The Reiss Profile^© - From Life Motives to Motivation

The Reiss Profile^© was developed in the 1990s by Professor Dr Steven Reiss (USA). It is a testing procedure that identifies one’s unique individuality and allows a look beneath the surface of human behavioral patterns. Unlike the usual personality tests which merely describe a person and how he behaves, the Reiss Profile^© takes the analysis one step further. Divided into 16 psychological needs, this tool illustrates what motives in our lives drive our behavior – what is our motivation. The motives are combined and weighted differently in every individual - and that's exactly what determines our personality!

Only someone who definitively knows what drives them can shape their life accordingly! Knowing what motivates others can effectively be used in personnel management and for increasing motivation.

Walcher Consulting uses the Reiss Profile^© because it is particularly valuable as a self-reflection tool regarding one's own actions, drive and motivational patterns. It can be used anywhere your own behavior and the underlying motivations are an important issue: in professional situations, in business and in one’s personal life. Wherever it is important to understand one’s own behavior patterns - and to also understand others’ behavior – this tool can be used to enable positive cooperation and harmonious interrelations. When working with client organizations, Karin Walcher has seen over and over again how important it is to recognize that although others are not motivated by the same factors as we are, they still make an equally important contribution to our mutual success!

Walcher Consulting uses the Reiss Profile^© in the following areas

• Executive development and team building
• Increasing motivation within a business
• Human Resources and organizational development
• Recognition of  potentials and selection of personnel
• Coaching
• Work-Life Balance evaluations