Unlock Your Potential
with a Kolbe A™ Deep Dive
Doing more isn’t the answer
Working harder isn’t the answer
Aligning with your innate gifts is
If you’ve struggled to understand or articulate your natural strengths, the Kolbe A™ Index is designed especially for you.
We’re told to find a career we’re good at,
but we aren’t told how.
The Kolbe A™ Index gives you clear, practical
guidance on your what your inborn strengths are as well as how they apply to set you apart in your career.
Imagine doing the work you
were born knowing how to do.
What You'll Learn About Yourself
INFORMATION
The way you naturally gather and share information
ORGANIZATION
Your strength in organizing information and things
RISK
Your talent for handling risk and uncertainty
PHYSICAL OBJECTS
Your gift of handling space and physical objects
You have natural talents that can change the world
Inborn abilities that can help you find fulfilling work
Innate gifts unique to you
YOU HAVE TALENTS YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE
If you don't understand your inborn talents, you're leaving money on the table
For the first time I have a non-judgemental understanding of my functionality. What I thought, or was taught, was a weakness is actually a strength and has helped me realize the value that I contribute. It's genuinely given me self-confidence. You have no idea how it's positively impacted my life.
– Chima Odinkemere, MD | MBA & Clinical Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Your innate strengths are the foundation you need to build on if you want a lifelong fulfilling career.
This is how you tap into your natural genius. Whether you’re choosing your college major, accepting your first job or completely reinventing yourself, you need the confidence to know you're making the right choices. Knowing your innate strengths gives you that confidence.
Understanding your natural talents not only helps you make better career choices, but it also helps you stand out. When you can clearly articulate your strengths and how they show up in your work, you’ll be sought after.
The Kolbe A™ is fundamentally different from other personality assessments because of what it measures. Most assessments measure your IQ or your social style. The Kolbe A™ measures your inborn instinct for taking action and solving problems. "How you do what you do."
Since solving problems and taking action is what we do all day at work, the Kolbe A™ is the best predictor of your success and fulfillment in a career.
"I think that, most likely, I would've given up on my dream career had it not been for the work we did."
– Aspenyarrow | Singer-Songwriter
ABOUT
Hey there, I'm Shannon. And I want you to know that if you hate your job right now, it isn’t your fault. We live in a culture that depends on people believing work is supposed to suck. The good news is you have the power to change that.
This is a skill you can learn.
And I can tell you that you're not alone. I searched for the work I was meant to do for well over a decade. I’ve had crappy minimum wage jobs and what on paper were “dream jobs.”
None of the jobs felt right (spoiler... it wasn't the jobs).
The reason I wasn't fulfilled was because I wasn’t fully using my natural talents (mostly because I didn’t understand what they were) and I wasn’t making the kind of positive impact I wanted to make in the world.
I’d tried to find the perfect career so many times I thought something was seriously wrong with me. Like maybe having a career I loved and felt passionate about wasn't in the cards for me, or maybe having a career I was naturally good at was just a fantasy.
If you can relate, you need to know that it’s not you.
Fulfilling work exists that will fit you like a glove. And I want to help you find it.
My work is informed by my own experience building careers in vastly different industries, over twenty years supervising, managing, leading, and mentoring employees. As well as my own mentors, continuing education, and my studies at the University of Montana, the University of Virginia, and Stanford University.
But the most compelling evidence I have, aside from my clients, is that I walk the walk. Despite many barriers and hardships, the life I have now is the dream I had long ago. Alaska. Talkeetna. Denali and the Alaska Range. When I took off to create a life in Alaska, I wanted the ability to make an impact in people’s lives, improve the world around me, and live out my own dreams. I am indebted to the Denaʼina & Ahtna people and their traditional territory for the opportunity I have to live and work in such a breathtaking and transformative place.
I’m an INFP and my Kolbe A™ Index is 3-2-10-4. So I’m an introverted, empathic, innovative, disruptor focused on personal transformation. I’ve been certified as a coach by Kathy Kolbe, a leading authority on human instinct, and Dr. Martha Beck, a Harvard-educated sociologist specializing in human behavior.
I had a boss who said my results always broke the barriers of what he thought was possible.
Now I want to help you break down the barriers you face so you can improve your career, your world, and the world of everyone around you.
"What you helped me to see through the Kolbe test was extremely enlightening. It really helped me to understand myself and how my personality intimately coincides with the services I provide. I think for any entrepreneur this knowledge is an incredible asset to having a higher level of achievement than they could have ever imagined to themselves, prior to having this kind of wisdom."
– Corey Gumbs | Podcast Strategy Expert, Founder of The Black Podcasters Association & Black Label Media LLC
It's time to step into a new level of success
Kolbe A™ Deep Dive
297$Valid for one month- What's Included:
- Kolbe A™ Index
- Kolbe A™ Personalized Report
- 90-minute private appointment
- 30-days of email support for follow-up questions
"Shannon will illuminate the power and the potential you forgot you had. She will help you grasp the bigger possibilities that are within your reach. She won’t let you hide in your stuff and you will love it."
– Wendy Battino | CoFounder THRIVE Nation
Frequently Asked Questions
But isn’t hard work the best predictor of success?
While a balanced work ethic is important, the fact is, our unconscious mind drives the majority of our behaviors. Stanford University professor Baba Shiv says that 90% to 95% of our decisions are influenced at the unconscious, or instinctual, level. That means our instincts are by far the largest driver of our behavior. If you could harness something that influenced 90 to 95% of your success, would you do it? The Kolbe A™ can help you do just that.
What if I don’t have any natural talents?
The tricky thing about natural strengths is that you usually don’t realize you have them. They come so naturally to you, that you think they’re normal and that everyone has the same abilities you do, so you think they aren’t worth getting paid for (which is not true). They’re tough to see because you didn’t learn them or practice them. You were born with them and they happen at an unconscious level. It’s helpful to have a Kolbe Certified Professional help you really understand your strengths so you can clearly identify and use them to decide the most fulfilling course of action for your future.
What is it like to have a session with you?
In a Kolbe A™ Deep Dive, you and I will spend an hour and a half digging into your specific result and how you can best apply it to your life. You can bring questions and I can help you get clarity on any career decisions you’re making. It’s a great way to weed out career options or double check that you’re headed in the right direction before you spend thousands of dollars on a degree, start a new company or move yourself across the country for a new job. Oh, and we usually laugh a lot.
Once you sign up, you'll be directed to a page to schedule your appointment. Then I'll send you your unique test code and instructions to take the assessment. You’ll take the Kolbe A™ Index in the comfort of your own home, whenever it works best for you. The assessment itself takes about 20 minutes to complete and you'll receive a full report as soon as you finish the questions. Then you and I will meet and if you have follow up questions after our session you can reach out to me by email and I'll be happy to answer.
How reliable is this? Isn’t it just like astrology?
While I believe any avenue of self reflection that helps you gain insight and improve your life is valuable, the Kolbe A™ Index is fundamentally different from any other assessment on the market. First, the Kolbe measures your instinct for taking action. We know instincts are scientifically proven to exist in human beings. It's the same part of your mind as your fight/flight instinct or your instinctive drive to reproduce, bond and stay in community.
Another important distinction between this and other personality assessments is that the Kolbe A™ Index has a very high test-retest rate, which is rare for personal assessments. A test-retest rate measures the reliability of any assessment. This means, if you take it now and in 20 years, your result is statistically likely to be the same.
One study done in 2006, showed that 92 to 97% of Kolbe A™ Index results remained consistent over time, even after being retaken 10 to 15 years later. What this means is that you don’t need to keep taking it every few years and you can plan your future based on its results with confidence.
To learn more, click this link to access all the detailed research and validation of the Kolbe A™ Index, plus the history of the creator and the company.
What if I don't want to be labeled or put in a box?
The Kolbe A™ only reveals your strengths. It doesn’t tell you what you can and cannot do. My clients have found the results to be freeing and liberating, allowing them to be their true selves and achieve their goals and dreams.
Is this gene theory or racehorse theory?
Absolutely not. I unequivocally work against biased philosophies of superiority and oppression. Kolbe Corp is also committed to the promise of equality and justice for all. Research shows that the Kolbe A™ Index shows no statistical bias based on race, national origin, gender, age or disability and meets all the criteria of the EEOC guidelines in the U.S., unlike IQ tests and other common personality assessments that can be skewed by factors such as access to resources, formal education and other cultural or economic conditions. The goal of the Kolbe A™ is to reveal everyone’s natural talents so we can create a better world together.
"Shannon stands out to me because she really listens and she is her authentic self. This authenticity is infectious! It triggered me to go back to my authentic self as well. She gives useful and practical personal advice that fits my character! A couple of weeks in, I'm starting to be myself again. Set my personal goals and start working on them (stop feeling sorry for myself) as well as have the courage just to be myself at work again and trust that my contribution is valuable to my organisation."
– Saskia VO | Belgium
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"Your personality is so warm and supportive. It was the perfect environment for me to ask questions and express personal doubts. It was also the perfect way to turn my Kolbe results into actionable changes."
– Dr. Candice Blacknall, MD | Founder of GABA Inc.