How IT service provider MaibornWolff organizes itself
The work culture at MaibornWolff is thoroughly self-driven. Some 800 employees are responsible for organizing their day-to-day work within teams and with customers, and they take individual responsibility for their personal development. The ID37 personality analysis provides them the basis for maximizing their potential in achieving these things.
Our employees excel because we have immense faith in them, and because they have a deep understanding of themselves. Their ID37 personality profiles help them to realize their true potential. At MaibornWolff, ID37 is not just a tool - it is our compass.
Volker Maiborn, Managing Director of MaibornWolff
Challenge
How do you build successful self-organization?
Distributed work, ownership and mutual respect are features of everyday life at the IT service provider MaibornWolff. Employees are expected to decide for themselves how they work best. The company promotes self-organization by instituting lean processes, guardrails instead of rules, a healthy error culture and supportive leadership.
Solution
Match potential with tasks
The company created an open communication culture. Managers know what their employees’ individual personal development goals and task preferences are. As a result, they match positions with those employees who can deliver excellent work while realizing their own self-efficacy. MaibornWolff has therefore already made the ID37 personality assessment a voluntary but fixed part of the application process.
Teams organize themselves
Consultants at MaibornWolff create their ID37 personality profiles to get a sense of where they’re at in their careers. In discussions held with internal ID37 Masters, they have the opportunity to reflect on their motivational structure. This allows MaibornWolff to determine not only the right tasks for individual employees but the right compositions for successful teams. Potential areas of conflict and blind spots are already known by the time a team is being formed. This makes it easier for team members to better assess each other, grow together through feedback, and make the most of individual strengths. Thanks to the ID37 profile’s underlying uniformity, it can be easily and quickly integrated into the organization and cooperation of project teams.
Results
Successful in several respects: Self-organization at MaibornWolff
For MaibornWolff, organizing the company so that highly motivated employees can take responsibility for their work is a win-win situation. They are valued as individuals, expand their horizons and ensure a high level of customer satisfaction.
It’s no coincidence that MaibornWolff has been declared a “Great place to work” 12 years in a row, consistently ranking high among ICT employers and regularly attracting top talent.
High staff satisfaction levels:
95% like going to work
94% feel that they can work independently
96% feel they are treated as a full member of the team, regardless of their position
84% feel that managers do a good job of matching tasks with potential
93% say that they can rely on their team members
At MaibornWolff, about 95% of the staff have an ID37 profile and there are 42 in-house Masters providing their support with ID37 expertise.
FAQs
Questions and Answers
Who is the ID37 personality assessment suitable for?
ID37 is suitable for anyone who wants to better understand themselves and others. Individuals use the test for self-reflection and personal development. Teams analyze their collaboration and resolve conflicts. Leaders learn to guide employees individually. Coaches and consultants use ID37 as part of their professional work. Using the tool, they can conduct a precise assessment of their clients' current situation and develop targeted measures and interventions. Companies integrate the method into their HR development. It supports throughout the entire employee life cycle.
In short: ID37 helps everywhere people live and work together.
The ID37 team analysis makes the motive profiles of all team members visible and comparable. It shows where the team's potential lies and where tensions may arise. Teams recognize how certain team members tick – and how to leverage these differences rather than fight them. This fosters understanding, improves communication and boosts team performance. The ID37 team analysis is particularly valuable during conflicts, when teams are newly formed or new members are integrated. The ID37 AI coach supports teamwork, as it works on the basis of individual motive profiles and can recognize and predict team dynamics.
Leaders learn with ID37 to better understand themselves and their team members. They learn to understand their own personality and impact, to direct themselves and deploy their potential optimally. And they recognize what drives individual team members – enabling differentiated leadership. Instead of one-size-fits-all solutions, they rely on individual approaches. This increases motivation and performance. Conflicts can also be better resolved with knowledge of different motives. ID37 turns good leaders into better ones because they truly understand people. The ID37 AI coach is valuable support for leaders when recognizing development potential, understanding conflict causes or properly interpreting their own motive profile.
Companies use the ID37 personality assessment for HR development, team building and leadership development. The analysis identifies individual potential, supports creating effective development plans and improves collaboration. In recruiting, ID37 helps verify cultural fit. Employees understand themselves better and are more satisfied. This reduces turnover and increases productivity. ID37 offers customized programs and approaches for organizations of all sizes. The ID37 AI coach also offers diverse possibilities to scale coaching, HR development and individual soft skill training.
How does ID37 help with career decisions or career planning?
The ID37 personality assessment serves as a well-founded coordinate system that reveals what truly matters to a person in their (professional) life through the identification of the 16 life motives. In career planning, the profile helps choose professional roles and work environments that match one's own drive structure – which is the prerequisite for lasting performance and satisfaction. Additionally, discrepancies between personal goals and role requirements can be specifically identified and tailored development strategies derived. The self-knowledge gained enables making decisions aligned with one's own identity, thus securing long-term personal success.
In short: For career decisions, ID37 helps avoid wrong decisions.
How can the ID37 profile be used in organizational development?
ID37 makes corporate culture measurable. Based on the motive structures of employees, leaders and teams, companies can recognize which values are actually lived. In change processes, it can be determined why resistance arises. With ID37, drivers and blockers can be identified. Based on the 16 life motives, motive constellations, communication and work preferences become transparent, which can be specifically considered in change processes, culture development and people & culture measures. The ID37 AI coach is valuable: It supports employees in individually mastering change processes – as a valuable complement, not a replacement for human consulting.
ID37 supports organizations in unlocking potential, securing motivation long-term and establishing a fair, diversity-conscious corporate culture.
What does the ID37 profile reveal about leadership suitability?
ID37 does not measure leadership suitability directly. It shows how a person can lead effectively. ID37 measures 16 life motives and makes visible what truly drives, stresses or repels a leader. There is no ideal profile for leadership – effective leaders can have very different motive constellations. What matters is the ability for self-awareness and self-direction: Those who know their motives can consciously align their leadership style, purposefully use their potential and reflect on risks. The ID37 profile is a foundation for modern, reflective and context-appropriate leadership – without categorizing boxes, but based on psychometric data.
What experiences exist with the ID37 personality test?
Companies, coaches and individuals report that the ID37 personality assessment is particularly precise, understandable and practical for everyday use. The IT company MaibornWolff, for example, successfully uses ID37 for self-organization. VR Bank Nord successfully uses ID37 for leadership development. Coaches and consultants use the method in individual coaching and team building.
Users describe it as a valuable tool for increasing self-awareness and self-direction that helps better understand and shape personal intrinsic motivations, behavioral patterns and team dynamics. They appreciate the deep yet easily understandable analysis of the 16 life motives, which provides a foundation for development processes, better communication and conflict resolution.
Particularly highlighted are the scientific foundation (development with the University of Luxembourg), the clarity of motive evaluations, the high practical relevance in analysis sessions with ID37 Masters and the innovative support through AI coach Jay.
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