Fact Finder Action Mode
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Fact Finder Action Mode is based on the instinctive need to probe. Fact Finder behavior relates to the way we gather information. Fact Finder drive is most oriented to activities that encompass defining, calculating, formalizing, and researching.



An Insistent Fact Finder will: An Accommodating Fact Finder is willing to: A Preventative Fact Finder won't:
collect data review the data require documentation
define terms use terms properly need to be appropriate
establish priorities work within the priorities offer justification
determine appropriateness respond appropriately be tied to tradition
seek specificity give specifics get bogged down in minutiae
provide historical evidence review historical evidence over-analyze
quantify and rank order accept ranking order need ongoing evaluation
create analogies test analogies need exact comparisons
assess probabilities go with the highest probability choose the obvious solution
put it in writing review written material require written proof


Kolbe Zones of Operation in each Action Mode

Initiate/Insist

How you will act. Initiate or Insist is the extent to which you actively insist upon, rely upon or begin problem solving by using a striving instinct.

Respond/Accommodate

How you are willing to act. Respond or Accommodate is the extent to which you accommodate, mediate or cooperate through the use of a striving instinct.

Prevent/Resist

How you won't act. Prevent or Resist is the extent to which you prevent problems by resisting action through a striving action.

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