Understanding your behavioural preferences with PRISM®

Last week, I explored a “psychometric profiling” tool called PRISM® and its colour-coding system (Green, Blue, Red, and Gold) to represent various behavioural preferences within individuals.

This week, I would like to talk about three maps of individual behavioural preferences: underlying, adapted and consistent. These maps offer valuable insights into how you interact with the world around you.

The underlying map represents the “real you” — your natural, inherent behaviour. It reveals how you tend to act when you’re entirely at ease and feel no need to control your behaviour. Think of it as your behavioural comfort zone, where you effortlessly navigate life.

On the other hand, the adapted map illustrates how you’ve modified your natural behaviour to fit into the larger world. It reflects the way you believe you need to adjust your behaviour in specific environments, with certain people, or in particular situations. It’s the behaviour you borrow on occasion to get the job done.

And finally, we have the consistent map. This map provides a summary of your expressed preferences that are consistent with both your underlying and adapted maps. It’s a mathematical comparison of your consistent choices when completing the questionnaire. It’s important to note that a person’s overall behaviour isn’t solely based on their ‘Underlying’ or ‘Adapted’ behaviours. The consistent map represents what you’re likely to be like in public for most of the time, approximately 70% of it. This is also the view most other people will likely have of you. If you’re considering recruiting someone from inside the organisation, the consistent map is the most appropriate one to use.

Understanding these dynamics can be crucial in optimising your personal and professional performance. PRISM® helps us recognise our tendencies and the situations in which we may need to adapt. It’s a tool that empowers us to make informed choices, ultimately leading to more fulfilling and effective interactions.

To learn more about behavioural preferences in the workplace, why not join me on Thursday, 30th November at 11 am for a FREE webinar on PRISM®. The first 5 participants to sign up and attend the webinar will receive a FREE PRISM® questionnaire, a PRISM® professional report based on your questionnaire responses and a 45-minute feedback session with myself. To register your attendance at the webinar, please email me – office@tricordant.com 

Next week, in my 1-minute read email series, I will explore overdone and underdone behavioural traits within the context of PRISM®.