The Birkman Method® Assessment

What is a Birkman Assessment?

The Birkman Method® consists of a 298-question personality assessment and a series of related report sets that accurately measures productive behaviors, stress behaviors, underlying needs, motivations and organizational orientation.
The questionnaire is delivered on-line and should take about 45 minutes to complete.

The Birkman Method® identifies the respondent's everyday interpersonal style (usual behavior), and gives unique insights into underlying motivations and needs. Stress behaviors are identified when these needs are not met. Knowing the underlying motivations and the consequences of unmet needs gives participants an effective way to improve workplace performance and reduce conflict.

In brief, The Birkman Method® includes the five following major perspectives:

Usual Behavior – an individual's effective behavioral style of dealing with relationships and tasks.
Underlying Needs – an individual's expectations of how relationships and social situations should be governed in context of the relationship or situation.
Stress Behaviors – an individual's ineffective style of dealing with relationships or tasks; behavior observed when underlying needs are not met.
Interests – an individual's expressed preference for job titles based on the assumption of equal economic rewards.
Organizational Focus – the perspective in which an individual views problems and solutions relating to organizational goals.

What is the application
of the Birkman®?

The Birkman assessment creates in-depth self-awareness, the first step toward understanding the impact and dynamics of one’s impact on others. What you see is not always what you get; understanding the underlying drives behind your own usual and stress behavior can enable you to more easily create win-win partnership relationships.

Andrea Chilcote, executive coach, trainer and facilitator for over 17 years is certified in the Birkman process. If you have not been through this process it is one that will increase your self-awareness and understanding. Andrea would be happy to work with you.

Some areas where a Birkman might be useful: