Introduction to the Platinum Rule Assessment

 
Taking the Golden Rule to the Next Level.
 
“The Golden Rule: Treat others as you want to be treated.”
 
Platinum Rule: “Treat others as they want to be treated.”
 

Good advice, but how can you know the preferences of others? Actually, fairly easily – if you have a method. The Platinum Rule Assessment gives you an approach that works.

The Platinum Rule is a superb tool for helping you as an executive or manager to develop productive relationships through understanding what drives people and recognizing options for dealing with them.

The assessment itself, and the reports that it provides are based on a behavioral preference model. The reports will give you insights into your own habitual behavior – how you take initiative and how you react to others. They also provide insights into the behavior and preferences of others, so that you can actually practice the platinum rule!

What it is and what it does:

• a self-reporting instrument and multi-rater tool (you can invite observer input)

• measures and reports on your “natural” or habitual behaviors

• is non-judgmental – there are no right or wrong styles, just different styles

• is well researched with validity and reliability studies

What it is not:

• a personality test

• a classification into “good” or “bad”

• an indicator of adaptability or versatility

• a measurement of intelligence, values, professional skills or attitudes

Can be used for:

• team building

• self-awareness and self-development

• interpersonal and communication skills

• conflict management and negotiation skills
  
  
  Platinum Rule Team Training
  
  Half day or 3 one-hour trainings are available to dramatically increase team members’ understanding of each other and how to work together effectively as a team.
  
  What clients are saying...
  
  "First, I just want to thank you for coaching our office. It surprised me that any manager that I have ever worked for would take the time and money to include her staff on something that I feel is so beneficial on having one reflect on him/herself and learn more about other co-workers and how to work together and work with different personalities. So my hat goes off to [my boss] for wanting to aid and help harmonize the office and our personal environments.
  
  I also found it helpful to help me to reflect on the different personalities and how to use these new skills on working on communicating on a playing field that the individual can relate to. It also helped my wife and I to continue to improve our marriage/relationship by talking about the course and also to continue to apply these things along with other things we do to continue to grow closer and better understand each other.
  
  I found your coaching style to be very calming, and enjoyable. Your peacable, exciting personality kept me interested and  challenged me to take this seriously and to apply it to help me and to help improve our work environment. I also felt comfortable with you which allowed me to trust you and open up to you, but hey as a socializer, would you expect anything else........ :) " Thanks, Denis
   

“Through Anne’s coaching, I developed my understanding of personal styles which are very different from mine. While the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator has been very helpful for work styles, the Platinum Rule helps more with interpersonal relations — a key to leading well, not just directing.”  --- J. Colburn, Health Sciences Library Director, MAHEC, Asheville NC

"Through my coaching with Anne I improved my management skills. For one thing, I don't let small issues get big any more before I address them. My communication skills have improved and it was very helpful to have someone to discuss management issues with when my boss wasn't the appropriate person or didn't have time. The Platinum Rule assessment that we used also gave me a big eye opening about how others perceive me. I recommend Anne's services to anyone. If you're open and willing, you'll get a lot of benefit."
--- Nick Creech, Director of Diagnostic Imaging, Park Ridge Hospital


Anne Alexander is a Team Associate for the Platinum Rule Behavioral Styles Assessment.