Understanding Your Responses

The statements you responded to were meant to assess (what we see as) the five ways that change and crisis negatively impact people. More specifically (and technically), this assessment was designed to correlate and measure your present experiences against the elements which coalesce (or mix together) and form a “storm current” in our lives arising from planned / unplanned transitions, shifts and pressurized situations. Click on the letters to learn more each of the five currents or ways that change and crisis negatively impact us.

Understanding Your Score

The percentage score you received indicates how strongly you’re being impacted by the storm currents of change and crisis. More specifically, your assessment score offers a single quantitative data point on the flow of disruption in your present and ongoing experiences caused by planned and unplanned transitions, shifts and pressurized situations. Your assessment score falls into one of the four zones identified on the graph. Use the descriptions provided to learn more about each of the zones and gauge how change and crisis are affecting your current attitude, posture and behavior.

No-Zone (0 to 15%)

Scores within the No-Zone indicate little to no negative impact arising from the five storm currents of change and crisis.

No-Zone scores can even signal the presence of positive impact (i.e. change and crisis making us calm and happy vs. resentful and angry). It can also represent a failure to recognize or face change and crisis given its constant nature in our lives.

While the No-Zone may appear to be a desirable landing spot, it is also worth considering what people in the No-Zone might be missing out on in terms of opportunities for growth, discovery and development (among other things).

Good-Zone (16 to 39%)

Scores within the Good Zone indicate a healthy impact arising from the five storm currents of change and crisis.

Good Zone scores denote a manageable amount of change and crisis that is creating engagement and excitement without also causing unsafe levels of stress and worry. It can also hint at the presence of significant and positive opportunities for individuals, teams and organizations to advance, improve or excel.

While the Good-Zone is a favorable place to be, it will only be as good as our ability to optimize change and crisis for good in our lives.

Turbulence Zone (40 to 79%)

Scores within the Turbulence Zone indicate an adverse impact arising from the five storm currents of change and crisis.

Turbulence Zone scores can point to change and crisis creating a negative impact that outweighs the positive. It can also be a sign that individuals, teams and organizations are cementing or codifying unproductive coping mechanisms for combatting storm currents.

While the Turbulence Zone may appear to be a less than favorable landing spot, it is important to remember how turbulence (like on a boat or an airplane) is necessary for movement. It can both propel us to new heights if properly harnessed or lead to crash landing if not handled with care.

Danger Zone (80% +)

Scores within the Danger Zone indicate an unproductive and unsustainable impact arising from the five storm currents of change and crisis.

Danger Zone scores allude to change and crisis having a negative grip on our attitudes, behaviors and outcomes. It can also expose the absence of beneficial mechanisms, habits or remedies to sufficiently calm the storm currents in our lives.

While the Dangerous Zone is a less than desirable place to be, it is also where the most momentum for good can be created for good (like a slingshot). In the words of Frederick Douglass “if there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

Your results are in!

Understanding Your Responses

R

Resentment

I

Insecurity

V

Volatility

E

Exposure

R

Regret

Understanding Your Score