HOW YOU ARE WIRED

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Most assessments measure personality or preference. This one measures how you naturally take action. It reveals the instinctive patterns that shape how you solve problems, communicate, make decisions, and move work forward.

These instincts influence performance more than skill or experience, yet they are rarely evaluated. When leaders finally see them, the root cause of communication breakdowns, slow execution, and repeated frustration becomes clear. 

Even if you could not explain why certain moments felt harder than they should. These situations reveal how you are wired to take action and why misalignment slows teams down.

Fact Finder

You were asked to make a decision without enough information. You felt stalled or pressured to guess. Business cost: delays, rework, and unclear expectations.

Or you were flooded with detail you did not need. You felt sidetracked. Business cost: lost time and confused priorities.

Follow Thru

A project had shifting steps and no structure. You did the organizing yourself just to keep things moving. Business cost: bottlenecks and overdependence on you.

Or someone handed you a rigid plan that did not match reality. You felt restricted. Business cost: stalled progress and frustration on both sides.

Quick Start

You pushed for momentum and took action. Others slowed you down with more planning. Business cost: missed opportunities and stalled initiatives.

Or the pace changed faster than you could stabilize. You felt rushed or overwhelmed. Business cost: inconsistent execution and burnout.

Implementor

A concept finally clicked after you saw it mapped or demonstrated. You felt aligned. Business cost: delays until clarity is created.

Or someone needed a physical example when you could visualize it mentally. You felt disconnected.

Business cost: miscommunication and duplicated effort.

These instinctive patterns influence how work gets done. Each person uses all four, but in different intensities:

* Fact Finder: How you gather and share information 

* Follow Thru: How you organize and structure work 

* Quick Start: How you handle change and uncertainty 

* Implementor: How you work with space and tangible solutions

This explains why two capable people can approach the same task in completely different ways.

Instinctive strengths affect:

• communication 

• decision making 

• delegation 

• workflow 

• task ownership 

• problem solving 

• adaptability 

• consistency

When instincts match the work, performance becomes easier, faster, and more reliable. When they do not, friction grows and leaders feel the weight.

Understanding how you are wired is the first step toward reducing unnecessary frustration and increasing clarity across your organization.

Discover how you are wired to take action.

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