Spotlight on Reversals

What does it mean to have a “reversal” or a special scoring pattern? Did you know that The Birkman Method™ database cotains over 3 million participants; when you have this many people in your database you can do a lot of cool statistics. For example: the general population pattern on “esteem” is 23.36% usual and 54.45% need. These numbers are then rounded to 25/50/50 for usual, needs and stress. A reversal simply means that your stress score goes in the opposing direction from your need and is generalized as either 25 or 75. If this happens on your Birkman it means that all we can see is your usual behavior and your stress behavior. We don’t have a clue as to what you need. In this case you either show up as having a good day or bad day, no in between. For those of you who have reversals, you are just a bit harder to read and therefore must communicate your needs to us. We’d appreciate that, thank you.