Articles about Kolbe Corp & the Kolbe System™
Keeping Employees in Sync When Opening a Small Branch - How Tulsa, OK insurance firm CFR uses Kolbe analysis to assemble and manage a four-person team to successfully open a branch office. A case study from The Rough Notes.
The Performance Conundrum: Getting the Right People On the Bus through Performance Forecasting - Kolbe Certified™ consultant Mari Martin explains how to use Kolbe to "get the right people on the bus" in this article for Public Management, the monthly magazine for the International City/County Management Association (ICMA).
Know Your Score - Advisor Today examines how financial advisors are using Kolbe to improve practice management.
Advisers Put Their Clients to the Test - The Wall Street Journal looks at how financial advisers and wealth managers are using Kolbe to build better client relationships.
Personality Tests as Hiring Tools - The Wall Street Journal highlights a major financial services firm which uses Kolbe to improve team performance.
The Productivity vs. Creativity Battle - In this article from Boutique DESIGN magazine, Kathy Kolbe discusses how creative people can achieve peak productivity and avoid burnout by trusting their instincts.
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.
How to be Wildly Successful - A column about Kolbe Wisdom™ by Dr. Martha Beck in O, The Oprah Magazine.
Part I: Testing, Testing - In this two-part feature in Investment Advisor magazine, May 2005, the Kolbe A™ 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
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 challenge.
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.
Succession Planning - A white paper by Kathy Kolbe on how to implement strengths-based approaches to succession planning.