Identifying key attributes that different
candidates have before hiring them can help workplaces become more productive
while the employees excel, even in the most competitive industries.
HR practitioners have relied on various
profiles, diagnostics, IQ, and EQ for many years. Now, there's the new GQ, or
Genius Quotient, supported by the Inner Genius (GQ) profile — driving a new way
of looking at communication. For HR, working in new ways is vital to helping
and maximizing organizational success.
Backed by learning science, each applicant and
employee has an Inner Genius Archetype that represents how they learn new
things, process information, and communicate to others. HR managers can use
this valuable information to their advantage to hire the perfect candidates
while matching individuals with peers with whom they can easily collaborate,
which prevents miscommunication and frustration. Avoiding
miscommunication in the workplace is the key
to avoiding unnecessary conflict while boosting productivity. Before hiring individuals to take on essential
roles within a company, HR can profile the candidates applying for these
positions. However, they must be careful during this process to avoid
discrimination while using the Inner Genius Archetypes to understand the
applicants and how they learn.
The advantages of using this profiling method
are tremendous at the beginning of the hiring process because hiring managers
can find new people who will collaborate well with existing team members. The
goal is to find the right individuals who can contribute to the business while
adding value to teams.
Inner Genius profiling is also ideal for
onboarding new employees to help match them with the right team members to
avoid conflict, boost morale, and keep everyone as productive as possible in
the workplace. Employees will look forward to coming to work and completing
their assigned tasks when they get paired up with the right people and are
taught new things in a way that makes it easier to process and genuinely
understand.
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"Unlock Inner Genius provides a fantastic philosophy
for creating a powerful and impactful approach to learning and communicating,
by truly appreciating our unique Inner Genius Archetype. What's impressive is
that this can be applied not only in a corporate context but also in educational
environments and even within our own family. Understanding our Inner Genius
Archetype provides a level of self-awareness that in turn enables us to
appreciate the archetypes of those around us, meaning communication can be
approached in a way that is tailored to the needs of the audience. Unlock Inner
Genius provides not only the ability to learn what your archetype is but also
builds on this with the Inner Genius Wheel — a simple yet effective tool to
frame communication. A must-read book for any leader who wants to truly connect
with the people they are working with."
Nebel Crowhurst - People & Culture Director
Chartered
Fellow, CIPD
FLPI (Fellow, Learning and Perfromance Insitute) Discovering employees' learning preferences,
including the preferences of new hires, allows companies to connect their more
experienced workers with recently hired employees to provide the
best mentorship possible. In addition,
connecting people with similar attributes benefits companies because it often
means that they will work better together and be more productive. In the
mentor/mentee role, the mentor can provide valuable knowledge, tips, and
suggestions to help the mentee achieve goals and succeed within the company. If
employees are doing well, it's naturally good for business and can lead to
substantial personal growth, higher productivity rates, greater savings, and
far better ratings.
Occasionally, all companies will experience
performance issues, with some employees struggling to stay up to par with the
expected quality. However, some performance issues occur because the team
members struggle to collaborate and work well together due to significant
differences in learning things. If HR completes a profile on each person within
the company, there is a greater chance to avoid performance issues by setting
the employees up for success by pairing them with the people they work best
with each day. If an employee works with someone who learns and processes
information as they do, whether they're a Catalyst, Futurist, or even the Narrator,
they have a better chance of understanding the information given to them and
using what they've learned more effectively to get things done. They can also
work on improving their performance to avoid quality issues.
When most people get a job, they look forward
to climbing the ladder to receive promotions, earn more money, and take on
roles they've always dreamed of having. Learning individual Inner Genius
Archetypes can help with
steady career progression. When a person
receives their custom profile and learns more about their strengths, learning
styles, and communication preferences, they can use this newfound knowledge to
excel in every role they take on while getting promoted from one position to
the next over the years. For those who take upward progression seriously,
learning their archetype and the specific instinctive traits they possess is an
absolute must. Not only is it the key to realizing how they learn new and
valuable things, but it's also a way for them to gain much more of an influence
in the workplace, especially when taking on leadership roles.
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""Unlocking your Inner Genius for me means capturing the
hearts and minds of those I interact with through any channel. Leaders are
encouraged to treat employees as individuals, but how do you maintain an
individual focus when addressing the team collectively? This book provides the
blueprint for achieving this outcome. It IS possible! Communicating
individually, but collectively, means getting everyone aligned sooner and
moving people through change in a more seamless way. This is helpful in both
business and personal settings. I'm extremely passionate about people’s success
(family, friends, employees, customers), and communication is a critical
element to building each and every relationship. Thank you, Catherine, for the
insight on how to be more effective in reaching people on a personal
level! "
Mary Poppen, Chief Customer Officer, Glint at LinkedIn and former Chief Customer Officer at SAP Cloud and SuccessFactors
The Inner Genius Archetypes help HR identify
employees who possess the most common traits leaders often have, such as being strategic,
innovative, and adaptive. It's also best to use the Archetype of different
individuals to understand what various leaders can bring to the organization,
whether they're self-motivated, great at communication, or even creative enough
to develop new concepts that benefit the business. Not everyone taking a
leadership role is the same, and some possess unique traits commonly found in
leaders while still learning a bit differently from others. If they can
identify their strengths, it becomes easier for them to excel in such a
critical role while working with dozens of employees each day.
Each person's Inner Genius profile plays an
integral role in a company's success. It's great to use as a pre-work exercise to
identify the learning level of different individuals before putting them in
groups to work together to learn new things. The profiling process uncovers how
these diverse individuals learn to help them become even better at
collaborating and putting in the team effort. If employees get paired with the
right peers and work well with one another while completing daily tasks, it leads
to more remarkable outcomes for everyone involved.
Completing Inner Genius profiles on all
workers — from potential candidates to new hires, long-term employees, and
leaders — is one of the most efficient ways for companies to keep things
running smoothly. Each person has a unique profile that identifies their
strengths and weaknesses while making it easier to pair them up with the ideal
team members to maximize potential. For HR Managers who take the initiative to
complete these profiles on each employee, it positively impacts the company,
leading to better results and more success.
