MindSonar®
Discover Your Thinking Style
Are you ready to understand what truly drives your decisions and actions? Do you want to unlock peak performance in yourself and your team? Do you want to discover hidden thinking patterns which produce behaviors that don’t benefit you?
MindSonar® is a ground-breaking psychological tool that goes beyond conventional personality tests to show how you think and what you value in particular contexts. It’s like an X-ray for your brain, offering obvious, practical ideas to enable you to reach your objectives.
MindSonar®: What is it?
MindSonar® isn’t just another personality test that puts you in a box. Rather, it’s a dynamic and context-sensitive metaprofile analysis that evaluates your individual thinking patterns (Meta Programs) and motivational drives (Graves Drives) in a given context or situation. At work, we all think and behave differently than at home, or when confronting a challenge versus working on a project. MindSonar® offers a sophisticated knowledge of your mentality -the basis for lasting change and success.
History and Development
Designed to go beyond static personality tests, the MindSonar test emphasizes evaluating a person’s metaprograms or “thinking styles” and their underlying “Graves Drives” in a given setting. Dr. Clare W. Graves, an American psychology professor who in the mid-20th century created an evolutionary theory of human values and coping mechanisms, inspired the idea. Graves suggested that people’s value systems change in a predictable manner as life circumstances evolve, therefore creating a hierarchical spiral of development.
Clare W. Graves
(1914 - 1986)
Building on Graves’ work, the MindSonar assessment finds a person’s place across seven of the eight “Graves Drives” (Purple, Red, Blue, Orange, Green, Yellow, and Turquoise), which stand for various value systems or motivational frameworks. These drives show what a person values and what inspires them in a particular setting. At the same time, MindSonar tracks several metaprograms, the mental “software” or thought patterns people use to process information and make decisions. These metaprograms, based on Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), describe *how* a person thinks rather than *what* their thoughts are.
Both metaprograms and Graves Drives have their roots in the observation of human behavior and the effort to develop models clarifying the variety in how individuals see the world and what motivates their behavior. Aiming to grasp the development of human value systems in reaction to the complexity of life, Graves’ work was based on thorough empirical research. Conversely, metaprograms were found by means of the study of language patterns and cognitive strategies of efficient communicators and people. Moving beyond static personality characteristics, MindSonar uniquely combines these two frameworks to offer a nuanced and contextual knowledge of an individual’s mindset, investigating the dynamic interaction between values and thinking styles in particular circumstances.
MindSonar is the X-ray for your mind
Why Does It Work?
MindSonar® is effective because it gets to the heart of what influences your behavior and results – your mindset. Here’s why it delivers impactful results:
- Focus on Mindset: We know that simply teaching new skills isn’t always enough for lasting change. MindSonar® reveals the underlying values and thought patterns motivating behavior. Real change results from knowing and changing these.
- Contextual Relevance: Unlike tests that provide broad personality characteristics, MindSonar® offers insights directly relevant to particular aspects of your life. This targeted approach ensures the information is practical and leads to concrete improvements.
- Precision and Nuance: MindSonar® measures a wide range of thinking styles, avoiding broad categorizations. It provides a detailed and precise picture, making the invisible visible.
- Scientifically Informed: While not a traditional psychometric test in the style of the “Big Five”, MindSonar’s development is rooted in psychological principles, including Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Graves’s values theory. Its reliability is monitored, ensuring a sound instrument for professionals.
How Can You Benefit from MindSonar®?
MindSonar® has several uses; it can help people, groups, and companies to:
- Enhance Self-Awareness: Gain a profound understanding of your own thinking patterns, strengths, and potential blind spots in various situations.
- Improve Communication and Collaboration: Understand how others think and what motivates them, leading to more effective communication, reduced conflict, and stronger teamwork.
- Boost Leadership Effectiveness: Analyze and refine your leadership style, motivate your team more effectively, and lead organizational change with greater insight.
- Optimize Recruitment and Team Building: Identify candidates whose thinking styles align with specific roles and build cognitively diverse teams for enhanced problem-solving and innovation.
- Accelerate Personal and Professional Development: Pinpoint areas for growth and develop targeted strategies to overcome obstacles and achieve your goals more efficiently.
- Drive Organizational Change: Understand the collective mindset of a team or organization to design and implement change initiatives that people are motivated to adopt.
- Resolve Conflicts: Get to the root of misunderstandings by understanding differing perspectives and values.
- Support Therapeutic Processes: MindSonar is a great tool for both therapists and patients in a therapeutic environment. It helps to reveal the underlying thinking patterns and motivational drivers that could cause problems such as stress, anxiety, or communication issues. Therapists can help patients to understand themselves better and create more positive thinking patterns and coping mechanisms by making these cognitive structures apparent, therefore enabling more efficient and focused therapeutic interventions.
Ready to Discover Your Mindset?
Take the first step towards unlocking your full potential and achieving greater success. Understanding your unique thinking style and motivations is key to personal growth, stronger relationships, and impactful leadership.
Book your MindSonar® consultation today and gain the insights you need to thrive. George Karkanis is a certified professional ready to guide you through this transformative experience. Contact us now to schedule your appointment and begin your journey of discovery.
