Everyone who takes the PI BA is automatically linked to one of the 17 reference profiles.
These profiles offer the opportunity to build a common language around assessments without having to go into too much detail. How exactly does that work?
What is a reference profile?
Reference profiles give a general idea of a person without needing to know the specific level of dominance, extraversion, patience, or formality. You use them to help set job goals, assess candidates, identify top performers, see how two people work together, and more.
When you ask someone from Antwerp where they live, they will mention a neighborhood. This will give you some basic information about them, the reference profile. When they invite you to their home, they will give you their address, their unique behavior patterns.
How is a reference profile created?
Reference profiles were created by taking the average scores of the pattern IDs corresponding to those named patterns and using them as coordinates to define the reference profiles. The shape of the pattern does not matter. What counts is the total distance of each factor to the coordinates of each reference profile.
4 groups
1) Analytical group (Gear, 5 reference profiles) tend to be more dominant as extroverts and have little patience. In the workplace, analytical profiles focus more on tasks than on people or relationships and often work at a fast pace.
2) Social group (hexagon, 6 reference profiles) are all very outgoing. In the workplace, these individuals are mainly people-oriented and socially oriented.
3) Stabilizing group (triangle, 4 reference profiles) are less dominant and extroverted, have a lot of patience and formality. In the workplace, individuals with these profiles tend to be stable, detail-oriented, and work well with structure.
4) Persistent group (circle, 2 reference profiles): more dominant, extroverted and have a lot of patience. In the workplace, people with profiles in this group are generally task-oriented and goal-oriented.