In past, many organizations have relied on generic personality profiling tools to assess, recruit and manage their employees. Though these tools have garnered a certain measure of success, there were many flaws that needed to be addressed for increased workplace relevance.

In view of these concerns, First Quatermain has developed THREE tools and has blended them into an integrated schema known as Synergistic Organization of Unique People (S.O.U.P) Model.

This integrated model has been developed holistically for application in a workplace context. The three tools are:

1.WorkACTIONS Map

2.WorkSMARTS Map

3.Nature of Effective Organization (NEO) Profile

WorkACTIONS Map:

The WorkACTIONS Map was developed based on premise that a human resource profile tool must:

1. Be Relevant in a Workplace Context. It was discovered that there is a degree of dissimilarity in a person’s attitudes and behavior when at work, as compared to outside workplace.

For example, an employee who is very passionate about playing golf may not necessarily bring this passion and enthusiasm into his/her workplace.

2. Focus on Line of ACTIONS rather than just Personalities. In most profiling tools, potential employees are selected, based partly on assessment of their suitable personalities. Though this can help increase success of recruiting suitable talents, it is still rather myopic in nature.

In contrast, Map’s emphasis is on analyzing individual’s thought processes and line of actions he/she will undertake in problem solving.

3. Support Organization’s Strategic HRM Framework. The WorkACTIONS Map (as part of holistic SOUP Model) was developed to facilitate strategic human resource management within an organization.

For example, senior management can use Map to select suitable personnel when building project teams. As different strategies and environments call for a certain mix of people in a team, Map can heighten success rate of choosing right people for right situations.

WorkSMARTS Map:

Based on seminal research work by Harvard’s Prof. Howard Gardner, First Quatermain has adapted and re-defined concept of Multiple Intelligences for workplace relevance.

Prof. Gardner's research states that there are several kinds of intelligences (or SMARTS) inherent and nurtured within an individual. This set of intelligences will determine individual’s ways of carrying out certain tasks, learning styles, job preferences and more.

WorkSMARTS Map consists of these FIVE types of Intelligences. They are:

·Logical/Mathematical Intelligence ·Visual/Vision Intelligence ·Interpersonal Intelligence ·Intrapersonal Intelligence ·Linguistic Intelligence

WorkSMARTS Map was developed for organizational use based on following factors:

1. Different SMARTS for Different Job Functions. With application of WorkSMARTS Map, an organization can place right people with appropriate mix of intelligences for specific job functions and responsibilities.

2. Unique set of SMARTS, Unique way of Organizational Learning. This realization will enable an organization to disseminate information effectively and develop appropriate corporate training methodology for staff.

Last night I was reading latest issue of Forbes magazine.

It's an awesome magazine and this specific issue was about a group of 620 people that have something in common.

They're all billionaires.

I started reading story of first person they were featuring and as I got deeper and deeper in story, powerful success insights jumped out to me that I wanted to share with you.

The story was about Dietrich Mateschitz.

I didn't recognize his name either, but reading further I recognized what he’d built.

Have you seen energy drink 'Red Bull' that's been a huge hit in U.S. and worldwide over last 5 or so years?

That’s' what he started and now he's worth a whopping 2 BILLIION dollars. But here's what important:

I want to share with you 3 success insights that I isolated in his remarkable success story that YOU can use in your life and business starting today.

You ready? Awesome, let's go.

1) Taking Long-Term View - So many people act on an idea, do it for a month, it doesn't 'work', so they go on to another idea, it doesn't 'work' and they repeat this vicious cycle for most of their adult lives.

Immediate gratification is desire of too many people. I know this as much as anyone because I’d been very guilty of this myself years go.

Let me quote from article: "For next 3 years Mateschitz tinkered with drink formula and developed a marketing strategy."

Mateschitz and all GREAT entrepreneurs take a LONG-TERM VIEW, not a week- or month-long view. They realize great things take time to evolve, to build.

They realize they need to make a ton of mistakes in order to discover what works. So many of us have had million dollar ideas and we gave up on them MUCH too soon.

Look at your idea over a 1-year view, 3-year view, or even more. It will give you 'room’ you need to grow yourself and your business.