295: Discover Your Innate Strengths with Andrea MacKenzie of Lead with Harmony (Kolbe Certified)

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Natalie Eckdahl

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4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Do you love doing personality tests and assessments to learn more about yourself and how you work? Have you assessed your team? On this episode, Andrea MacKenzie and I discuss the Kolbe Assessment, which measures your instinctive way of doing things.

Andrea is a consultant, coach, and educator who helps her clients create high performance in their businesses by understanding themselves and their teams better.

Prior to our interview, my team and I took the Kolbe assessments and Andrea analyzed the results. Andrea coaches me through her findings and what this means for my team to work together more effectively.

Part interview, part on-air coaching of me — I’m sure you don’t want to miss out on this exciting episode! Andrea has some exclusive offers to work with her too.

Key Takeaways:

[:01] Part interview, part on-air coaching of me on the Kolbe Assessment with guest expert, Andrea McKenzie.

[2:25] Where did Andrea grow up, and what was she like as a little girl.

[3:45] What is Andrea’s business and how do people work with her?

[5:45] What is the Kolbe A Assessment and how is it different from other personality tests?

[11:25] What is the Kolbe C Assessment, and the Right Fit Assessment?

[18:22] Natalie took her Kolbe A assessment recently. Andrea talks about what her report means, and how this impacts her team.

[25:40] The Kolbe Assessment also opens the door for communication between leaders and their teams.

[27:25] What are some things that Natalie needs to be careful of, and watch out for on her team, to reduce conflict, play to her team’s strengths, and be a more successful team overall?

[31:31] Natalie and Andrea discuss the different Kolbe Assessments that would be useful in different scenarios. Andrea also shares her experiences of using Kolbe with other clients.

[36:52] How can Biz Chix utilize Andrea’s expertise?

[42:11] Do remember to apply for Natalie’s Biz Chix Masterminds starting soon!

[45:18] Natalie summarizes her key takeaways from this episode.

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Connect with Andrea MacKenzie:

● Lead with Harmony

Mentioned in this Episode:

● Kolbe Assessment

● BizChix Masterminds

● BizChix Resources

Transcript

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0:00.0	Do you enjoy learning more about yourself through personality tests and assessments?
0:04.8	Today, I'm featuring one you may have never heard of.
0:07.7	It's called the Colby assessment, and it measures your instinctive way of doing things.
0:13.0	My team and I took the assessment, and my guest expert goes over our results and how we can
0:18.4	use them to strengthen our team and hire more effectively.
0:24.4	She's busy juggling her own internet business.
0:27.6	A tween.
0:28.7	Whatever.
0:29.7	A toddler.
0:30.8	An infant.
0:32.6	A labradoodle.
0:34.0	And her husband.
0:35.1	What's for dinner, sweetie?
0:36.4	In her spare time, she talks to successful female entrepreneurs.
0:40.2	And a few cool dudes about their journey and how they make it all work.
0:45.0	Welcome to the Biz Chicks podcast with your host, entrepreneur, MBA, and mom.
0:51.1	Natalie Eckdahl.
0:52.8	Hey, bizchicks.
0:53.7	Today I have a special treat. I invited Andrea McKenzie, who Eggdahl. Hey, biz chicks. Today I have a special treat.
0:55.3	I invited Andrea McKenzie, who is our guest speaker for the CEO Chicks Retreat in January,
1:02.0	to join us and give a preview of the workshop she will be giving my mastermind clients.
1:07.3	Andrea has an MBA and is a leadership and team building expert and is certified in the
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