How does 4G work?

Using 4G is a very quick and simple

process. People generally need an

hour, split between a short briefing, an

online personality questionnaire and a

feedback session.

In the case of team building and devel-

opmental activities, further time may

be spent on additional feedback, either

for individuals or for the whole group.

At the end of the process, individuals

receive their own reports, while a

group report is made available for the

decision maker and/or the group,

depending on what is required.

The diagram below gives a snapshot of

the questionnaire and the adjectives

that people need to select in order to

describe themselves. To ensure under-

standing, each adjective is accompa-

nied by a popup definition when an

individual places their mouse over a

particular word.

How do you prevent ‘faking’ or

‘cheating’?

One of the things we do during a feed-

back session is to establish the consis-

tencies or incon-

sistencies that

might arise

between the

quest ionnaire

and people's

own 'image

management' of

themselves. By

combining the

data from the

quest ionnaire

with human confirmation, this is an

excellent way to avoid any problems of

'faking' or people trying to create an

image of themselves that doesn't hold

true. Whilst it is very rare that we find

people who have 'lied', this combina-

tion works very well and allows us to

avoid many of the problems that can

emerge in the gaps between psycho-

metric tests and reality.

What research has been done into

4G?

4G has undergone a variety of psycho-

metric and statistical tests establishing

the validity and reliability of the instru-

ment. These include Cronbach’s Alpha,

standard error of measurement, factor

analysis, convergent and criterion

validity.

Another important part of the research

into 4G is that of fairness and freedom

from systematic bias. In other words, is

4G bias against one particular subgroup

or another? This is of greatest impor-

tance when considering the legal

A Summary of How 4G Works4G is a proprietary approach to predicting relationships, behaviour and group

cultures. Based in part on the work of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, 4G incor-

porates measures of people’s strengths, creativity, motivation and weak-

nesses. The model contains 16 definitions of individual’s behavior, 14 differ-

ent relationship types and 4 examples of group culture.

How 4G Works

Linking Behaviour to Bottom Line Performance

implications of psychometrics and the

use of instruments in the workplace. On

the basis of this definition, 4G offers no

significant bias against any subgroup.

The resulting research and empirical

evidence shows support for the use of

4G in a commercial setting. Further

information can be found at the link

below.

http://www.fourgroups.com/research

If you would like to see a cop of the

test manual, please get in touch with

us.

Is there any more information on the

theory behind 4G?

If you would like to find out more about

the theory behind 4G, please visit the

page below where you can view fur-

ther information and an animation

explaining this in more detail.

http://www.fourgroups.com/theory

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Who are we?

Four Groups work with a new approach to behav-

iours, relationships and culture. This document pro-

vides some background and a short to our propeir-

tary methodology, 4G.