Fundamental interpersonal relations orientation

They're very popular.

DISC, MBTI, Enneagram, FIRO-B, these are all great assessments, but they were really validated to do coaching and to work within teams, not to do pre-employment assessment.

So I began to put together my own plan, I guess, for how could I best use assessment and not just have it be because it was flashy, sizzle, or affordable, I was like, what would be the most strongest assessments across a variety of different types of things we could assess for? based on construct validity and test-retest reliability.

And I began then to select a number of different assessments from different publishers so that you could cross-validate and not rely on one instrument.

And they combine all this real-time behavioral data with psychological profiling.

They mention the FIRO-B questionnaire.

What is FIRO-B?

It stands for Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Behavior.

Quite a mouthful.

It basically measures an individual's fundamental psychological needs across three dimensions: the need for inclusion, so do I belong? The need for control, do I have agency? And the need for affection, am I valued personally?

Wow.

By mapping everyone's FIRO-B scores against their sociometric badge data, you can build a mathematical model of exactly where a team's friction is coming from.