Kellen Consulting Group- Energy Leadership
The Next Step in Personality Assessments
If you are like most of us, you know your Myers Briggs personality type.
In fact, if you are like most people, you know what Myers Briggs personality type your favorite character from your favorite TV show, book, or movie is.
That information can be a lot of fun, but when was the last time it helped you run your business?
Personality Assessments
The problem with traditional personality assessments is that they provide you with information, but they do not tell you how to use that information.
For example, once you know an employee is introverted, how do you apply that knowledge to still maximize their customer service potential?
When you know the various personality types of your employees, how do you put them together to create a team that works together seamlessly.
Most personality assessment tools never make it to that step.
Unlocking the Potential of Personality
That flaw means some businesses abandon the role that personality assessments can play in developing a business.
When used properly, personality assessments help you:
Hire the right individuals
Develop existing employees
Build teams that will work well together
Enhance communication to improve workplace culture
However, to get those results you need to use the right assessment tool. You also need to know what to do with the information you learn during the assessment.
Energy Leadership™
Energy Leadership™ Index (ELI) is a different type of personality analysis.
Traditional personality tests are focused on uncovering fixed aspects of a person’s personality. They are designed to get at how a person would want to act in situations instead of how they do act. Sure, some of them, like DSC, may have a component aimed at discovering situational behavior, but personality tests are still rooted in discovering preferences.
The ELI takes a different approach. Instead of focusing solely on innate personality, it tries to capture a snapshot of how a person is currently perceiving the world. Next, it looks at how that perception alters the individual’s approach to work and life.
Taking the Test
Taking the ELI is easy. It is a 70-item questionnaire. Most people complete it within 30 minutes.
Instead of getting a written report of results, each person receives a personalized debriefing.
During the debriefing, we discuss the 7 Levels of Energy and how they impact individuals and the work environment.
The topics covered in the debriefing include:
Understanding the personal reaction to stress
Learning how to reduce stress
Discussing coping strategies for stress
Learning how to manage emotions
Strategies for increasing emotional intelligence
An overview of core values
Focus and Increase Your Energy
The entire purpose of the ELI and it debrief is to help increase and focus personal energy levels.
By adjusting priorities, people can create a better work-life balance. The key is shifting energy appropriately.
Showing individuals how and where they are currently investing energy is the first step in coaching them to move their energy.
Moving energy should result in changes in confidence levels, increased leadership skills, and positive changes in relationships.
Why a Snapshot is Important
This snapshot approach is vital because circumstances alter behavior. Understanding how stressors or opportunities can alter individual behavior gives you the power to change that behavior. That information lets us coach people to be the business people they want to be.