Psychometric Testing

Smith & Friends are licensed facilitators of Thinking Styles TM; - a diagnostic tool that profiles the preferences people have in the mental processes they use.

'It isn't often that you come across a short questionnaire that takes only a few minutes to complete and yet gives you such a wealth of valuable insights. The Thinking Styles TM; questionnaire does just that. I wish I had invented it!'
Dr. Peter Honey

Peter Honey is a very prominent British psychologist, co-author of 'Learning Styles' and active in the business world. He continues:

'Thinking Styles TM; will help you to understand whether you think in pictures or words, like an overview or detail, are creative or orderly, relish choices or prefer to follow instructions, are proactive or reactive and much, much more.. You can even compare your results with those of your colleagues and see how to prevent misunderstandings and increase effectiveness.'

Dr. Honey's last point is a key to understanding one of the main benefits of using this tool. When people describe their preferences - their uniqueness - in terms of the Thinking Styles TM; criteria, they tend to stop making value judgements: 'He's always so awkward' and start to use neutral descriptions: 'He prefers detail to overview, so I can allow for that at the meeting'. This can help to reduce the friction sometimes created when peoples' styles differ.

Here are some other benefits clients have noticed:

	Increases understanding of self and others
	Improves relationships with friends, colleagues and partners
	Minimises or avoids conflict at work or home
	Prevents misunderstandings
	Reduces disagreements
	Enables influencing and motivating others
	Improves teamwork and group effectiveness
	Increases the impact and effectiveness of communication
	Saves time and money

Thinking Styles TM ; reports are written using language which is easy to understand, without the use of psychological jargon. There are no 'right' or 'wrong' profiles, only personal preferences regarding how information is processed.

Benchmarking Excellence
Thinking Styles TM; is designed to be used as a baseline for developing your people. It measures preferences, not ability. By benchmarking the styles of top performers and finding what preferences they share, someone who wishes to grow into a specific role can learn exactly which areas of their thinking they will need to adapt and in what way.

This knowledge can be a great help to in-house coaches, mentors and trainers, who can more easily pinpoint exactly what is needed to help individuals to develop within your organisation.

SMITH & Friends provide individual and group briefings at which people receive their profile reports, have them explained and are given insights into gaining the maximum benefits from their understanding. Thinking Styles TM; can also form the basis of an Effective Communication programme.

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