Welcome to Powered by Instinct – Private Sessions.
Each episode, we’ll let you into the room where it happens, as David Kolbe invites a new guest on to discuss their Natural Advantage™ and Kolbe A™ Index results.
David will do an expert interpretation of their instinctive strengths, complete with insights into how they operate in all four Action Modes®, and offer immediately actionable advice on how they can use their strengths to thrive at work and at home.
Experience a leading authority on conation use his decades of experience to bring in real people and give them real answers to how they operate, what has held them back, and who they can become once they fully understand the strengths they possess inside.
Keep the Chaos at Bay: A 6-7-2-6 Kolbe A Index Result Unpacked | Private Sessions
George spent more than a decade editing for big companies like Meta and the NFL, and every time he landed the dream job it burned him out. So he left Los Angeles, moved to Texas, had a daughter, and started his own podcast agency to build a calmer, more predictable life. So why does someone who is w...
Ask Your Questions: A 7-6-5-3 Kolbe A Index Result Unpacked | Private Sessions
Katie grew up in a house of journalists. As an Answer Authority, she also asks a million questions, naturally needing to know everything. Now she produces live TV, and the hardest moment of her day is the one where somebody wants an answer before she has had time to find the right one. Breaking news...
The Power of a Plan: A 7-8-2-4 Kolbe A Index Result Unpacked | Private Sessions
Raymond plans everything. He is an elementary school teacher, the rock for his students and his family, and for years he has quietly wondered whether the thing that makes him steady is actually holding him back. He is rarely spontaneous, and he has started to think of that as a flaw. So why does som...
Know When to Pivot: A 4-4-7-4 Kolbe A Index Result Unpacked | Private Sessions
Eric sells pens to astronauts, leads a sales team, and is currently competing on a national game show. But every big idea he starts dies at the same point (what he calls hour 4) and he has spent years reading that as a lack of motivation. So why does someone this driven keep abandoning his best work...
Born to Procrastinate: An 8-1-7-6 Kolbe A Index Result Unpacked | Private Sessions
Ava is a college student killing it on the debate team and eyeing law school, but she puts everything off until the last minute, and she has been told her whole life that it is a flaw. She’s majoring in national security and intelligence, the one who takes over every group project and wrote a 20,000...
You Don't Have to Finish What You Start: A 4-3-9-3 Kolbe A Index, Unpacked | Private Sessions
Jenna Cooper has more ideas than she can finish — and no one's told her that's okay. She's chief of staff at a large state health agency, mom to a 5- and 2-year-old, and on her own time she's launched a block-level neighborhood organizing effort: potlucks, yard sales, cleanups, the whole thing. But ...
Rethinking Imposter Syndrome: A 7-5-4-3 Kolbe A Index, Unpacked | Private Sessions
Tron Smith is thriving on paper, but she's quietly battling imposter syndrome. She works at Airbnb, runs her own rental staging company on the side, and her coworkers call her Professor Tron. So why does someone this capable still doubt herself? In this Private Session, David Kolbe (CEO of Kolbe Cor...