CONGRATULATIONS James!

You Got a Perfect Score on the Kolbe A™ Index

You have an uncanny talent for coming up with unique strategies, prioritizing opportunities, and dealing with the unknowns in complex problems. You thrive when quantifying an opportunity and prospecting for ways to enhance it.

How do we know this? You told us when you completed the Kolbe A™ Index. Our proprietary algorithm sorted out your answers and came up with the pattern of your MO (Modus Operandi).

Your Kolbe result is so individualized, only 5% of the population is likely to have one just like it.

WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT YOUR M.O.!

  • Kathy Kolbe + Audio Description

    Kolbe Action Modes®

    Your Kolbe Strengths

    Your Kolbe A Result Chart - 7-4-6-2
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    Specify
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    Maintain
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    Modify
    implementor ring
    Envision

    Your Kolbe Strengths

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    Maintain
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    Modify
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    Envision

    Kolbe Action Modes are behaviors driven by your instinct

    * Kathy Kolbe discovered the instinctive Action Modes and authored the Kolbe A™ Index

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    Fact Finder

    gathers and shares information

    Follow Thru

    arranges and designs

    Quick Start

    deals with risk and uncertainty

    Implementor

    handles space and tangibles

    Fact Finder. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Simplify. ReAct (4 thru 6) Explain. Initiate (7 thru 10) Specify. Your number: 7, You Specify.
    Follow Thru. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Adapt. ReAct (4 thru 6) Maintain. Initiate (7 thru 10) Systematize. Your number: 4, You Maintain.
    Quick Start. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Stabilize. ReAct (4 thru 6) Modify. Initiate (7 thru 10) Innovate. Your number: 6, You Modify.
    Implementor. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Envision. ReAct (4 thru 6) Restore. Initiate (7 thru 10) Demonstrate. Your number: 2, You Envision.

    Fact Finder

    gathers and shares information

    Fact Finder. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Simplify. ReAct (4 thru 6) Explain. Initiate (7 thru 10) Specify. Your number: 7, You Specify.

    Follow Thru

    arranges and designs

    Follow Thru. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Adapt. ReAct (4 thru 6) Maintain. Initiate (7 thru 10) Systematize. Your number: 4, You Maintain.

    Quick Start

    deals with risk and uncertainty

    Quick Start. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Stabilize. ReAct (4 thru 6) Modify. Initiate (7 thru 10) Innovate. Your number: 6, You Modify.

    Implementor

    handles space and tangibles

    Implementor. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Envision. ReAct (4 thru 6) Restore. Initiate (7 thru 10) Demonstrate. Your number: 2, You Envision.

YOUR KOLBE RESULT IS PERFECT!

Your Kolbe result celebrates your Modes of Operation (MO): 7-4-6-2. It doesn’t have anything to do with what your social style is or how smart you are. It’s how you will and won’t naturally take action.

Kolbe adds a new dimension. Based on wisdom going back to Plato and Aristotle, the Kolbe Theory™ has proven successful with over one million users.

Conables® Tips, individualized for you, will not only help you explain your way of taking action, they will help you control the outcomes. For example:

Conables® Tips


  • Tired of Questions like:
    • Why do you put off making repairs?
      Why don’t you take better care of your equipment?
  • How about saying:
    • If you’d broken as many things as I have, you too would stop trying.
      It’s just not my thing.

Understanding and trusting this powerful force will give you the freedom to be yourself.

James, your Fact Finder Instinct

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    Your best way of gathering and sharing information is to Specify.

    Deal with information in the way that’s best for you and let others do the rest.

    Take charge of your Fact Finder instinct!

     
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    What you get from each zone

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    Fact Finder. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Simplify. ReAct (4 thru 6) Explain. Initiate (7 thru 10) Specify. Your number: 7. You Specify.

    For instance, you might:
    • Research in-depth
    • Establish specific priorities
    • Quantify/rank order particulars
    • Define objectives
    • Assess probabilities
    • Define terms with exactness
    • Determine appropriateness
    • Provide historical evidence
    • Create analogies
    • Develop complex strategies
    Fact Finder Zone Descriptions.
    • Be precise
    • Rate probabilities
    • Correct errors
    • Define differences
    • Question frequently and thoroughly
    • Generalize
    • Make snap judgements
    • Give yes-or-no answers
    • Answer off the top of your head
    • Decide without prioritizing reasons

    James, your Fact Finder Instinct

    Fact Finder. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Simplify. ReAct (4 thru 6) Explain. Initiate (7 thru 10) Specify. Your number: 7. You Specify.

    For instance, you might:
    • Research in-depth
    • Establish specific priorities
    • Quantify/rank order particulars
    • Define objectives
    • Assess probabilities
    • Define terms with exactness
    • Determine appropriateness
    • Provide historical evidence
    • Create analogies
    • Develop complex strategies

    Deal with information in the way that’s best for you and let others do the rest.

    Fact Finder Zone Descriptions.

    Take charge of your Fact Finder instinct!

    Do

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    • Be precise
    • Rate probabilities
    • Correct errors
    • Define differences
    • Question frequently and thoroughly

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    • Generalize
    • Make snap judgements
    • Give yes-or-no answers
    • Answer off the top of your head
    • Decide without prioritizing reasons
  • James, your Follow Thru Instinct

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    Your best way of organizing is to Maintain.

    When organizing, you have an instinct to Maintain. Don’t let others force you into doing it their way!

    It's how YOU Follow Thru that matters.

     
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    Possibilities in Follow Thru

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    Follow Thru. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Adapt. ReAct (4 thru 6) Maintain. Initiate (7 thru 10) Systematize. Your number: 4. You Maintain.

    For instance, you might:
    • Package things together that fit
    • Adjust procedures
    • Monitor policies
    • Realign objectives
    • Coordinate schedules
    • Draft guidelines
    • Provide transitions and segues
    • Identify inconsistencies
    • Meet the need for closure
    • Maintain order
    Follow Thru Zone Descriptions.
    • Blend different approaches
    • Sustain viable systems
    • Replicate patterns
    • Coordinate with others
    • Reclassify information
    • Get snarled in redundancies
    • Initiate rigid systems
    • Make too many guarantees
    • Skip too many steps
    • Over-regulate

    James, your Follow Thru Instinct

    Follow Thru. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Adapt. ReAct (4 thru 6) Maintain. Initiate (7 thru 10) Systematize. Your number: 4. You Maintain.

    For instance, you might:
    • Package things together that fit
    • Adjust procedures
    • Monitor policies
    • Realign objectives
    • Coordinate schedules
    • Draft guidelines
    • Provide transitions and segues
    • Identify inconsistencies
    • Meet the need for closure
    • Maintain order

    When organizing, you have an instinct to Maintain. Don’t let others force you into doing it their way!

    Follow Thru Zone Descriptions.

    It's how YOU Follow Thru that matters.

    Do

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    • Blend different approaches
    • Sustain viable systems
    • Replicate patterns
    • Coordinate with others
    • Reclassify information

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    • Get snarled in redundancies
    • Initiate rigid systems
    • Make too many guarantees
    • Skip too many steps
    • Over-regulate
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    James, your Quick Start Instinct

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    Your best way of dealing with risks and uncertainty is to Modify.

    In the midst of uncertainty you shine because you Modify.

    How you deal with uncertainty is actually quite certain.

     
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    Possibilities in Quick Start

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    Quick Start. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Stabilize. ReAct (4 thru 6) Modify. Initiate (7 thru 10) Innovate. Your number: 6. You Modify.

    For instance, you might:
    • Participate in experiments
    • Create responses to challenges
    • Try out new ideas
    • Sustain innovations
    • Use metaphors
    • Navigate through uncertainty
    • Interject spontaneously
    • Adjust deadlines
    • Reduce risks
    • Mediate between the vision and the given
    Quick Start Zone Descriptions.
    • Respond quickly to challenges
    • Make adjustments on the fly
    • Handle last-minute changes
    • Seek alternatives
    • Mediate risk
    • Change for the sake of change
    • Create uncertainty
    • Leap into many major changes at once
    • Take on too many competing deadlines
    • Try to get consensus on innovation

    James, your Quick Start Instinct

    Quick Start. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Stabilize. ReAct (4 thru 6) Modify. Initiate (7 thru 10) Innovate. Your number: 6. You Modify.

    For instance, you might:
    • Participate in experiments
    • Create responses to challenges
    • Try out new ideas
    • Sustain innovations
    • Use metaphors
    • Navigate through uncertainty
    • Interject spontaneously
    • Adjust deadlines
    • Reduce risks
    • Mediate between the vision and the given

    In the midst of uncertainty you shine because you Modify.

    Quick Start Zone Descriptions.

    How you deal with uncertainty is actually quite certain.

    Do

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    • Respond quickly to challenges
    • Make adjustments on the fly
    • Handle last-minute changes
    • Seek alternatives
    • Mediate risk

    Don't

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    • Change for the sake of change
    • Create uncertainty
    • Leap into many major changes at once
    • Take on too many competing deadlines
    • Try to get consensus on innovation
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    James, your Implementor Instinct

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    Your best way of tackling space and tangibles is to Envision.

    How you show what you mean is part of your “charm.” You’re perfect just the way you are.

    Handle things YOUR way.

     
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    Implementor. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Envision. ReAct (4 thru 6) Restore. Initiate (7 thru 10) Demonstrate. Your number: 2. You Envision.

    For instance, you might:
    • Create virtual presentations
    • Conceptualize solutions
    • Envision circumstances
    • Capture the essence
    • Portray symbolically
    • Find intangible methods
    • Jury-rig fixes
    • Sketch ideas
    • Simulate actual situations
    • Concoct out of thin air
    Implementor Zone Descriptions.
    • See solutions in your mind
    • Visualize possibilities
    • Conceptualize what could be
    • Have discussions without having to be face-to-face
    • Make decisions without having tangible evidence
    • Take responsibility for maintaining equipment
    • Demonstrate the use of mechanical stuff
    • Take apart small appliances
    • Fix broken parts
    • Build many physical models

    James, your Implementor Instinct

    Implementor. CounterAct (1 thru 3) Envision. ReAct (4 thru 6) Restore. Initiate (7 thru 10) Demonstrate. Your number: 2. You Envision.

    For instance, you might:
    • Create virtual presentations
    • Conceptualize solutions
    • Envision circumstances
    • Capture the essence
    • Portray symbolically
    • Find intangible methods
    • Jury-rig fixes
    • Sketch ideas
    • Simulate actual situations
    • Concoct out of thin air

    How you show what you mean is part of your “charm.” You’re perfect just the way you are.

    Implementor Zone Descriptions.

    Handle things YOUR way.

    Do

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    • See solutions in your mind
    • Visualize possibilities
    • Conceptualize what could be
    • Have discussions without having to be face-to-face
    • Make decisions without having tangible evidence

    Don't

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    • Take responsibility for maintaining equipment
    • Demonstrate the use of mechanical stuff
    • Take apart small appliances
    • Fix broken parts
    • Build many physical models
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    What's so different about the Kolbe Index?

    Kathy Kolbe + Audio Description

    IT’S WHAT DRIVES YOU, James

    Being a 7-4-6-2 in Kolbe has nothing to do with your personality, social style, or if you are a math whiz. Kolbe Index results deal with a different part of the brain/mind that drives your actions.

    Three Parts of the Mind

    • Cognitive

    • Thinking
    • IQ
    • Skills
    • Reason
    • Knowledge
    • Experience
    • Education
    • Conative

    • Doing
    • Drive
    • Instinct
    • Necessity
    • Mental Energy
    • Innate Force
    • Talents
    • Affective

    • Feeling
    • Desires
    • Motivation
    • Attitudes
    • Preferences
    • Emotions
    • Values

    Conative?

    Action derived from instinct; purposeful mode of striving, volition. It's a conscious effort to carry out self-determined acts.

    If conative is a new word for you, join the crowd. It's the long-lost term for one of the most important things you need to know about yourself.

    TIME AND ENERGY

    Everyone runs out of time and energy.

    You can’t get time back – once it’s used, it’s gone – but energy can be renewed.

    YOUR PYRAMID OF MENTAL ENERGY

    Your 100 “ergs” of mental energy are equal to the energy available to every other human being. This gives you the same potential power as any CEO or rock star.

    Pyramid of Energy. Representation of how you use your mental energy. Explained further in the text.

    Pyramid of Energy.

    Specify
    37%

    Maintain
    21%

    Modify
    32%

    Envision
    10%

    Each of your 100 ergs has the same intensity - whether it is in the Initiating, ReActing, or CounterActing zone.

    You lead with background information, making sure it helps promote future possibilities. You also use your Fact Finder strengths to justify the Quick Start need for urgency. This sets you up for using all your conative strengths to make unconventional, yet practical decisions.

    Don’t let anyone stereotype you as contributing or “being” just one of the Action Modes. Your contribution begins with specifying and continues until you envision the solution.

    Self-manage your use of these limited, but renewable, resources. Use them purposefully and they will bring joy to your life.

    TRUSTING YOUR SENSE OF TIME

    It’s tough to allocate your time, especially when no one but Kolbe has explained the role of your conative assets.

    You use time according to your MO. So forget time management advice that doesn’t take it into consideration. Everyone has an equal amount of conative energy, used in differing amounts and orders. You use it in your particular order and percentages per mode.

    Erg Arrow. Representation of how you use your time. Explained further in the text.

    Fact Finder
    37%

    Quick Start
    32%

    Follow Thru
    21%

    Implementor
    10%

    When free to use your strengths:

    1. You’ll start the problem solving process by fact checking and determining practical and appropriate priorities.
    2. Next you adjust to changes.
    3. Then, you look for ways to fit the project into the system.
    4. Finally, James, you visualize solutions.

    If you work against your grain, you’ll never have “enough” time. You will squander it by taking non-productive paths.

    GET MORE DONE IN LESS TIME

    We can't give you more time, but we have proven leveraging your conative strengths can more than double your productivity.

    Here are some ways you can get the multiplier effect from your MO of 7-4-6-2.

    Conables® Tips


    • Commit–but to very little. Target your top priorities. Unlike time, you can replenish conative energy, but it takes downtime to do it.
    • Save time by calculating the odds of success before taking on a challenge.
    • Protect your energy by walking away from what your instincts tell you are deal breakers.
    • Self-Provoke to get where you want to go. You’re responsible for goading yourself to initiate necessary action.

    Get Conative, James!

    If it’s not a priority, do it later.

    Conables® Tips


    Because most of the world hasn't recognized conation, you may actually have been taught ways of taking action that are absolutely wrong for you.

    • The truth is you need to describe what's in your mind rather than trying to make it yourself.
      A good way to start your day is to zero in on the top priorities and get them done first.

    Don't just take our word for it; try it! You may surprise yourself with how much you can get done, and by how natural it feels.

    Conables® Tips


    You’re likely to procrastinate if you don’t have a system or format to follow.

    When you need to be persuasive in an unfamiliar situation, play off what others say and respond to their needs.

    You may be acting against your grain without even knowing it. When we work against our grain, we are not only unhappy but also unproductive, wasting our time on things that require too much energy. Instead of robbing yourself of your valuable time and energy, modify the things you need to do so that you can accomplish them in your own way.

    Expand Your Horizons


    Listen to customized audio of Kathy Kolbe discussing YOUR initiating strengths. Gain great insight into how to make them work for you in the Natural Advantage - Manager Audio (check Audible.com or iTunes to purchase download).

    COMMUNICATION & RELATIONSHIPS

    Communication is at the Heart of a Relationship

    Communication involves Action, ReAction, CounterAction and InterAction. Of course, emotions cause the desire to communicate while thoughts provide the content. However it’s your conative instincts that drive how it plays out.

    If you aren’t communicating through your conative strengths, you are likely to come across as acting out of character or not being authentic.

    We’re taught that there is a “right way” to do things. Our essays have the same structure and our resumes look like we’ve all had the same experiences.

    How can you be true to who you are, and win approval too? We give you individualized Conables Tips for communicating in your own way without turning other people off.

    Your conative instincts out of kilter.

    “If you get out of kilter with your MO, how do you expect others to “get” who you are?”
    Kathy Kolbe

    It’s Not Just What You Say, It’s How You Say It

    Conables® Tips


    You can be so good at convincing people of your point of view that they buy your argument, but later have buyer’s remorse. Avoid the boomerang effect by championing shared causes. Your combination of strengths is like a boxer’s one – two punch: First, you give others substantial written evidence; and second, you give the oral arguments targeting benefits.

    It’s best if you consider the end-game before you get in the ring. Knowing the conative strengths of the people you’re dealing with will help you know who will be the best sparring partners and with whom not to get in the ring.

    James, Communicate Your Way

    Conables® Tips


    • Your instincts won't change with age. Be obstinate with people who expect you to conform to age stereotypes – or any other kind of stereotype.
    • Position yourself as an expert. State your case with examples.
    • Let others know you'll adjust to changes as long as you are informed ahead of time. They can throw your day off kilter by not doing what they promised they’d do.

    WIN–WIN RELATIONSHIPS

    There is no perfect combination of Kolbe results for relationships. The ideal spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, colleague or friend will respect your conative truth and allow you the freedom to be yourself.

    “Trying to avoid conflict between people with strong conative differences is impossible. No use pretending – it will come out sooner or later. Discussing the differences doesn’t resolve them. It involves them. It turns a clash of wills into a meeting of the minds. You are impelled to act according to your instincts, but you can’t compel others to respond the same way.”
    Conative Connection by Kathy Kolbe

    People trust what they sense comes from your conative truths.

    Three parts of the mind: feeling, thinking, doing.
    Conative action never happens in isolation from the other two parts of the mind, the affective and cognitive.

    You can improve relationships by understanding similarities and differences in your conative MOs.

    In situations with someone who is pretty much your conative clone, you might be able to finish each other’s sentences, but it could also lead to: inertia in what you do together or competition for who could do things better or more than the other.

    Conables® Tips


    When working with someone whose MO is similar to your own:

    • Avoid getting stuck in your shared methods by bringing in others with diverse approaches.
    • Don’t evaluate others by what works best for both of you. For instance, when parents think kids should do things the same way they do them, it often leads to false expectations.

    In situations with a person who has very different conative strengths than you do, you can benefit from the resulting Synergy, or the differences can cause conflict and stress.

    Conables® Tips


    When working with someone whose MO is very different than yours:

    • For you, togetherness may mean doing different things in the same room.
    • Don’t try to get the other person to work toward shared goals the same way you do.

    Career Considerations

    Look for Opportunities to Contribute Your Conative Strengths

    James, you do your best work when you strive according to your MO. You're most likely to succeed in jobs that use your conative strengths according to each of the Action Modes.

    Fact Finder ring
    Fact Finder

    7

    Elaborate, compute, document, substantiate, validate

    Follow Thru ring
    Follow Thru

    4

    Monitor, merge, accessorize, guide, assimilate

    Quick Start ring
    Quick Start

    6

    Interject, convert, assimilate, incorporate, substitute

    Implementor ring
    Implementor

    2

    Conceptualize, symbolize, imagine, virtualize, visualize

    Finding Careers that Give You the Freedom to Be Yourself

    You have many strengths that could contribute to an organization.

    In job interviews, people often say things they think employers want to hear. Yet if they get a job based upon false promises, they usually become frustrated and regret having to live up to them.

    Finding a job that lets you use your natural strengths is a formula for success.

    Conables® Tips


    • Evaluate career opportunities not only for the ways you will be able to Initiate Action, but also ways to use your energy to CounterAct. Steer away from careers where your CounterActing abilities will be perceived negatively.
    • When considering a specific career, see if you can find out the MOs of those who are successful in that role.

    It pays to be truthful in promoting your MO

    Summary & Share

    James, the information in every section of this report was individualized for you, whether you remember it by:

    Your iconic Kolbe bar chart

    Your Kolbe A Result Chart

    Your four numbers

    7 4 6 2

    Your four conative strengths

    Specify
    Maintain
    Modify
    Envision

    Your use of time

    Erg Arrow

    Your use of energy

    Pyramid of Energy

    However you visualize your MO – it's important to keep the message of your conative strengths in the front of your mind as you make life empowering decisions.

    Now that you know the power of your MO, it's up to you to use it for good purposes. The world needs your conative strengths!