The PQ Assessment can help you to determine your strengths and weaknesses in the specific attributes that measure your Partnering Intelligence. Each statement supports a primary attribute—Self- Disclosure and Feedback, Win-Win Orientation, Ability to Trust, Future Orientation, Comfort with Change, or Comfort with Interdependence— and may reflect one or more secondary attributes needed for a high PQ and successful use of the Partnership Continuum model.
The PQ Assessment can be used to predict which partnering attributes you may be weak in. For example, if you circled low numbers for the statements regarding Comfort with Change, you may have difficulty with the changes partnerships inevitably create. The assessment can also help you diagnose which attributes you might want to consider strengthening. If trust seems to be an issue in your partnership and you scored low in Ability to Trust, for instance, you might want to explore that attribute. (To learn how to analyze your results on each of the Six Partnering Attributes.) Each of the thirty statements reflects one attribute.However, because of the systemic nature of partnering and the Partnering Intelligence needed to accomplish it successfully, no single attribute stands alone. If you have low Ability to Trust, for instance, you may have difficulty creating win-win conflict resolution because you may not believe your partners will uphold their end of the agreement. Now let’s examine the statements one by one.
