Do you ever feel like things are harder than they should be? Then today’s episode about conative productivity is for you. Mike is joined by David Kolbe, CEO of Kolbe Corp, who has lived and breathed the Kolbe Concept® since its inception. 

Today David joins us to talk about how making small adjustments based on conative insights can improve your productivity in all areas of your life. We dive deep on the Kolbe A assessment (which we’re BIG fans of here at AE), identify the cost that ignoring your conative M.O. has on your productivity, how you can use your M.O. to achieve greater productivity in your team or organization, and even how conative knowledge can improve your relationships.

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Editor's Note: We apologize that the audio quality for David isn't great. We did our best to clean it up. Fortunately, the information is still awesome.

Cheat Sheet

What Kolbe is and how the company started 3:00

Detailed explanation of the four action modes that are part of the Kolbe A Assessment 9:18

What the initiating and counteracting spectrum is all about 15:07

What the "followthrough" scale really means 24:27

An illustrative story about two family members with different ways of communicating 30:22

The conative strain that occurs when you work with people who have different strengths 39:39

Tips for overcoming the different types of conative stress 43:50

How to be an effective communicator and play to other people's strengths 50:01

Using Kolbe scores in personal relationships 55:21

Conative families 1:03:07

Why using "ergs" of energy intentionally for work and other ones for hobbies helps you be more productive 1:09:34

Links

Kolbe.com

Conative Connection: Uncovering the Link Between Who You Are and How You Perform

TakesTwo.com

@KathyKolbe

Connect with David Kolbe

@Kolbe_Corp

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