PAVE Test

The PAVE test tells you which PAVE strategies you prefer when solving problems or making decisions. Answer 12 simple multiple-choice questions and you will receive your personal result-link via e-mail.

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1.Which advice do you give your children concerning their choice of profession? *

Pick something that is in demand today.

Learn something that will be in demand in 15 years.

Follow your interests and pay attention to the possibilities you meet as you go along.

Believe in your dreams and make them come true.

2.You have invited guests for tomorrow night. How do you plan the dinner? *

I go to the kitchen and seek inspiration from what I find.

I consider what I want to cook, write a shopping list and follow a recipe.

I am sure that I will think of something to improvise for tomorrow night.

An opportunity to try out a new creation – I will get the ingredients that I would want to use …

3.You booked your weekend trip to Paris. This will make for a great trip: *

Dinner with a view at the Sacre Coeur – and I will order box tickets for a dance show right away …

I will decide spontaneously what I am going to do – depending on the weather and my mood.

I study my travel guide and make a schedule.

Maybe my fellow student, who lives in Paris at the moment, has some ideas. I`ll try to call him…

4.A colleague in your team has an interesting, but daring suggestion to improve things. How do you handle it? *

I ask him/her to gather more information. That way it will be possible to assess the suggestion.

I ask him/her to find allies and work on a first step and I offer a feedback meeting for the coming week.

I ask him/her to explain the changes accurately. If I am excited about the idea, I will put all my effort into it.

Sounds good – we will try it out right away. If it doesn’t lead to the success wished for, we will go back to business as usual.

5.You want to convince your boss of an idea for a project. How do you proceed? *

I wait for the next opportunity to talk to him/her about it.

I schedule a meeting with my boss and use my persuasiveness.

I talk openly about my idea. That way my boss can contribute with his/her own ideas.

The idea has to be presented without flaws. I will formulate a detailed concept outline before talking to my boss.

6.You have got an idea for a non-fiction book. Where do you start? *

I talk to colleagues, friends, potential readers, and publishers about my idea. I will start writing once I have got a commitment for bringing the idea to market.

I start writing in order to prevent that the niche which I have found will be filled by someone else.

I research trends, determine the target group and the input I want to contribute. Then, I work out a concept.

I write my book and use my contacts to sell it to the publisher of my preference.

7.Your team needs more members. How do you proceed in your search for new employees? *

I get a general idea of the new team member and start looking for a person who matches that idea.

I talk to colleagues, employees, friends, and family about the open position and am open to recommendations.

I leave the recruitment of candidates to the personnel department to choose the person that seems most qualified in the job interview.

I write a job description based on the challenges our team has to cope with over the next years and let the personnel office be in charge of the recruiting.

8.Think of one of the major problems that has not been solved in your line of business. What would it take to solve it? *

An analysis by experts and the formulation of a long-term concept.

All stakeholders need to get together and take initial steps on small scale.

A picture of the future and the leadership make it a reality.

Create initiatives that respond to current circumstances.

9.How do you find out if you can cooperate with someone? *

Someone makes me a proposal which makes sense to me.

I check, if the person matches my idea.

I form my opinion based on all the information I can collect.

I will test our cooperation, one commitment at a time.

10.What is the most important thing for you in connection with a difficult investment decision? *

It takes me in the direction I want to go.

I can expect a long-term profit or benefit.

The investment gives me immediate and direct advantages.

I can reduce my investment risk.

11.A trip to Scotland in May sounds marvellous. But sometimes it rains for a whole week. What do you do? *

I negotiate cancellation terms and cancel with short notice if the weather forecast is bad.

I book last minute – if it rains in Scotland, I’ll fly somewhere else.

That is all a question of attitude and equipment. I am happy, if the sun shines. Rain has other qualities and attractions.

You have to run a risk sometimes – I believe in good weather.

12.What would be the best basis for self-employment? *

I can use my professional and life experience in a new context.

I’ve got a good idea for a – according to my research – promising market.

I discover a possibility with which I can identify 100%.

I find a new market niche that needs something now.

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