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AN INTRODUCTION TO CORETALENTS |
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What is the “CoreTalents Methodology”? |
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CoreTalents are the characteristics you dispose of to fulfil your realistic dreams.
CoreTalents are the nature, the source of all the good you can live up to - but at the same time also the cause of potential failure if you violate that nature.
The set of CoreTalents is a blueprint of your personality. This blueprint makes you special, with your unique set of characteristics and it is extremely difficult to change it. |
The ”Coretalents© Methodology” as described by Danielle Krekels in her book “Speel je kerntalenten uit – Kinderspeelgoed vertelt wie je bent” (Editor De Boeck, Antwerp - 2004) is a complete new and unique way of finding out ones personality on a deeper level then core competencies, with regards to the right choice for studies, profession & job. It goes back to 23 years of in depth interviews with >7.000 MSc (Applied) Engineering at all levels: junior/executive, fresh/very experienced, expert/manager, etc. Throughout the years it has shown being a very accurate, quick and useful instrument. Of great importance proved to be that the methodology is accepted & supported by the interviewees themselves. The methodology aims at supporting human resources professionals, outplacement consultants, recruitment, selection & head hunting officials, parents, teachers, professional coaches, psychologists, etc., helping people with their professional advice.
Essential nature of the “CoreTalents Methodology”:
The kind of plays, toys, interests & all kind of activities you liked most as a child between the age of 4-12 years old, is the unintentional externalisation of your nature, the involuntary outing of your ‘original’ personality.
These plays, toys, interests & activities have been clustered in 23 largely defined “CoreTalents” with characteristical components. They are the basis of the translation to professionally useful descriptions. |
Main differences of the CoreTalent Methodology with the existing methodologies and systems for personality research:
- the time of the examined period is about 7 years long, instead of a description of a moment prerecording
- it is not about what you would do in certain circumstances or what you do now - mentally heavily influenced by ‘desired behaviour’, but about what you actually DID in ‘tempore non suspecto’: at a time it didn’t mean anything ‘serious’ for your future
- it gives an inside view on your latent CoreTalents, those not yet developed - in combination with those already (partly) developed, bearing in mind the life events you experienced, the chances you had and other factors
- all the CoreTalents discovered are weighed, nuanced and combined - since everybody has more then one CoreTalent - which leads consistently to constructive decisions. You may see it as an application of “positive psychology” that confirms you in your individual value and shows you the right possible directions for studies, profession and job choices, so to speak as main ‘trump cards’ in your personality
- the power it has to discover the level of the dangerous Peter Principle (level of promotion where one fails), on top of the level of danger for under achievement and demotivation
- the possibility to detect the right and/or convenient trainings that appeal to your personality and thus consequently lead to far better results…
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| Your complete set of CoreTalents is the blueprint of your personality, with all your natural strengths & weaknesses and with your yes or no developed potential: |
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A career is like a ship: YOU are the captain of this ship and you must know its characteristics in order to decide which port to moor in.
The final port is your own decision. There is only one captain: you!
The sailing itself symbolises your professional career ... |
This is the most difficult thought to accept, although you probably ‘feel’ or ‘know that you never ‘really’ change your character - even not with 20 years of psychotherapy twice a week. CoreTalents do not stand alone: they interact with one another. Their combination, nuances, weight & development (!) is extremely important for a correct analysis, since the right interpretation depends also heavily on external factors in a humans life. That’s why it is of ultimate importance to perform a professionally structured biographical in-depth interview right after the CoreTalents analysis, both in a private as in a professional sense. This well structured in-depth interview is never meant to discuss the study, profession or job, but only to check and nuance the view on one’s individuality (strengths & weaknesses, wishes & dreams, competencies, skills, personality & character, life events, education & chances, etc.). They all had their influences on the personality development! And, last but not least: a positive approach is of utmost importance for effective results, because it helps people open up and accept their relative weaknesses. The goal is that we get an inside view on one’s talents, their development, potential etc. With this knowledge you may choose a life that fits you thanks to the ideal match of the requested core competencies with your natural CoreTalents. |
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