Monthly Archives: September 2018

Retaining talent (Top 10 Business Challenges)

Clients told the Insights Group that retaining talent was one of the top ten problems facing businesses.  So how does the Insights Discovery four colour model help to address this problem? Let’s look at some of the factors that contribute to retention. Insights Discovery® uses a four colour model, comprised of Cool Blue, Fiery Red, Earth Green and Sunshine Yellow energies, to describe people’s strengths, styles and team contributions. The unique combination of these helps to determine why we each think and behave the way we do. It is important that employees are able to do their job well. An individual for whom Cool Blue energy is dominant may be best equipped to ensure that staff have access to the resources and knowledge of company processes and procedures that they need in order to perform well in their role. In contrast …

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Increasing Profitability (Top 10 Business Challenges)

In a survey of top companies, The Insights Group found that increasing profitability was one of the top ten challenges facing businesses. So how does Insights Discovery help here? Insights Discovery® uses a four colour model, comprised of Cool Blue, Fiery Red, Earth Green and Sunshine Yellow energies, to describe people’s strengths, styles and team contributions. The unique combination of these helps to determine why we each think and behave the way we do. A person who leads with Sunshine Yellow energy might produce a fountain of ideas on how to make a business more profitable. They may hit upon the ideal solution, but it might take an individual who leads with Fiery Red energy to take the decisive step to identify this idea and drive it into action. While someone who has a preference for Fiery Red energy would probably …

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Top 10 Business Challenges

In a survey of a range of businesses, the Insights Group identified the top 10 challenges that are common to businesses across a range of sizes and cultures.  So there is a pretty good chance that your biggest challenges can be found in this list below.  They are: Increasing Profitability Retaining Talent Making Organisational Change Cost Reduction Changes in Personnel – People Joining Increasing Agility Getting the Best Out of Our People Generating Revenue Changes in Personnel – People Leaving Productive Relationships In no particular order (where have we heard that before…) we are publishing a series of blogs considering one of these challenges and offering ideas on how the self-awareness offered by the Insights Discovery®  profile can be applied to each one.  As they are published, each one will be linked to the list above. Performance – Workplace Development is …

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