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Kathy Sample
Conative Self-Expectations
Kathy Sample, this Kolbe B Index result indicates your conative requirements for the position of pilot.
The Role As You See It
You indicated that your job requires the talents of a mediator who can coordinate contrasting approaches. It is a great role for a team player who is willing to accommodate varying needs without vying for one methodology. This is a job that means having to be all things to all people.
Different Jobs Require Different Conative Abilities
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Fact Finder
Explain |
You've indicated this job takes the instinctive talent to: Paraphrase reports Use terms properly |
Follow Thru
Maintain |
You've indicated this job takes the instinctive talent to: Package things together that fit Draft guidelines |
Quick Start
Modify |
You've indicated this job takes the instinctive talent to: Participate in experiments Navigate through uncertainty |
Implementor
Restore |
You've indicated this job takes the instinctive talent to: Relocate and refurbish Remove obstacles - real and imagined |
Kolbe B results can change over time as your job responsibilities change.
Conative Stress Can Be Identified By Comparing The Difference Between Your Kolbe B And Kolbe A™ Results
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Your job success does not require you to: prove every point |
Fact Finder
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Your job success does not require you to: initiate rigid systems |
Follow Thru
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Your job success does not require you to: conform |
Quick Start
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Your job success does not require you to: build something that won't break |
Implementor
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Learned behaviors can enhance or mask natural strengths.
Making Your Point On The Job
Communication is key in any position. Your number in each Action Mode indicates the degree to which you should use the communication methods listed.
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| written words with data, citations, analogies, case studies, verifications | visuals with graphs, charts, diagrams, posters, outlines, maps, similes, patterns | spoken words with ad libs, improvised metaphors, visuals, bullet points, intense colors | tangibles with props, models, demonstrations, texture, machinery, body language |
If this is not your natural way of communicating, it may be causing you conative stress.
Each of the rings inside the Pyramid represent 1 unit (erg) of mental energy.
All Action Modes® are represented by color. At the top of the Pyramid is the Action Mode you've identified as needing to be used first to take action in your job. Other modes follow according to the requirements you indicated.
Pyramid of Energy
24% Fact Finder deals with the PAST
29% Follow Thru involves PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
29% Quick Start targets the FUTURE
18% Implementor deals with the HERE-AND-NOW
You indicate your position requires you to spend your time and energy doing what needs to be done in whatever ways work best for the situation or people involved. You can’t waste time trying to change the process, as long as you can keep things moving in the right direction. Additionally, your position demands your response to diverse needs with as much flexibility as possible.
How To Maximize The Opportunity
This job will seem most effortless when you are able to work in your natural stride. However, even a perfect conative fit between talent and task will involve times when personal responsibilities drain available drive. To perform this job you are required to commit some contradictory energy.
To Be At Your Best
- Consciously commit your time and mental energy so that your job self-expectations (Kolbe B Index) can be fulfilled as much as possible within the limits of your own MO (Kolbe A Index)
- Switch modes when you’re stuck in a rut
- Re-energize through your senses: listen, watch, touch, smell, and taste to take in the impressions that nurture your ability to give of your creative self
Results on the Kolbe B Index indicate the requirements or method of operation for your job, as you see it. By depicting the instinctive solutions necessary for success in a particular position, you can determine the conative fit between your job and your natural instincts. While the four instincts are universal and the total capacity for productivity is equal in every human being, the degree to which you are free to be yourself at work determines why some succeed seemingly effortlessly and others have to go against their grain.
For additional perspective on how your Conative Strengths fit with your job, compare your Kolbe B Index Result with your supervisor's Kolbe C™ Index Result, which identifies his or her conative requirements of the job role.