Our Assessment Approach
At dialogos, we offer a comprehensive and insightful assessment process designed to help leaders and teams reach their full potential. Our methodology focuses on analyzing individual and team dynamics across three core elements: Action Patterns, Communication Structures, and Motivations & Reaction Patterns.
Our Assessment Approach
At dialogos, we offer a comprehensive and insightful assessment process designed to help leaders and teams reach their full potential. Our methodology focuses on analyzing individual and team dynamics across three core elements: Action Patterns, Communication Structures, and Motivations & Reaction Patterns.
Our Assessment Approach
At dialogos, we offer a comprehensive and insightful assessment process designed to help leaders and teams reach their full potential. Our methodology focuses on analyzing individual and team dynamics across three core elements: Action Patterns, Communication Structures, and Motivations & Reaction Patterns.
These tools provide insights into how leaders and teams operate, communicate, and respond under pressure, enabling a clearer understanding of their strengths and areas for growth.
Action Patterns
Through the Kolbe A Index, we assess how leaders and team members instinctively take action. This tool categorizes behavior into four action modes, revealing how individuals direct their energy toward problem-solving, decision-making, and achieving results.
Communication Structures
Using the Kantor Baseline Index, we explore how teams interact and communicate. This assessment uncovers the hidden communication structures that shape how decisions are made, authority is handled, and collaboration unfolds within the team.
Motivations & Reaction Patterns
The Pathfinder Individual Leadership Assessment delves into why leaders behave the way they do, focusing on their core motivations, inner narratives, and behavior under pressure. It highlights the multi-layered nature of leadership, allowing leaders to better understand their personal strengths, internal conflicts, and how these dynamics influence their interactions with others.
Together, these assessments provide a holistic view of leadership and team functionality, offering actionable insights into areas for growth, improved communication, and enhanced performance. By understanding how individuals act, communicate, and react under pressure, organizations can develop more resilient, effective teams poised for success in complex environments.
Kolbe A Index
Action Patterns
Kantor Baseline Index
The Kantor Baseline Index measures how leaders and teams communicate by analyzing the underlying structures that guide decision-making, authority, and interactions. It identifies how individuals express their perspectives and the communication content they naturally gravitate towards, offering insights into how teams can improve cohesion and clarity in their discussions. There are three key components of communication and interaction styles called Behavioral Profiles:
Action Mode
The vocal act that an individual most commonly takes when interacting with others.
Move: Initiates action or direction
Follow: Supports or aligns with others
Oppose: Challenges or provides resistance
Bystand: Observes without direct engagement
Operating System
The implicit rules individuals follow when engaging with others
Closed: Adheres to a structured or limited approach
Open: Engages in a flexible and
transparent manner
Random: Follows unpredictable or spontaneous patterns
Communication Domain
The focus of attention and topics toward which individuals naturally gravitate
Meaning: Focus on understanding and interpretation
Affect: Concerned with emotions and relational impact
Power: Focused on authority, control, and achieving goals
Communication Structures
The Kolbe A Index measures what leaders and team members do by assessing how they direct their energy into one of four categories of action, referred to as Action Instincts. These four instincts are part of conative intelligence, which drives how individuals take action to achieve results. They are:
Fact Finder
How you gather and share information.
Follow Through
How you organize and design.
Quick Start
How you deal with risk and uncertainty.
Implementor
How you handle space and tangibles.
To understand your Kolbe Strengths, Kolbe proposes there are three key Zones of Action Energy in individuals and teams that operate across the four Action Instincts. They are:
Counteract
Resists or prevents action.
Facilitative
Bridges differences and moves towards results.
Initiating
Starts movement and takes the lead in action.
Understanding how team members naturally operate within these domains helps optimize team collaboration and efficiency.
These tools provide insights into how leaders and teams operate, communicate, and respond under pressure, enabling a clearer understanding of their strengths and areas for growth.
Action Patterns
Through the Kolbe A Index, we assess how leaders and team members instinctively take action. This tool categorizes behavior into four action modes, revealing how individuals direct their energy toward problem-solving, decision-making, and achieving results.
Communication Structures
Using the Kantor Baseline Index, we explore how teams interact and communicate. This assessment uncovers the hidden communication structures that shape how decisions are made, authority is handled, and collaboration unfolds within the team.
Motivations & Reaction Patterns
The Pathfinder Individual Leadership Assessment delves into why leaders behave the way they do, focusing on their core motivations, inner narratives, and behavior under pressure. It highlights the multi-layered nature of leadership, allowing leaders to better understand their personal strengths, internal conflicts, and how these dynamics influence their interactions with others.
Together, these assessments provide a holistic view of leadership and team functionality, offering actionable insights into areas for growth, improved communication, and enhanced performance. By understanding how individuals act, communicate, and react under pressure, organizations can develop more resilient, effective teams poised for success in complex environments.
Kolbe A Index
Action Patterns
Kantor
Baseline Index
The Kantor Baseline Index measures how leaders and teams communicate by analyzing the underlying structures that guide decision-making, authority, and interactions. It identifies how individuals express their perspectives and the communication content they naturally gravitate towards, offering insights into how teams can improve cohesion and clarity in their discussions. There are three key components of communication and interaction styles called Behavioral Profiles:
Action Mode
The vocal act that an individual most commonly takes when interacting with others.
Move: Initiates action or direction
Follow: Supports or aligns with others
Oppose: Challenges or provides resistance
Bystand: Observes without direct engagement
Operating System
The implicit rules individuals follow when engaging with others
Closed: Adheres to a structured or limited approach
Open: Engages in a flexible and
transparent manner
Random: Follows unpredictable or spontaneous patterns
Communication Domain
The focus of attention and topics toward which individuals naturally gravitate
Meaning: Focus on understanding and interpretation
Affect: Concerned with emotions and relational impact
Power: Focused on authority, control, and achieving goals
Communication Structures
The Kolbe A Index measures what leaders and team members do by assessing how they direct their energy into one of four categories of action, referred to as Action Instincts. These four instincts are part of conative intelligence, which drives how individuals take action to achieve results. They are:
Fact Finder
How you gather and share information.
Follow Through
How you organize and design.
Quick Start
How you deal with risk and uncertainty.
Implementor
How you handle space and tangibles.
To understand your Kolbe Strengths, Kolbe proposes there are three key Zones of Action Energy in individuals and teams that operate across the four Action Instincts. They are:
Counteract
Resists or prevents action.
Facilitative
Bridges differences and moves towards results.
Initiating
Starts movement and takes the lead in action.
Understanding how team members naturally operate within these domains helps optimize team collaboration and efficiency.
These tools provide insights into how leaders and teams operate, communicate, and respond under pressure, enabling a clearer understanding of their strengths and areas for growth.
Action Patterns
Through the Kolbe A Index, we assess how leaders and team members instinctively take action. This tool categorizes behavior into four action modes, revealing how individuals direct their energy toward problem-solving, decision-making, and achieving results.
Communication Structures
Using the Kantor Baseline Index, we explore how teams interact and communicate. This assessment uncovers the hidden communication structures that shape how decisions are made, authority is handled, and collaboration unfolds within the team.
Motivations & Reaction Patterns
The Pathfinder Individual Leadership Assessment delves into why leaders behave the way they do, focusing on their core motivations, inner narratives, and behavior under pressure. It highlights the multi-layered nature of leadership, allowing leaders to better understand their personal strengths, internal conflicts, and how these dynamics influence their interactions with others.
Together, these assessments provide a holistic view of leadership and team functionality, offering actionable insights into areas for growth, improved communication, and enhanced performance. By understanding how individuals act, communicate, and react under pressure, organizations can develop more resilient, effective teams poised for success in complex environments.
Action Patterns
Kolbe A Index
The Kolbe A Index measures what leaders and team members do by assessing how they direct their energy into one of four categories of action, referred to as Action Instincts. These four instincts are part of conative intelligence, which drives how individuals take action to achieve results. They are:
Fact Finder
How you gather and share information.
Follow Through
How you organize and design.
Quick Start
How you deal with risk and uncertainty.
Implementor
How you handle space and tangibles.
To understand your Kolbe Strengths, Kolbe proposes there are three key Zones of Action Energy in individuals and teams that operate across the four Action Instincts. They are:
Counteract
Resists or prevents action.
Facilitative
Bridges differences and moves towards results.
Initiating
Starts movement and takes the lead in action.
Understanding how team members naturally operate within these domains helps optimize team collaboration and efficiency.
Communication Structures
Kantor Baseline Index
The Kantor Baseline Index measures how leaders and teams communicate by analyzing the underlying structures that guide decision-making, authority, and interactions. It identifies how individuals express their perspectives and the communication content they naturally gravitate towards, offering insights into how teams can improve cohesion and clarity in their discussions. There are three key components of communication and interaction styles called Behavioral Profiles:
Action Mode
The vocal act that an individual most commonly takes when interacting with others.
Move: Initiates action or direction
Follow: Supports or aligns with others
Oppose: Challenges or provides resistance
Bystand: Observes without direct engagement
Operating System
The implicit rules individuals follow when engaging with others
Closed: Adheres to a structured or limited approach
Open: Engages in a flexible and
transparent manner
Random: Follows unpredictable or spontaneous patterns
Communication Domain
The focus of attention and topics toward which individuals naturally gravitate
Meaning: Focus on understanding and interpretation
Affect: Concerned with emotions and relational impact
Power: Focused on authority, control, and achieving goals
Motivations & Reaction Patterns
Individual Leadership Assessment
The Pathfinder Individual Leadership Assessment measures why leaders act as they do, exploring their motivations, inner narratives, and behavioral patterns under pressure. This tool highlights the complex, multi-layered nature of leadership, emphasizing that individuals are comprised of various traits, strengths, and tensions. These insights allow leaders to better understand their personal leadership journey and how it intersects with their colleagues.
The Four Leadership Archetypes
Our model identifies four primary leadership archetypes present in all individuals, to varying degrees. Leaders can experience either an overabundance or deficiency in these archetypes, influencing how they lead and respond to challenges. The assessment helps raise awareness of these dynamics, promoting a more balanced and adaptive leadership style.
Visionary Leader (Sovereign):
Provides: Initiative and inspiration
Purpose: Motivation through self-acceptance
Core Quality: Being inspired by the idea that will work; supporting growth in others
Relational Leader (Lover):
Provides: Empathy
Purpose: Connection through sensitivity; Paying attention to the patterns of relationship
Core Quality: Experiencing it from the other’s point of view
Performance Leader (Warrior):
Provides: Challenge, takes action, and defines boundaries
Purpose: Accomplishment through boundaries and action; Getting the job done
Core Quality: Saying or doing that which cuts cleanly to the core of the matter (without shaming)
Insight Leader (Magician):
Provides: Perspective
Purpose: Guidance through bystanding
Core Quality: Catches and holds perspectives and impressions (without disruption or distortion)
Motivations & Reaction Patterns
Individual Leadership Assessment
The Pathfinder Individual Leadership Assessment measures why leaders act as they do, exploring their motivations, inner narratives, and behavioral patterns under pressure. This tool highlights the complex, multi-layered nature of leadership, emphasizing that individuals are comprised of various traits, strengths, and tensions. These insights allow leaders to better understand their personal leadership journey and how it intersects with their colleagues.
The Four Leadership Archetypes
Our model identifies four primary leadership archetypes present in all individuals, to varying degrees. Leaders can experience either an overabundance or deficiency in these archetypes, influencing how they lead and respond to challenges. The assessment helps raise awareness of these dynamics, promoting a more balanced and adaptive leadership style.
Visionary Leader (Sovereign):
Provides: Initiative and inspiration
Purpose: Motivation through self-acceptance
Core Quality: Being inspired by the idea that will work; supporting growth in others
Relational Leader (Lover):
Provides: Empathy
Purpose: Connection through sensitivity; Paying attention to the patterns of relationship
Core Quality: Experiencing it from the other’s point of view
Performance Leader (Warrior):
Provides: Challenge, takes action, and defines boundaries
Purpose: Accomplishment through boundaries and action; Getting the job done
Core Quality: Saying or doing that which cuts cleanly to the core of the matter (without shaming)
Insight Leader (Magician):
Provides: Perspective
Purpose: Guidance through bystanding
Core Quality: Catches and holds perspectives and impressions (without disruption or distortion)
Individual Leadership Assessment
The Pathfinder Individual Leadership Assessment measures why leaders act as they do, exploring their motivations, inner narratives, and behavioral patterns under pressure. This tool highlights the complex, multi-layered nature of leadership, emphasizing that individuals are comprised of various traits, strengths, and tensions. These insights allow leaders to better understand their personal leadership journey and how it intersects with their colleagues.
The Four Leadership Archetypes
Our model identifies four primary leadership archetypes present in all individuals, to varying degrees. Leaders can experience either an overabundance or deficiency in these archetypes, influencing how they lead and respond to challenges. The assessment helps raise awareness of these dynamics, promoting a more balanced and adaptive leadership style.
Visionary Leader (Sovereign):
Provides: Initiative and inspiration
Purpose: Motivation through self-acceptance
Core Quality: Being inspired by the idea that will work; supporting growth in others
Relational Leader (Lover):
Provides: Empathy
Purpose: Connection through sensitivity; Paying attention to the patterns of relationship
Core Quality: Experiencing it from the other’s point of view
Performance Leader (Warrior):
Provides: Challenge, takes action, and defines boundaries
Purpose: Accomplishment through boundaries and action; Getting the job done
Core Quality: Saying or doing that which cuts cleanly to the core of the matter (without shaming)
Insight Leader (Magician):
Provides: Perspective
Purpose: Guidance through bystanding
Core Quality: Catches and holds perspectives and impressions (without disruption or distortion)
Motivations & Reaction Patterns
By integrating the Kolbe A Index, Kantor Baseline Index, and Pathfinder Individual Leadership Assessment, dialogos offers a holistic view of leadership and team dynamics. This process empowers individuals and teams to unlock their collective intelligence by understanding the what, how, and why behind their actions, communication, and motivations. Our assessments provide actionable insights for enhancing collaboration, improving decision-making, and fostering resilient leadership.
To Learn More
To learn more about dialogos Leadership Assessments and how they may be a fit for you and your organization, please contact:
Jessica Sloan
+ 1.617.576.7986
jessica.sloan@dialogos.com
To Learn More
To learn more about dialogos Leadership Assessments and how they may be a fit for you and your organization, please contact:
Jessica Sloan
+ 1.617.576.7986
jessica.sloan@dialogos.com