Know Your Strenghts - Answer 36 Questions…
April 3rd, 2008
So I’m sitting at a seminar this past weekend and someone I truly trust tells me, “hey you should do the kolbe…”
What the hell is a kolbe? Sounds like some Jewish dance.
He was referring to a “Kolbe Index” - it’s basically 36 questions you answer - this thing then does a FULL analysis of you and tells you what kind of person you are and what your strengths are.
Why the heck do I need to know who “I” am…
I mean who knows you better than you know yourself. Well, it’s not for that. There are 2 purposes to use it for:
1. Self-Validation
It’s nice to know that you’re not crazy and that it’s OK to be the way you are - Kolbe tells you how to work WITH who you are rather than changing yourself.
2. Hiring!
This is where I’m going to be using it the most. You can make all your potential hires go through it first and review the evaluation - it will really help you better understand what you’re getting into.
It only took me about 20 minutes, I did it while I was waiting for my flight at an airport. It’s even kind of fun to do…
I was blown away…
They were right. This thing had me PINNED! The evaluation was VERY specific, let me show you a few things…
This is the BASIC rating they gave me: I don’t like doing research (TRUE), I’m OK at following-through with things after launching them (ALSO TRUE - this is why I always have product managers), I’m GREAT at coming up with ideas and JUMPING on them (SOOO VERY TRUE) and I’m a pretty bad IMPLEMENTOR (Here, I disagree a bit). I find I’m very good at execution and implementing, but maybe I’m not?
They do warn not to argue with the results and NOT TO GET OFFENDED.
Now, that is general stuff right? Well, here, let’s get into the details…
This is just ONE of many examples where I got freaked out. It was DEAD on, I SERIOUSLY do work better LAST minute, I HATE conforming and even more, I hate sticking to scripts - I’m a “winger” - I like winging things.
Bottom line, this Kolbe Index was great. Once you take the 36 questions you can buy all sorts of evaluations, career, personal relationships and many more. For hiring, I’m going to use the main Kolbe Index and the “Career MO.” The main Kolbe Index is only $50 and the Careero MO was like $30.
So, for a total of $80, I validated myself - feel good and can stop trying to change myself!
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Tags: career, Hiring, kolbe, kolbe index
May 1st, 2008 at 11:18 am
I got: 5-3-8-3
I’m “The bridge” going between the person who keeps it simple and the person who wants all the details lol.
No wonder i almost never finish 1 project I’m a multitask person, maybe i should try do 2-3 projects at once who knows it might not get me bored about it as fast
I can only agree Kolbe A Index is fun to take and definetly make you go “thats so true!” and pin point how you should go on about things.
Good post mate
Cheers,
Daniel.
May 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Daniel,
Awesome! Glad you did it - did you do it after reading about it HERE?
(Darn I could have made some commission for referring you - HAHAHA)
Mystery CEO
May 1st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
hahaha!!
Well if you gave some info to put you as the one reffering me i would have done it as thanks for a great post.
but you didn’t!
Well as the A index showed I’m an impulsive guy with random ideas at any moment so it didn’t really take many seconds to consider taking the test hehe.
Think i’ll try some crazy marketing ideas i’ve got and see what happens.
Keep up the good work