If there was one thing that my boyfriend and I always argued about ...				My husband and I have very different attitudes to money ....
Relationships				Money
		I was going through a difficult stage at work ....				Hear from Greg Hodge, former head coach of Swimming Australia
Career				Sport

And here are some insights from top business leaders on how I.D. has helped them with their teams and businesses ...

My husband and I have very different attitudes to money.  I’d always thought it was just a case of a different upbringing and life experience..... 

Even though I’m very familiar with I.D., it wasn’t until something of a crisis occurred over a financial matter, well a crisis from my point of view anyway, that I began to take a look at our different approaches to money from an I.D. perspective.  With the help of a Link-up consultant, my husband and I reviewed how we handled our joint finances to give my husband the simplicity (ñ Improvise) he needs, at the same time giving me the certainty (ò Improvise) I need.  We also got clarity around our joint goal of buying a property.  The end result was that we changed the way we dealt with our finances – practical changes like who pays what and how, and how we decide what to spend and save.  Working through this from an I.D. perspective, given our very different I.D.s, helped us to take some of the emotion out of the situation and focus on making things work.  If we hadn’t been able to use I.D. to do this, I really don’t know what progress we could have made – and what that would mean for our relationship now.  The experience really bought home a key strength of the I.D. System – its ability to generate practical strategies based on the I.D.s of the parties involved, which makes them both workable and sustainable.  Also, I got so used to thinking about I.D. in work terms that I’d forgotten, though won’t forget again, its 100% relevance to all aspects of our lives. 
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I was going through a difficult stage at work and, on a more personal level, I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do with my career....

A friend suggested having my I.D. done so I could get to know myself a bit more before setting myself a plan.  When the results came back it was ridiculous how spot on it was!  I was shocked but at the same time relieved to realise that I wasn’t as crazy as I thought and that there were reasons for the way I behave and do things every day.  For example, I thought I was a really spontaneous person, but when I really think about it, I’m the total opposite.  Looking at my I.D. (7563), I’m actually driven to avoid the Improvise instinct which helped me realise that what I call spontaneous was actually working from an itinerary which was created just the day before.  In terms of true spontaneity, I can definitely see that that is not me. I also drove my husband crazy when we moved houses because I wanted everything to look PERFECT and I got so frustrated with myself (and with him) and couldn’t understand why.  I got so upset when things didn’t work out the way I had planned.  It was when I saw how high my Verify drive was that I understood how important details are and along with the strong Avoid Improvise drive make me a bit of a control freak.  The good thing is that I am now fully aware of it and can actually relax about the things that aren't so important.  The biggest thing for me was at work.  After seeing my I.D. I had my manager and my colleague have their I.D.s done too and we had a group session where, based on our results, we worked out what the best way to work with each other would be.  It made such a difference!  After that session my manager understood that I work best when I am not being constantly interrupted.  Interruptions really do compromise my productivity, unlike her and my co-worker who can go back and forth from a number of things and not get distracted.  Now, we actually enjoy working together and know how to get the best out of each other.  And on a personal level, I actually got the courage to start a tertiary education course and have so far achieved excellent results!  I love what I’m doing and am really looking forward to my future.
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If there was one thing my boyfriend and I always argued about, it was the fact that his first answer always seemed to be 'no' whenever I suggested something new.  It used to drive me nuts ....

I did my I.D  through work and though I thought it'd be interesting to have my boyfriend do his I.D. as well, I had absolutely no idea what a difference it would make to our relationship!  My I.D. is 5537 and his is 7553.  It turns out that we are completely the opposite in the Instinctive Drive to Improvise™, and that is exactly where most of our arguments stemmed from!  I couldn't believe the simplicity of it.  Basically, whenever I came home excited about some new idea, I would want an answer (and a positive one of course!) right there and then.  What I didn't realise was that my boyfriend needs to think things through in his own time.  When he doesn't get a chance to do that, he automatically says no, in case there's a risk he didn't get time to think about.  By pressuring him to give me an answer in the moment, I was actually forcing him to say no!  Now we understand what's going on, it just doesn't frustrate us anymore - we actually laugh about it now.   I know to give him some time to think, and if I forget, he knows to ask me.  Sometimes I'll even call him while I'm on my way home and ask him to think about something, so we can discuss it when I get home.  It works!
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Jim Hassell, Managing Director, Australasia, Sun Microsystems Inc.

When your team is running a hundred miles an hour, it's very easy for people to be focused on themselves, on their own goals, their issues and not be thinking as much about working effectively with others ...

Silos emerge and the lack of involvement and connection mean that people end up feeling what they don't understand.  They make judgements about what people should or shouldn't do and how they should or shouldn't behave.  In this context, the I.D. has been a very valuable tool for me and for my team.

One of the things that I particularly like is that there is no inherent value judgement about one I.D. being better than another - so instead of people being preoccupied by what their profile says about them, they are free to focus on other people and how to get on with them.  It has helped each of us understand the connections at a business level as well as at a personal level.  The improvements in the way my team relates and reaches out to each other has been palpable.

The I.D. has brought significant self-realisation to the team, which has broken down barriers, improved communication and has had a big impact on our productivity.

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Anneke Fitzgerald (PhD), Research Program Studies Co-ordinator, College of Business, University of Western Sydney (UWS) has conducted research into the I.D. System

In my work with psychometric test research in the field of organisational behaviour, I have not seen anything get so quickly to the core of what makes someone tick.  In my observation, when applying the I.D. System to students and industry participants, the I.D. helps people to really get to know each other. 

I see it as an extremely useful as a tool and process that quickly  hleps you understand the core of the human being - much deeper than any other aspect of personality or behaviour.

Frankly, whilst researching reliability, validity and effects of the I.D., I remain surprised by the reported accuracy and the significance of the I.D. The most stunning and revolutionary thing to me is that, strong validity exists for the system as a whole, not just the profiling tool. It is extremely clever in that it goes beyond any other tool that I’ve seen to truly be an integrated system of diagnostic profile and practical proven strategies with holistic applications (in both the business and personal arenas).

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