See how your whole organisation thinks, and lead it that way
We achieve results through people. BTLS gives you one master dashboard of the people, preferences and strengths in your business, across every division and team, so you can harness the power of diverse thinking.
Insight: Kestrel is built to execute. Finance, Operations and Fleet share a strong Structured profile, while Innovation is light outside IT and the Executive team. Strategic leadership is the lightest approach in the business, so plan how strategy gets explained on the floor.
Strengths and blind spots
Know what your business is built on, and what slows it down
Every organisation has a thinking signature. BTLS shows yours: the styles your people lean on, the ones they are light on, and where each team is heavier or lighter than the business as a whole.
Organisation strengths
L2 Structured runs deep. Plans are followed, deadlines are met and the detail gets checked.
Strong L1 Analytical in Finance and IT. Decisions are backed by numbers.
R2 Inter-Personal in Customer Care and Sales. People who read the customer well.
Blind spots
I1 Innovation is light in five of eight teams. New ideas may stall before they are tested.
Strategic leadership is the lightest approach. Direction may not travel far beyond the boardroom.
Harmony trap in Finance and Fleet. Two teams that think alike can agree quickly and miss what nobody in the room is looking at.
Execution and innovation share of people leading with each
Execution (L1, L2)52%
Innovation (I1, R1)28%
Scores in BTLS are preference scores, not percentages. Shares here are the part of people whose leading style it is.
Culture of innovation
Build an innovation orientation into the culture
Every BTLS profile measures Innovation in each context. See where your innovators sit, which teams resist change, and who to put on the projects that have to break new ground.
Innovation measured in Thinking, Work and Needs
Teams that lean to innovation or to execution
Team Matchmaker makes sure every style a project needs has a champion
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I1 InnovationAverage preference score by team
Work
Style champions: Lerato N. leads with Innovation. Pair her with a Structured planner such as Pieter V. to turn ideas into steps.
Breaking down silos
An integrative approach that breaks down silos
Silos often form where teams think differently and never learn how the other side works. The heat map shows it at a glance. Team Matchmaker then builds cross-team project groups with the right mix.
Spot teams that all think the same way
Balanced cross-team groups for projects and task forces
SDPVSipho D. + Pieter V.Vision with a plan.Diversity working together
TMAPThandi M. + Aisha P.The customer view, checked on the numbers.Diversity working together
JBLNJohan B. + Lerato N.Agree early on what can change.Talk first
Customer orientation
Reach every customer in the way they think
The BTLS will empower you to reach out to customers, be more efficient in your sales approach and to develop higher levels of customer centricity.
L1
The Analytical customer
Lead with the point and the evidence. Send the key numbers before the meeting.
L2
The Structured customer
Be clear about what, who and when. Put it in writing and avoid surprises.
R1
The Big Picture customer
Start with the purpose and where it leads. Keep the detail for later.
R2
The Inter-Personal customer
Talk in person. Show you care about the people affected by the decision.
I1
The Innovation customer
Invite ideas and ask "what if". Help them test the idea before going all in.
Your sales and service teams learn to recognise these preferences in themselves first. That makes them easier to recognise in a customer.
Your executive team
Lead the executive team itself
Your executive team is a team too. See how it thinks compared with the business it leads, how each director prefers to be led and coached, and where the boardroom may be out of step with the floor.
The executive team mix next to the company mix
Leadership approaches of the team that sets direction
Insight: The executive team leads strategically, while the business leads tactically. Before a new direction leaves the boardroom, ask the Operations Director to turn it into clear steps.
CM
Our BTLS Business Thinking Styles profile with Innovation and Coaching measurements are all aligned to international best practice. Successful companies differentiate themselves with an innovation and coaching orientation. BTLS can contribute directly towards your success with its powerful results and reports.
Dr Christiaan MostertCEO, Market Leadership Systems International
For the leadership team
What your leadership team gets
Master dashboard
Company and team views, filtered by Thinking, Work or Needs. Division views Coming soon
Group summaries
Group summary analyses for all five profiles, per team or for the whole business.
Matchmaker and hiring
Project pairings, and perspectives to explore in development discussions and interviews.
Plain-language insights Coming soon
Optional AI insights that explain what the numbers mean, using codes, never names.
Start with your executive team
Profile your leadership team first, see how the boardroom thinks, then roll BTLS out to the business.