well said.

"The Kolbe System and PSG’s mastery of it was vital to the success of my research. I was looking for the “missing part” of the leader assessment model– the part that offered a rational explanation of why teams of people with the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities still failed to perform well together. I knew there had to be a dimension of the human performance I had not been considering. Then PSG introduced the concept of a conative assessment and it became clear that this was the missing element.

I consider PSG’s help to be an invaluable asset to the research. Without their expert knowledge of the Kolbe System, I would not have been able to develop the necessary understanding and formulate the research questions that integrated so well into the remainder of the study. Their unbiased help in leading me to firms that use the Kolbe System as part of their human resources assessments provided a sampling that included several different industries, non-profit and governmental organizations.

I genuinely look forward to continuing research on the use of the Kolbe System in leader and team development. ”

Frank Novakowski, Professor of Management
Davenport University
Grand Rapids, MI


Johnson Controls
Kelly Services
West Michigan Lakeshore
Association of Realtors
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Hope College
Holland Chamber of Commerce
Gun Lake Community Church
Good Samaritan Ministries
Geneva Camp & Retreat Center
Christian Reformed Church
Clean Burn, Inc. & Millcreek
Clean Burn, Inc. & Millcreek
Christ Memorial Church
Agility Health
Baird
Strategies, LLC.
Davenport University
Kolbe Corp
General Motors Corporation