The Birkman Method® Knowledge Hub for the UK and Europe

The Birkman Method® - an essential tool for understanding and leveraging individual talent.

Overview

The Birkman Method (TBM) is a uniquely powerful assessment, which provides direct measurement of motivation, self perception and social perception. Most assessments are powered by a theoretical framework (e.g. “people with the best reputation always lead” or “there are four types of people”) and attempt to categorise people according to that theory. Birkman, on the other hand, is a tool for understanding how a person understands themselves and the world around them - and how that will affect the way in which they work and work with others.

The Birkman Method is non-judgmental in its approach, rooted firmly in Positive Psychology. The TBM dataset provides a multidimensional approach to understanding people and teams.

For example, it has long been recognised that people will tend to describe themselves in a socially desirable manner. Most assessments either control and adjust for this; or they deliberately ignore it.

Dr Birkman took a different route; he had already realised that it was possible to ask the same questions, two different ways - with one way being immune to social desirability. He let the data that is impacted by social desirability stand as it is: it is telling us something real and valuable, as is the other set of data which is immune to the effect of social desirability.

The result is a data set which continues to surprise individuals by its accuracy and insight, and which also offers multiple viewpoints on how people perceive and interact with their world.

Instead of feeling judged, end-users typically feel understood. The results are highly predictive of both behaviours (in a given environment or context) and success or otherwise (in a given role).

Global Availability

The Birkman Method was first used commercially in North America in the early 1960s. Since then, its use has spread rapidly throughout the English-speaking world; at an early stage South American, European and Asian languages started to be added; today there are 24 languages available for the TBM Questionnaire. For the UK and Europe, the most relevant languages are:

• English (US and UK)

• Français (Européen and Canadien)

• Deutsch

• Nederlands

• Dansk

• Norsk

• svenska

• Suomi

• Italiano

• Polsku

• русский

• türkçe

Portuguese and Spanish are available, but only in their Brazilian or LATAM versions.