Insights Discovery
As Insights licensed practitioners, we provide people development programmes that help businesses get the very best from their people at work.
We use the powerful people tool Insights Discovery to help businesses meet their goals. We work alongside you to design, deliver and review people development programmes that help business get the very best from their people at work. We believe that businesses should invest in the development of their staff and like this quote from Richard Branson: ‘train people well enough that they can leave, treat them well enough that they don’t want to’. That is our aim for all of our clients.
Insights is based on Jungian psychology and uses a broad range of psychometric models to help people communicate more effectively, understand themselves and others, and tackle the most pressing business challenges.
Insights Discovery begins with an easy to answer online evaluation that takes about 20 minutes to complete. Each individual then receives their unique Insights Discovery Personal Profile which highlights their own strengths and weaknesses, communication style, approach to problems and value to the team.
The profile also outlines that person’s unique “colour mix” – Sunshine Yellow, Cool Blue, Earth Green and Fiery Red.
Everyone has a different combination of these traits or colours, and when an individual understands this combination, and why they think and act in the way they do, they can start to work more harmoniously and effectively with others.
The findings unearthed during the profiling process are then explored in greater depth designed to focus on overcoming the most challenging issues, ensuring the continued growth of the people and the business.
We design and deliver our bespoke solutions to businesses, often helping them to weave insights through their own objectives and culture and helping them tackle things like managing change, demonstrating effective leadership, goal-setting, performing under pressure, creating an inclusive culture and building successful customer service and sales teams.
The Creative Position
Creative is the description given to the Insights wheel position of people who, in their conscious persona, have two ‘opposite’ colour preferences as their two highest percentages (yellow/blue or red/green). At the same time, the less conscious persona reveals a preference for the remaining two opposite colours.
We hope that this guide will be of value to individuals in a creative wheel position and to their colleagues; there is immense value in the creative wheel position.
I have worked with Agar for over 15 years and have come back to them and Insights as I have progressed through my career at a number of different institutions. I have found that whatever the university context, Agar's ability through Insights to help you better understand yourself, your personal style and the working preferences of those around you is invaluable.
The HE sector can often feel relentlessly challenging, so being confident in who you are, your approach and values and how to get the best out of yourself and others is crucial and has been a real cornerstone for me to feel able to cope and adapt to the constantly changing environment.
Over the years I have undertaken an individual Insights profile, a 360 degree profile and a Transformational Leadership profile; as well as a Motivational Map. Agar have facilitated everything from individual profile debriefs, 1-2-1 coaching, small team away days and large group Insights sessions. They have an amazing ability to understand what is needed, create safe environments for everyone to participate and crucially to read the room through the day and adapt material, agendas and outputs to meet the needs and mood of all involved.
I love working with all of the team and really appreciate the support they have provided to me personally and my teams over the years - they have become an essential part of my personal and team development.
Beth Beasant, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Operations, Change and Innovation, University of Leeds.
Need a custom solution?
Every organisation is different. We don’t believe in a ‘one-size fits all’ approach and so ensure that our solutions are truly bespoke and tailored to what you need.