A number of our Network Members have recently got in touch with questions about Split Wheels. Here are some of the common questions that came up, along with how to answer them!
Q. What is a Split Wheel?
A. The majority of Team Management Profiles (TMPs) result in major and related role preferences that are adjacent on the Team Management Wheel. In the picture below the major role is Assessor-Developer, with the related roles of Explorer-Promoter and Thruster-Organiser falling either side.
However, on some occasions the TMP results in a 2-way Split Wheel (where there are 2 adjacent roles and one non-adjacent) or a 3-way Split Wheel (where all roles are non-adjacent).
Q. How should I explain a Split Wheel to my client?
A. A simple way of explaining a Split Wheel is that the respondent likes to work in different parts of the Wheel.
For example, if someone has an Assessor-Developer major role with related roles in Reporter-Adviser and Explorer-Promoter, it could be explained in terms of: ‘The main thing you like to do is assess and develop ideas, however, you like to make sure the ideas are based on gathering plenty of information and that you spend time exploring the ideas with others’.
Q. Why do Split Wheels occur?
A. Split Wheels can only occur when one or more of the RIDO net scores are below 9. (Remember, if all four RIDO net scores are above 9, the two related roles automatically fall either side of the major role).
Additionally, Split Wheels will only occur when the major role is in the inner part of the Wheel, so when a person has a Split Wheel, the first thing you know is that their major role is in the inner part of the 16-Fold Model.
A person with an outer Wheel work preference will never have a Split Wheel. This is because the outer sectors of the Wheel are composed of work preference measures that reinforce one another by pulling in the same direction. Inner Wheel sectors consist of letter codes that pull in different directions and this can cause a Split Wheel.
For example, an Outer-Wheel Thruster-Organiser (EPAS) has all four constructs of E, A, S and P pulling towards the Organising part of the Wheel. Whereas the Inner-Wheel Thruster-Organiser (ICAS) has the A and S pulling towards the Organising sector but the I and the C pulling back towards the Advising side of the Wheel.
Let’s consider a person with the following set of net scores:
I:20 C:7 A:12 S:2
Their major role is Thruster-Organiser. To obtain their related roles, we firstly change the lowest net score, which is for the S-F continuum, to the opposite preference measure (i.e. from S to F). The first related role is, therefore, ICAF, which is Creator-Innovator.
To obtain the second related role, it’s necessary to change the second lowest score which is on the P-C continuum, which will give a second related role of IPAS, which is Concluder-Producer. This Split Wheel is common in R & D people who have a preference for Innovating, but have also learnt through experience that they have to do some Organising to get their ideas into action.
Another interesting aspect is that you can only get a Split Wheel where one or both of the defining constructs has a score of below 9. (Each sector of the Team Management Wheel has two defining constructs. For example the Thruster-Organiser sector is defined by the Analytical and Structured construct. That is, Analytical decision-making and Structured organisation are common to both the inner and outer wheel Thruster-Organiser).
Back to our previous example, in the case of our I:20 C:7 A:12 S:2 Thruster-Organiser. If they had the following set of scores:
I:2 C:7 A:12 S:20
The related roles would fall either side of the major role - ECAS, Assessor-Developer, and IPAS, Concluder-Producer, since neither of the defining constructs has a score below 9.
In summary, Split Wheels occur when the following two conditions happen:
1. The person’s major role is in the inner part of the 16-Fold Model; and
2. One or both of the defining constructs has a score of below 9.
Q. How common are Split Wheels?
A. In the current worldwide database 19% of people have a 2-way Split Wheel and 3% have a 3-way Split Wheel.
Q. Where can I find further information?
A. If you’d like some further information on the breakdown of Split Wheels, please refer to the Team Management Systems Research Manual. The article TMPQ: Worldwide Database Split Wheel Analysis shows some interesting facts on Split Wheels. For example, did you know that over 60% of Controller-Inspectors have a Split Wheel? At the other end of the spectrum, only 7% of Concluder-Producers have a Split Wheel.
Q. What is a Split Wheel?
A. The majority of Team Management Profiles (TMPs) result in major and related role preferences that are adjacent on the Team Management Wheel. In the picture below the major role is Assessor-Developer, with the related roles of Explorer-Promoter and Thruster-Organiser falling either side.
Adjacent Role Preferences
However, on some occasions the TMP results in a 2-way Split Wheel (where there are 2 adjacent roles and one non-adjacent) or a 3-way Split Wheel (where all roles are non-adjacent).
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2-way Split Wheel
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3-way Split Wheel
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A. A simple way of explaining a Split Wheel is that the respondent likes to work in different parts of the Wheel.
For example, if someone has an Assessor-Developer major role with related roles in Reporter-Adviser and Explorer-Promoter, it could be explained in terms of: ‘The main thing you like to do is assess and develop ideas, however, you like to make sure the ideas are based on gathering plenty of information and that you spend time exploring the ideas with others’.
Q. Why do Split Wheels occur?
A. Split Wheels can only occur when one or more of the RIDO net scores are below 9. (Remember, if all four RIDO net scores are above 9, the two related roles automatically fall either side of the major role).
Additionally, Split Wheels will only occur when the major role is in the inner part of the Wheel, so when a person has a Split Wheel, the first thing you know is that their major role is in the inner part of the 16-Fold Model.
A person with an outer Wheel work preference will never have a Split Wheel. This is because the outer sectors of the Wheel are composed of work preference measures that reinforce one another by pulling in the same direction. Inner Wheel sectors consist of letter codes that pull in different directions and this can cause a Split Wheel.
For example, an Outer-Wheel Thruster-Organiser (EPAS) has all four constructs of E, A, S and P pulling towards the Organising part of the Wheel. Whereas the Inner-Wheel Thruster-Organiser (ICAS) has the A and S pulling towards the Organising sector but the I and the C pulling back towards the Advising side of the Wheel.
16-Fold Model
Let’s consider a person with the following set of net scores:
I:20 C:7 A:12 S:2
Their major role is Thruster-Organiser. To obtain their related roles, we firstly change the lowest net score, which is for the S-F continuum, to the opposite preference measure (i.e. from S to F). The first related role is, therefore, ICAF, which is Creator-Innovator.
To obtain the second related role, it’s necessary to change the second lowest score which is on the P-C continuum, which will give a second related role of IPAS, which is Concluder-Producer. This Split Wheel is common in R & D people who have a preference for Innovating, but have also learnt through experience that they have to do some Organising to get their ideas into action.
Another interesting aspect is that you can only get a Split Wheel where one or both of the defining constructs has a score of below 9. (Each sector of the Team Management Wheel has two defining constructs. For example the Thruster-Organiser sector is defined by the Analytical and Structured construct. That is, Analytical decision-making and Structured organisation are common to both the inner and outer wheel Thruster-Organiser).
Back to our previous example, in the case of our I:20 C:7 A:12 S:2 Thruster-Organiser. If they had the following set of scores:
I:2 C:7 A:12 S:20
The related roles would fall either side of the major role - ECAS, Assessor-Developer, and IPAS, Concluder-Producer, since neither of the defining constructs has a score below 9.
In summary, Split Wheels occur when the following two conditions happen:
1. The person’s major role is in the inner part of the 16-Fold Model; and
2. One or both of the defining constructs has a score of below 9.
Q. How common are Split Wheels?
A. In the current worldwide database 19% of people have a 2-way Split Wheel and 3% have a 3-way Split Wheel.
Q. Where can I find further information?
A. If you’d like some further information on the breakdown of Split Wheels, please refer to the Team Management Systems Research Manual. The article TMPQ: Worldwide Database Split Wheel Analysis shows some interesting facts on Split Wheels. For example, did you know that over 60% of Controller-Inspectors have a Split Wheel? At the other end of the spectrum, only 7% of Concluder-Producers have a Split Wheel.
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