StandOut Report - Jim Seybert

1 JIM SEYBERTYour excitement about the unknown and theuntried. TMBC 2011, all rights reservedJIM SEYBERTPIONEERYou see the world as a friendly place where, around every corner,good things will happen. Your distinctive power starts with youroptimism in the face of are the host of other people's emotions. You feel responsiblefor them, for turning them around, for elevating make sense of the world, pulling it apart, seeing a better configuration, and creating are a catalyst. Your power lies in your craving to put two things together to make somethingbigger than it is sense other people's feelings and you feel compelled to recognize these feelings, give them avoice and act on are thrilled by the potential you see in each person. Your power comes from learning how tounleash are a practical, concrete thinker who is at your most powerful when reacting to and solvingother people's are a level-headed person whose power comes from keeping the world in balance, ethicallyand engage people directly and convince them to act.

2 Your power is your persuasion. TMBC 2011, all rights reservedThe StandOut assessment helps you accelerate your performance bypinpointing your comparative advantage, and showing you actionsyou can take to capitalize on this : The assessment measures how well you match 9 Roles and revealsyour lead Role and secondary Role. These top two Roles are the focal point of allyour talents and skills and your instinctive way of making a difference in the ) Your Lead and Secondary Roles:In addition to receiving detailed definitions of each Role and where you are at yourmost powerful, you will learn how to make an immediate impact in the 'll also get guidance on how to take your performance to the next level and onwhat traps to watch out for on your strengths ) Combined Roles:In this section of the Report , your top two Roles are combined to give you even morespecific advice on how you can win at work.

3 You'll learn your greatest value to yourteam and get individualized content on how you can be successful as a Leader, as aManager, in Client Service, and in ) Strengths MAP:The Strengths MAP is an action planning form to help you digest your results anddetermine key action items to leverage your competitive to Interpret your Results:Understanding your unique advantage is a vital first step in making your greatestpossible contribution. Knowing your Roles and following the advice andsuggestions revealed in your results will help you intentionally invest your timewhere you can make the greatest difference and get the greatest recognition. We dorecommend highlighting any sections that feel particularly relevant to you as youread you results, as this will help you complete your Strengths TMBC 2011, all rights reservedJim SeybertPIONEER4 ROLE 1 THE DEFINITION:You begin by asking, "What's new?

4 " Youare, by nature, an explorer, excited bythings you haven't seen before, peopleyou haven't yet met. Whereas others areintimidated by the unfamiliar, you areintrigued by it. It fires your curiosity andheightens your senses--you are smarterand more perceptive when you're doingsomething you've never done before. Withambiguity comes risk, and you welcomethis. Instinctively you know you are aresourceful person, and since you enjoycalling upon this aspect of yourself, youactively seek out situations where there isno beaten path, where it's up to you tofigure out how to keep moving sense that your appetite for theunknown might be an attempt to fill avoid, and some days you wonder what youare trying to prove to yourself. But mostlyyou leave the questioning and theanalyzing to others, and revel in yourpioneering nature. You are at your bestwhen you ask a question no one has asked,try a technique no one has tried, feel anexperience few have felt.

5 We need you atyour best. You lead us into theundiscovered 's new?" TMBC 2011, all rights reservedJim SeybertPIONEER5 YOU, AT YOUR MOSTPOWERFUL You see the world as a friendly place wheregood things can happen. You are not naive, butwhen you think of all the possible outcomes,your mind naturally goes to the best of allpossibilities. Your distinctive power starts withyour optimism. You have a strong bias for action. You areexcited to discover new things, to experiencenew things, and you know this will happen onlyif you take the first step. You don't neglect the need to learn and gatherinformation--since you are an explorer at heart,you like learning new things. It's more that youbelieve that action is the very best way to is around the next corner? The only way toknow for sure is to walk around the next corner. Ambiguity? Uncertainty? Risk? None ofthese bothers you too much.

6 You are comfortablewith gaps in your knowledge, with an incompleteset of facts, because, with your optimisticmindset, you tend to fill in the gaps withpositives. You love beginnings. At the start, as youimagine where events might take you, you feelthe excitement ripple through you, sharpimpulses, nudging, pushing, impelling you to act. As you move off the beaten path you are fullyaware that you will meet obstacles, but, for you,these obstacles are part of the fun, a sure signthat you are going where none have gone beforeyou. In a strange way, obstacles actuallyinvigorate you. You move, move, move. Your life is aboutforward motion and momentum. You aretherefore dismissive of anything that slows youdown. Negative attitudes, complaining,inefficient rules or processes--you jettison all ofthese quickly and keep moving forward. On yourjourney you travel light.

7 For you, new is fun. New is unknown, andthe unknown challenges the status quo and showsyou different avenues forward. You read deeplywithin and around your subject so that you canbe the first to encounter new techniques, trendsand technologies. "Pattern interrupts" of any kind--new ideas,new goals, new projects, new people--all of thesegrab your attention. Can they keep yourattention? Well, that's another matter. Other people are drawn to you because ofyour forward motion. You are clearly on amission of discovery, and we want to join you onit. Who knows what we might find, and whomight benefit? TMBC 2011, all rights reservedJim SeybertPIONEER6 PHRASES TODESCRIBE YOURSELF "I love taking the first step. As long as I canremember I was this way. When I was " "'Try it and let's see what happens.' That's mymotto." "I find I learn best when I experiment.

8 " "People see me as persistent. I just keepmoving forward." "I'm one of the most resilient people I know. Ibounce back fast. For " "I am constantly reading up on the latestresearch and trends. Here are a couple of thingsthat are intriguing me right now about " "I've got to say I'm a great recruiter. I can getalmost anyone excited about coming on thejourney with me." HOW TO MAKE ANIMMEDIATE IMPACT You are not threatened by change oruncertainty, so put yourself in the middle of it out. Your confidence will rise, yourjudgments will be sound, and you'll feel many people, the opposite is true. Know that you will always be an exciting,and sometimes disruptive, addition to the ensure you lean more toward the "exciting"end of the spectrum, make sure you tie your newideas, your new tools and technologies, to aproblem your team is trying to solve.

9 Showothers how your new "toy" can help them getwhat they want. You can immediately help a team getunstuck. So, to gain your team's goodwill, seekout a roadblock they've hit and give it the fullforce of your "Well, why don't we try this?" or"Have you thought about going around thisway?" questions. Make sure your ideas arepractical, stay with it, keep pushing to find a pathof least resistance forward and they willremember it and thank you for it. You are curious first, critical second. Mostpeople are the other way around. So lead withthis open-mindedness. When someone presentsa new plan, help them run with it by askingquestions and supplying them with the sort ofdetail that naturally occurs to you when you'rethinking about the future. Do this often with yourcolleagues and you will come across as bothcalming--they won't worry that you will stampout their fragile new idea--and inspirational--youwill help them see an increasingly vivid pictureof what might be.

10 Because you see little benefit in "if only"thinking, you can help your new colleagues moveon from past struggles or failures. Wheneverthey lapse into deep post-mortems, take it uponyourself to describe what good might happenthe next time around. Soon they will look to TMBC 2011, all rights reservedJim SeybertPIONEER7you, whether overtly or not, to redirect the team'sfocus forward. HOW TO TAKE YOURPERFORMANCE TO THENEXT LEVEL You see the New World and are excited by itsmysteries. This makes you a potential leader ofothers. But remember, to get others to join youon your mission you have to describe this NewWorld as vividly as you can. The more detail yougive people, the more certainty they'll have, andthe more likely they'll be to put aside theiranxiety about the unknown, and follow you. So,before you embark on your mission, get yourdetails together and practice your descriptionsof what they will discover, and how they willbenefit if they sign up.