Personal Interests

What is the Personal Insights, Attitudes & Values assessment?

The Personal Insight, Attitudes and Values assessment is a tool that will help you understand "why" people do what they do! It enables you to understand what motivates an Employee, a Top Performer or an Under-Achiever who may be struggling to perform?

The Personal Interests, Attitudes & Values report can often provide the critical insight necessary to select the best candidate for a particular assignment, a management style or a culture. The insight provides clues that you can use to raise individual and team productivity.

When it comes to high performance and achievement, motivation is often the most important single issue. The Personal Interests, Attitudes & Values report can help you better understand yourself and others. It explains why we do what we do!

Why people do what they do impacts their decisions, levels of commitment and ultimately their performance.

This instrument measures an individuals motivation in six areas, any one of which may be their hot button and reason to change and to reach beyond their current level of performance.

Theoretical - education, learning, and seeking the truth
Utilitarian - money, exchange of time vs return
Aesthetic - beauty, harmony, balance
Social - others before self, service to mankind
Individualistic - controlling own future, power
Traditional - a system for living

Values affect attitudes and attitudes initiate one's behavior. Most often values are hidden because they're not always readily observed. This report helps illuminate these motivating factors which allows leaders, sales personnel and management to understand the driving forces behind one's behavior.

Values and attitudes need to be integrated as a key part of both the selection and development process. The Personal Interests, Attitudes and Values report can pinpoint why an individual can succeed in one position and fail in another. Often perplexing, the Personal Interests, Attitudes & Values report can provide the insight for both the individual and management so they can make the necessary adjustments to affect positive results.

Importance of Values & Attitudes

Understanding the Importance of Values & Attitudes, In attempting to communicate and influence others it is critical to understand and appreciate the impact that our values and ultimately our attitudes have on others.

The Six Attitudes

The Six Attitudes, In 1928, Eduard Spranger wrote a book entitled "Types of Men". He identified six values or "world views". These values are a type of window through which we view the world and seek fulfillment in our lives.