Why Trainers Prefer the INSIGHT Inventory?

Versatile
The INSIGHT Inventory can be used in a wide range of leadership and communication courses to help people better understand themselves and others. It’s great for:

• Interpersonal Skills
• Communications
• Team Building
• Leadership
• Conflict Resolution
• Customer Service
• Sales Training, and more.

Quick and simple to complete
The INSIGHT Inventory can be completed and scored in as little as 10-minutes and impactful, results-based training sessions can be facilitated in as short as two hours. Since so much participation, discussion, and interaction easily develops, half and full day workshops are the most typical.

Easy to use
Both the participant’s interpretative booklet and facilitator’s kit were written with practicality and ease of use as a priority. You can be up and going immediately. In fact, the participants booklet is so clear and self explanatory that many trainers use it without the facilitator kit. However, you’ll find so many helpful activities, interactive exercises, and handouts, audio and video support tools in the kit that you won’t want to proceed without it.

Well researched
Although the INSIGHT Inventory is often selected because of its ease of use, it has a comprehensive technical manual that openly discloses all statistical data, plus it’s been thoroughly researched at two major universities in studies adhering to APA (American Psychological Standards), used in doctoral dissertations, and reviewed favorably by the consumer reports “testing watch dog” agency, Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook.

Provides two profiles
Many people behave differently, depending on the setting or environment they are in. INSIGHT Inventory is the only personality assessment that is field theory based and helps people look at their behavior as a function both of their personality and the setting in which they find themselves. Users get two profiles, their Work Style and Personal Style so they can compare how these two environments affect their behavior. Participants love to tell each other how they are different and identify what pressures cause these changes.

Answers the biggest resistance to testing
The most typical thing people say after completing a personality assessment is, “This is somewhat true, but I’m not this way all the time.” Most tests have no answer for this and try to convince users that the results must be generally true or descriptive most of the time. But, INSIGHT welcomes it and says, “exactly!” INSIGHT focuses on just why and how people behave differently in certain situations. This opens the door for a broader understanding of the interaction between personality, environment, and behavior and why leadership styles and team cultures have such an impact on peoples’ behavior.

Gets people out of the box
Many assessments produce one profile, put the user “in a box,” give them a color or code, and state “this is the way you are most of the time.” INSIGHT does just the opposite, it focuses on trait intensity and how people change their behavior from one setting to another. INSIGHT helps people get “out of the box and learn more of each other’s traits and personality strengths. This prevents labeling, produces open discussion and interaction. Best of all, it leads to memorable “ah ha” moments where participants discover what is really leading to the stress or conflict with others and what to do to resolve it.

Answers common questions about personality assessment
Below are typical questions that get answered by the INSIGHT Inventory:

• Why am I different in different situations?
• What pressures, stresses, or expectations cause me to change my behavior?
• Is it just one trait or multiple traits that I am likely to change on?
• What special situations at home lead to changes in my behavior there?
• What characteristics of my manager or coworker’s styles cause me to change at work?
• How does my spouse’s or family members’ personality impact my Personal style?

Leads to practical, learnable skill, FLEXING
The INSIGHT Inventory solves the biggest problem with most training, the inability to answer the SO WHAT question, “So what do I do with what I just learned? Most personality assessments help participants identify their strengths and weaknesses and then stop there. Not the INSIGHT Inventory…it goes one huge step further. After the participants explore how various environments affect behavior and identify their stress reactions, the INSIGHT Inventory gives them guidelines for FLEXING their style to communicate better! Participants learn practical, specific behaviors they can implement immediately to improve communication skills, work together better, and resolve conflicts.

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