The Kolbe A™ Index is a one-of-a-kind personnel tool. It has no bearing on IQ, personality, or social behavior. It assesses your natural tendencies to act while you are in striving mode.

The Kolbe A™ Index is the only tool for assessing an individual's conative ability. However, face value interpretation of the results may lead to wrong conclusions that defeat the powerful learnings. To reap the benefits of the results, you need to understand the four Action Modes™ and the scale.

The quest to understand the people around you is as ancient as society itself. Early attempts at humorism resulted in the Four Temperaments Theory, which the Greek philosopher, Hippocrates, headlined. The theory has served as the basis of the works done by many researchers and psychologists in modern times.

While understanding conation will not impact the outcome of these decisions, I truly believe that understanding instincts (both for parent and child) can help us as parents better create situations our kids can succeed in; especially with respect to the world we are living in. Specifically, I wanted to identify the 3 instinctual decisions you make (and can make) every single day, addressing how these decisions impact your children’s success.

Simply put, two weeks ago many of us probably didn’t think about social distancing as something we’d ever have to practice, much less the significance of why we would practice it. But nonetheless, here we are, clinging to the things we know. We call those things instincts, and as I reflect on my work the last many years, I can’t help but dissect this pandemic in terms of what’s happening in the workforce.

Strengths and instincts. We’ve all used the words. But do we really know what they mean? Or maybe more importantly, how we can use them? In this blog post I’m going to identify 3 specific things about these words, and their meanings, that will help you become a more well rounded leader.

Many professionals take assessments but don’t have the motivation or understanding to implement their newfound knowledge. In this blog we’ll be looking at 4 key insights you should do / know after taking a personal assessment; specifically after taking the Kolbe A™ Index.

Regardless of your instinct, everyone needs productivity tools for a variety of reasons, including staying on track, managing various demands, working with virtual teams, and the list goes on and on. Because of this, there are hundreds (maybe thousands) of tools to help you; the unique instinctual you. This blog post is designed to highlight 10 of those tools; 5 you’ve heard of and 5 maybe you haven’t. Enjoy!

This blog post is going to focus on 5 specific truths about your instincts that you may not know exist. My hope is that this post gives you some understanding, as well as insight, into why you’re wired the way you are.

In reflecting upon recent client conversations, it became crystal clear that one benefit of our work is the self-awareness gained by leaders. This is especially important to organizations that have strong Visionary/Integrator partnerships, as by definition, these roles require different instincts and skill sets.

Visionaries are the people who have big ideas and astounding ways to move their organization forward quickly. Visionaries create new products, start new lines, run unheard-of risks, and shoot for the stars. They will keep discovering new ways to make the organization better.

With the confession of my love (or obsession?) with Kolbe Wisdom™, I will be the first to acknowledge that Kolbe is not the answer to every challenge in the workplace. I have received many questions over the years on various tools. In this blog post we’re going to give you some perspective on a few of the common professional assessments, and why you may want to take them.

If you've ever gone through a rebrand, you know how difficult it is to create a new name. Because of that challenge we wanted to explain why we've rebranded, and the significance of our new name: The Instinctive Advantage.

Guess what? You’re wired in a specific and beautiful way, and that means you have naturally given instincts instilled inside of you. Instincts have implications that affect your career, business, and your teams. In this blog post we’ll identify 3 specific ways that your instincts can impact you professionally, specifically looking at how they affect your team, and how you can harness your instincts to your advantage.