The Creative Profile is designed not to tell you IF you are creative, but HOW you are creative. It is not a test of creativity but an exploration of where your creative strengths lie. The profile comprises 24 questions with a 6-point rating scale. Once scored, the results reveal a preference across five dimensions: Connector, Dreamer, Innovator, Builder and Explorer. Connectors are perspective-oriented, and are playful, observant and light-hearted. Dreamers are receptive-oriented, and rely on instinct, imagination and insight. Innovators are goal-oriented, and are entrepreneurial, adaptable, motivated and organized. Builders and visually-oriented, with a focus on the detail and a need for perfection. Explorers and action-oriented, are adventurous, enjoy taking risks and challenge the status quo.
Book Details:
- Author: Beverly L. Kaye
- ISBN: 9780787989668
- Year Published: 2007
- Pages: 32
- BISAC: BUS066000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Training
About the Book and Topic:
The Creative Profile is designed not to tell you IF you are creative, but HOW you are creative. It is not a test of creativity but an exploration of where your creative strengths lie. The profile comprises 24 questions with a 6-point rating scale. Once scored, the results reveal a preference across five dimensions: Connector, Dreamer, Innovator, Builder and Explorer. Connectors are perspective-oriented, and are playful, observant and light-hearted. Dreamers are receptive-oriented, and rely on instinct, imagination and insight. Innovators are goal-oriented, and are entrepreneurial, adaptable, motivated and organized. Builders and visually-oriented, with a focus on the detail and a need for perfection. Explorers and action-oriented, are adventurous, enjoy taking risks and challenge the status quo.
We are all creative. It’s just that people express that creativity in different ways. All of us can become more creative once we are aware of our own unique strengths and preferences. Creative thinking has the potential to increase productivity and effectiveness in everyone.
Author Platform: Bev Kaye is one of the brightest stars of the learning business. Shes a best-selling author who consults to many Fortune 1000 companies. As part of this deal we will have access to her entire client list of more than 200 firms (phone number and email address), which includes American Express, AT&T, Citigroup, DaimlerChrysler, Hartford Life, Lockheed Martin, Marriott International, Microsoft, Sears, Sprint, Starbucks, Wells Fargo, and Xerox. Additionally, Career Systems International employees a team of 16 salespeople, and they will feature this profile in their product catalog. A Tool For Every Trainer: The 24-item profile is easy to rate and easy to score. It is suitable for use by any trainer or consultant and is relevant to all employee levels. The profile can be administered as a self-assessment, or aggregated to arrive at a team creativity profile. Proven To Work: The profile has high face validity i.e. the results always agree with how people feel about their creative style. Online Potential: We have electronic rights and this assessment is a relatively simple port to the online environment.
About the Author
Beverly Kaye is the founder and CEO of Scranton, PA-based Career Systems International, and is recognized as one of the nations leading authorities on career issues in the workplace. Her seminal book, Love Em or Lose Em: Getting Good People to Stay, has sold over 300,000 copies, is printed in 17 languages and has reached Wall Street Journal and Amazon best seller status. Kayes ground-breaking career development, talent retention and mentoring programs have been implemented at such leading corporations as American Express, AT&T, Citigroup, DaimlerChrysler, Hartford Life, Lockheed Martin, Marriott International, Microsoft, Sears, Starbucks, Wells Fargo, and Xerox. Kaye is a graduate of MIT Sloan School of Management,and George Washington University. Beverly Olevin lives in Los Angeles and has spent twenty-five years as a management consultant with specialties in career development, diversity training, management training, human resources planning and creativity. She has designed training instruments, games and tools of self-discovery that have been widely used nationally as well as in Canada, Europe, Australia and South America. Recently she has designed and presented unique programs that address the need for creativity, flexibility, and innovation is these rapidly changing and stressful times. Her articles on mentoring, creativity and innovation have appeared in many publications including the Los Angeles Times and Personnel Journal.