Opportunities-Obstacles Quotient (QO2) Profile

The Opportunities-Obstacles Quotient (QO2 ) Profile is a unique tool that determines the balance of effort people put into seeing opportunities, and obstacles and therefore how they are likely to approach risk.

The QO₂ Profile can significantly enhance team dynamics by focusing on several key aspects of team behaviour and interaction:

Bringing Balance: The QO₂ helps individuals understand their predispositions towards seeing opportunities or obstacles, allowing teams to balance these perspectives effectively. Facilitators can work with individuals to explore what a healthy balance looks like and devise actionable steps towards achieving this balance. This aids in managing diverse attitudes within the team, ensuring a mix of optimism and caution in decision-making.

Managing Individual Responses to Change: By revealing how different team members respond to change, the QO₂ aids in understanding resistance or acceptance within the team. This insight is invaluable during periods of organisational transformation, as it allows leaders to tailor their approach to change management, ensuring that all team members are adequately supported and engaged in the process.

Exploring Risk: The QO₂’s emphasis on risk orientation enables teams to understand each member’s approach to risk. This understanding can foster better communication and collaboration, as team members can adjust their interactions based on others' comfort with risk. Such alignment is crucial in project planning and execution, where balancing risk and opportunity is key to success.

Building Resilience: Resilience is crucial for team success, and the QO₂ can highlight areas where teams can build this trait. For individuals with high resilience, the tool provides insights into leveraging their strengths further, while for those struggling, it offers strategies to build resilience. This is particularly beneficial in navigating challenges and setbacks, enhancing the team’s overall ability to adapt and thrive in adversity.

A Comprehensive Exploration of Team Attitude: When used alongside other profiling tools, QO₂ offers a multifaceted view of the team's approach to work, combining action orientation with risk orientation. This comprehensive assessment can help teams understand their collective approach to projects and tasks, facilitating a more balanced and effective team dynamic.

QO2 INFORMATION FLYER

The QO2 is a powerful tool in helping members understand others approach to risk taking and openness to new ideas. When selecting climbing partners, QO2 really comes to the fore especially when making a summit bit for Everest.

Bob Killip & Zac Zaharias, Everest Expedition

How the QO2 Makes a Difference

The Risk-Orientation model is the basis of the QO₂ concept. It provides individuals and leaders with an appreciation of people’s approach to risk and how this will affect the way they innovate and cope with change.

The Profile identifies why some people:

Are threatened by change and others energised by it
Only focus on the future or won’t let go of the past
Can see many solutions to a problem and others only one
Assume the best and others assume the worst
Are goal oriented and others aren’t

Answering these questions allows leaders to effectively market and manage change programmes, cultural transformations and downsizing processes, as well as other projects.

The QO₂ allows leaders to improve decision making, problem solving, goal clarification and thus ultimately, their competitive advantage.

Get Started with QO2

To access the QO₂ you can enlist the services of one of our associates who are accredited in the tool, or you can become accredited to deliver a QO₂ debrief yourself.

Through an Accredited Practitioner gain access to TMS Global, our product delivery platform
Answer the QO₂Questionnaire
Read your QO₂report
Attend a debrief with your Accredited Practitioner
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