You Took the Assessment. Now What?

You’ve taken a People Optimization System assessment and you have your result. Now what? In the fourth episode of our POS series, Wes & Cindy Dove walk through what to do next, using the Values pillar as the example. You’ll hear how to read a pillar result (and why your stage is set by your weakest lens, not an average), the five Values stages, why Values Avoidance stalls so many teams, and a simple plan for your next 30 days. We also share a few takeaways from yesterday’s 2026 Executive Summit. Three takeaways 1. Your result is direction, not a diagnosis. Don’t file it away, and don’t try to fix everything at once. 2. Your stage is set by your weakest lens. A system is only as strong as the part holding it back. 3. The 30-day plan: one stage, one lens, one action. Bring a small group in, and put a date on the calendar to retake the assessment. Chapters 00:00 Welcome and a recap of the 2026 Executive Summit 01:46 Why leaders learn the most from each other 03:25 Where this fits in our POS series 04:04 The two ways people react to assessment results 06:12 How to read a pillar result 07:05 Honest answers, and why we’re using Values as the example 08:22 How the free Values assessment works 09:48 Stage 1: Values Void 10:46 Stage 2: Stated Values 11:18 Stage 3: Values Avoidance 12:18 Stage 4: Values Disconnect 13:09 Stage 5: Values in Motion 14:10 Back to Values Avoidance: lessons from safety, construction and mining 15:54 What the guide has you do at Stage 3 16:25 Using the Implementation Guide and its back-check questions 17:42 Free printables 18:44 Your 30-day plan: one stage, one lens, one action 19:19 When the gap is a leader, not the system 20:29 Free assessments, the Implementation Guides and the POS Letter 21:27 SHRM and HRCI recertification credit Links Free Values assessment (about 5 minutes): https://www.posframework.com/values-a... Free POS assessment (about 4 minutes): https://www.posframework.com/pos-asse... All POS assessments: https://www.posframework.com/assessments Free Values printables: https://www.posframework.com/values Subscribe to the POS Letter: https://www.posframework.com/newslett... All POS books and guides: https://www.posframework.com/books The six POS Implementation Guides on Amazon: Values: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHQY34RM Communication: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJN2DFMC Direction: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJ7598WN Leadership: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKBCX92M Growth: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKGQGJDM Experience: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKPSY4XF Watch the video in the Leading At The Next Level community: https://www.dove-development.net/latn... Need SHRM or HRCI recertification credit? Leading At The Next Level includes 200+ lessons, each approved for credit. Email admin@dove-development.net (mailto:admin@dove-development.net) for a free 14-day trial.