| HOW Does it Work? |
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The HBDI™ is a 120-question diagnostic survey, the answers to which indicate your thinking style preferences – the degree to which you prefer a particular way of thinking. The survey measures preferences rather than skills.
The foundation of the HBDI™ is the individual profile (see opposite). The quadrilateral shape shows your brain dominance i.e., left or right-brained and identifies which of the four thinking styles you prefer? The profile shape shown opposite shows someone who is predominantly right-brained with a preference for creative thinking, communication, interpersonal skills, organising and planning. This profile is typical of many personnel and human resource professionals including teachers, as well as those whose job requires and understanding and ability to think and work with many different types of people. |
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| The profile provides a very clear and simple 'language' - verbal and visual - in which to explain cognitive strengths and weaknesses as well as many issues at both personal and corporate levels. As such, it can be used very effectively in team building, communication, project management, change management and to explore corporate culture. It also provides useful additional insights when sensitively used as part of a recruitment process in order to recruit the right people into the right jobs. |
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| BENEFITS for Individuals |
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| Your personal thinking preferences influence your communication, decision-making, problem solving, and management styles. Understanding your thinking style preferences gives you a new perspective of yourself and others you interact with everyday. It will help you to: |
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Discover what makes you 'tick' |
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Understand why you think what you think and do what you do |
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Identify your primary thinking style |
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Understand how you think and work under pressure |
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Explain inter-personal relationship dynamics i.e., why you get on with some people more than others |
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Discover tips on how to influence and persuade different thinking styles |
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| BENEFITS for Teams |
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| Every organisation is a 'whole brain' in that all four thinking, learning and communication styles are represented and active within the business. Peak performing teams know how to harness and develop these mental preferences in order to optimise the thinking and communication both internally and externally. Specifically, the HBDI™ helps businesses and teams to: |
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Build teams that think and work well together |
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Effectively manage and embrace diversity |
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Create a common language for understanding each other |
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Harness and develop leadership skills |
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Establish empathy amongst the team by understanding each other better |
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Identify strengths and weaknesses in communication, decision making and problem solving |
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