Opportunities-Obstacles Quotient Profile (QO2)

The Risk-Orientation Model

Five subscales form the basis of the Opportunities-Obstacles Quotient (QO2™) methodology and comprise the Risk-Orientation Model. All scales have undergone a rigorous research program and have high face validity and utility for managers and their teams. The five subscales are:

MTG Energy - how much energy you put into 'Moving Towards your Goals'.

Multi-Pathways - the extent to which you find ways around obstacles

Fault-Finding - how good you are at seeing potential obstacles

Optimism - the extent to which you expect positive outcomes

Time-Focus - a measure of your psychological time and your orientation to the past, the present or the future

The Profile enables individuals to review their approach to work and improve both the way they seize opportunities and foresee obstacles. An overall score on the instrument is given together with data on the five subscales.

The Opportunities-Obstacles Quotient Profile is invaluable for:

Personal development
Team development
Change management
Conflict resolution
Finding ways around obstacles
Potential obstacle analysis

The Opportunities-Obstacles Quotient Profile and the Team Management Profile together give five-factor feedback to rival the best clinical personality instruments. The difference is the focus placed on work. You will learn how to harness your own uniqueness and to get the most out of your work life.

In their 2006 review of the Opportunities-Obstacles Quotient Profile, the British Psychological Society concluded that “the QO2™ provides a reliable measure of a construct with high face validity. Knowledge of one’s own position with regard to seeing opportunities or obstacles relative to the stance of others should be helpful in both personal and team development. This will be particularly important during periods of change and turnaround that have now become almost a constant feature of organisational life. The measure will probably be used most as an adjunct to the TMPQ for team building and development work and it is well-suited for that purpose.”