Since 1996, B-TOPS has assessed various portions of their Team Management Profile Orientation Session. We collected the data for sessions conducted over the past 24 months to provide an overview of the 'TMP At-A-Glance'. We have conducted these sessions for 522 individuals, with an average class size of 22. One of the areas we ask the participants to assess is: "How well does the Team Management Profile describe you at work?".

This is asked toward the end of a 7-hour workshop to provide an opportunity to teach the underpinnings of the Team Management Profile, especially for those that have Split Wheels. While this assessment is unscientific, it has provided us great insight on how well the Team Management Profile is received, 'at-a-glance' on the first day of reading their Profiles.

The responses are based on a 1 - 10 scale:

We have never had anyone assess the Team Management Profile at a 4, 3, 2, or 1 since 1996, when we first presented the Team Management Profile to our clients. We have had a handful of individuals give the Team Management Profile a 12, 15 and in one case, a 20. These scores are not included in the averages below.

Overall, the scores of the Team Management Profile 'At-A-Glance' breakdown as follows:

The results are impressive; with approximately 92% scoring at an 8 or above. This indicates a strong correlation of the Profile with the individual, thus enabling them a higher success rate in using the Team Management Profile on a long-term basis. Approximately 75% of the 6 and 7 scores have major Split Wheels. Over the course of a week or two after completing the Orientation Session, these individuals raise their assessment to an 8, 9, or 10 - after they have had the opportunity to review it at length.

As a sidenote, the one individual who gave the Team Management Profile a 5 admitted she was trying to complete the profile questionnaire as Oprah would; and then asked what Oprah scored. As facilitators, we try and never lose our sense of humor.

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B-TOPS is a small, woman-owned business founded in October of 1999 to "make a difference" in performance, productivity, effectiveness, leadership and culture by providing a customized approach to diverse organization development concerns. Mrs. Jan Bearce, founder and sole proprietor, recognized the value in providing organizational development and related work with quality and quantity, on time, and within costs. Mrs. Bearce has been helping organizations implement workplace learning and performance to business strategy for 22 years.

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