range of products have just been released for the month of March only. Here are some examples: - Buy a minimum of 25 indexes, and get them at the 100 Index price! (represents a savings of $7.95 per A Index and $7.95 on B/C indexes) - Buy 25 to 100 FMO+™ Packages and save 20-35% (includes a group teleconference for free) - Kolbe Software Special One month TeamTactix - unlimited access for $950 - Executive Package: Including certification, Kolbe Core® software, an assortment of credits, books and tapes with a retail value of: $6314.00 Available until March 31 for: $5300.00 All of these specials can be accessed by calling 1-800-642-2822 and talking with Amy ext 103, Jeff ext 126 or Charles ext 123. ^ return to top |
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| Beware! Lest You Land Into a Conative Crisis With a tantalizing headline like that, how could you not read the article? Well, this article appeared in The Hindustan Times of India over a year ago but we just tracked it down. The Times, for those Fact Finders who just need to know, was inaugurated in 1924 by Mahatma Gandhi and is the largest English daily edition in the country. The author is a former HR director from Arthur Andersen, who we understand has recently returned to Andersen. We encourage you to read the article yourself but the basic premise, in a not very precise presentation, is that we all need to be true to ourselves. To push ourselves into a job situation for which we are not suited by instinct is to create a stressful environment and "a conative crisis." The writer sees an ongoing change in India where young people are more likely to follow their dreams and do what they do best rather than choosing the safe and expected career path. If you see other articles about Kolbe while you are perusing the web, send them on to us. This one can be found on http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/280401/HTE03.asp. ^ return to top |
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| Kolbe Certified Client Information Remember to register for PGS by March 31, 2002 to receive special pricing. Our room block at the Tempe Mission Palms will be released on April 2, 2002 so make your reservations at the reduced rate. For a PGS registration form and hotel information, visit http://www.warewithal.com/visitors/training_consulting/certified_information.cfm and enter the certified username and password. ^ return to top |
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