The Birkman Method

The Birkman is a multi-faceted personality assessment that provides a unique and in-depth look into either the individual or the relationships among two or more persons. It is especially helpful for marriage and premarital counseling, career counseling (suitable for adults and older teens), life coaching, and team building within an organization. It is can be used in conjunction with other methods of counseling or on its own to determine career focus or to enhance self-understanding,

What is the Birkman Method?

The Birkman Method consists of 298-question personality assessment and a series of related reports sets that facilitate team bilding, executive coaching leadership development, career counseling and interpersonal conflict resolution. The Birkman Method combines motivational, behavioral and interest evaluation into one single assessment, which proides a multi-dimensional and comprehensive analysis, thus reduccing the need for multiple assessments. The questionnaire is delivered on-line and should take about 45 minutes to complete. It hs been translated into 11 languages in addition to English.

Delving Deeper

Through a combination of regression and factor analysis, The Birkman Method identifies the respondent’s everyday interpersonal style (usual behavior), and unlike most other popular assessments, gives unique insights into underlying motivations and needs. Stress behaviors are identified when these needs are not met. Knowing the underlying motivations and the consequence of unmet need gives the coach, consultant counselor and organizational development professional an effective way to improve workplace performance and reduce conflict.

 In brief, The Birkman Method includes the five following major perspective:

  • An individual’s effective behavioral style of dealing with relationships and tasks.

  • An indvidual’’s expectations of how relationships and social situations should be governed in context of the relationship or situation.

  • An individual’s ineffective style of dealing with relationships or tasks; behavior when underlying needs are not met.

  • An individual’s expressed preference for job titles based on he assumption of equal economic rewards.

  • The perspective in which an individual views problems and solutions relating to organizational goals.

The Birkman Report Sets

The Birkman Method is delivered on-line. You can access a variety of different reports and have the flexibility to combine reports specific to your needs. These insightful reports are designed to be used by Birkman Certifies Consultants and those that have received training in The Birkman Method.

  • Pre-Employment

  • Individual Development

  • Team Building

  • Team Development

  • Career Guidance

  • Career Management

  • Career Transition

  • Coaching

  • Executive Coaching

  • Leadership Development

The Coaching Report was introduced in 2006 and gives executive coaches and human resources professionals a powerful tool based on the analytic power of The Birkman Method.. However, Coaching Report does not require any special knowledge of the scales and measurements and is written in plain English. It can be used by coaches without any specific training and is easily understood by their coaches without any specific training and i easily understood by their coachees.

A Wide Range of Applications

As the premier’s non-clinical instrument for measuring human behavior and occupational strengths, the Birkman provides a wide range of applications including:

  • Conflict Managment

  • Stress Management

  • Culture Management

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Workplace Diversity

  • Sccesson Planning

  • Crisis Management

  • Retirement Planning

  • Marital Counseling

  • Counseling

Who offers The Birkman Method?

Hannah Johnson

M.A., LPC-A, Health Coach