The document provides an overview and analysis of Scott Rich's motivational patterns based on an assessment he completed. It summarizes that Scott is motivated by building and developing tangible results through his preferred processes and methods. He enjoys taking a leading role to initiate and organize efforts, and is strategic in planning the necessary steps to accomplish his goals. Scott finds satisfaction in researching, learning, and interpreting complex concepts in order to effectively communicate and impact others.

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Welcome to your SIMA® Snap Shot Report
Your work of reflection and writing as well as your Snap Shot Interview show strong “patterns”
of unique motivations. Your Snap Shot Report summarizes the key thematic elements and
explains them in a useful manner for application into your work and life.
The Nature of Motivated Patterns
Critical to understanding the significance of your Pattern is comprehending it’s pervasive nature.
Based on tens of thousands of individuals, we have found that a person’s Motivated Pattern is:
ENDURING Your Pattern emerges early and remains constant throughout life. We have seen
no evidence it can be changed, added to or subtracted from in its fundamental
character. Values and lifestyle can and do change, but your essence as described
by your Pattern does not. This does not mean your Pattern is static. In fact, it is
probably the central area for growth and development. What you do
motivationally in small measure as a child, you do largely as an adult, precisely
because of development within the design of your Pattern.
IRRESISTABLE Regardless of environment or circumstance, your Pattern will express itself
somewhere in your life. If your work will not permit its expression, you will pour
out these rich gifts into your non-work life. Use of your Pattern is the essence of
meaningful life and work to you.
If your job in any way accommodates your Pattern, you will perform that job in
accordance with your Pattern and not with what an objective examination of the
job indicates (e.g., an innovator will innovate; a doer will continue to perform the
details; a person who seeks recognition will concentrate on what gets attention
from others).
INSATIABLE You will never satisfy your motivation in a final way, regardless of how often you
have had a chance to express it or how many achievements you have
accomplished.
EXPLANATORY Once you read the Pattern of a person, you begin to understand why they
perform as they do and where that person finds joy and frustration. Many
individuals do not even have the words to describe why they work and move in
the way they do, while others have a higher awareness of their system of gifts and
motivations. Regardless, your Pattern explains your reactions to the world
around you as well as what you are truly working to accomplish through your
efforts.

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Areas Not Covered by your Snap Shot
Your Snap Shot describes essential motivations that have been, and will consistently be, true
throughout your life. By understanding your Snap Shot, you can accurately predict how you
will perform in the future, and you can target those situations, environments, and relationships
that provide a “good fit” for you.
It is important to recognize that your Snap Shot does not address the degree to which you
possess the following qualities, nor does it take into account the fact that you are likely to
develop within each of the these areas:
PROFICIENCY The level of skill expected or required for any particular role,
responsibility, project, or task.
CHARACTER The ability to act appropriately and with integrity regardless of
circumstances.
MATURITY The ability to appreciate others for who they are and to treat them with
respect, regardless of differences.
COPING SKILLS The ability to successfully handle stress, change, opposition, or adversity.
DISCIPLINE The ability to complete present tasks that hold future - rather than merely
immediate - rewards.

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SIMA® Snap Shot Overview
We have been working with people's 'stories' for over forty-five years. During that time we
have analyzed over forty thousand 'stories' looking for the structure and pattern in each one.
These are the stories of people describing things they have done which they have enjoyed and
done well. Your story is the latest one of these. We have found that from all of the contexts
and particular experiences that people have shared with us it is possible to see a 'structure' in
each person's story, to see a 'pattern' in each person's achievements.
We want you to see the consistencies in your behavior. We want you to see a system in the
way you work.
Behind each of your achievements there is a structure to your motivation. The SIMA® Snap
Shot process describes your strengths as a whole. The picture painted of your strengths is a
synthesis of the consistent themes in your life. Your strengths work together predictably so that
over time it is possible to observe a pattern in your behavior. Your pattern is unique. You are
motivated in ways that are distinctive to you. Your strengths are not mere random, haphazard
collections of things you may or may not use. You are a complex system with abilities that
work in harmony with each other.
The pattern of your behavior is a working whole that has a structure. There are five important
facets to this structure.
1. Your pattern is focused. Throughout all motivation you have an underlying driving
purpose, a 'reason' for doing all that you do. You find satisfaction when you are engaged
in specific processes, complete a certain kind of outcome, or results. This is called your
Motivational Result. Understanding how this 'essence' pervades all your
achievements, and seeing how it works dynamically, is a key to understanding your
motivation. An example of such a drive might be the motivation to 'make things work',
or 'solve problems' or a motivation to 'be in charge'.
2. Within your motivation there is an interest, a concern to move into a particular
Relationship with others, or Role. This aspect of your motivation explains how
you work best with other people, or what role with other people suits you most - it's a
way of describing how you like to be with others. Examples might include: being in a
defined role, being 'the captain', as part of the team, as a liaison, as the representative or
as the catalyst.

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3. When pursuing your motivational drive, you consistently use certain Abilities. These
abilities are different from mere capabilities you might also have. There are many things
you 'can' do, but what we are describing is what comes most naturally to you or which
you consistently enjoy doing. These describe what you love to do. They are ones you
engage whenever you have the opportunity. You do not tire of using them. These
abilities describe the 'how' of your motivation. These strengths we call your motivated
abilities. Examples include: organizing, planning, building, influencing, designing, leading,
communicating, etc.
4. Your motivation is engaged by using your abilities you prefer working with but also
under certain conditions, or in particular contexts, or in a specific environment. These
Circumstances describe the situational components of your motivation. Examples
might be: working to a deadline, having a clear goal, using something as a 'jumping off
place', where there is 'potential', in a team context, if there is a chance to save money,
etc.
5. You are motivated to engage all the other pattern components principally with
certain selective Subjects or Elements. These are the 'things' you are
interested in and enjoy working with in your life. Examples might be: ideas, information,
people, money, material things or visual subject matter.

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Motivational Summary Statements for Scott Rich
The following statements are intended to give insight and definition to the key themes from
your overall achievement writing and interview. Review these simple bullets and then take a
look at the next page that has all of the elements of the your uniqueness laid out for discussion
with your People Management consultant.
• Your motivational Result is satisfied when you can follow “your” process
and methods of development to build, form and develop a tangible response
or result that confirms your impact.
• Your motivational result also has an element of the power focus. This
drives you to “keep at it” until you have mastered the steps of preparation
and development.
• The role you were created for is one that is truly “designed” to get efforts
started. By virtue of your motivated leading ability, people want to follow
you. You do that in a way that organizes and starts the necessary steps of
any effort. You, as a moving force, are a “force” that persuades, promotes
and initiates activities. You are flexible in your style, and are able to be
highly adaptive and improvisational in your approach. In short, you are able
to lead in a way that “moves” with the situation.
• You are highly motivated to do the “front –end” learning and evaluating
necessary to get things started. You carefully research, ask questions, read,
and watch others to figure out the best way to impact the group or
individual.
• You are also able to interpret and understand concepts and ideas others
find too complex or obscure. Given time to prepare and analyze, you can
see the common thread in the concepts (and scripture)that others cannot.
• All of the learning, evaluating, and preparing is typically “done in your head”
or on paper. You are working through ideas, concepts, knowledge and
your faith in a way that takes time and is a method that helps give you the
structure needed to make sense of it all. You work hard to pull it all
together, blend all your thoughts in a way that will be unique and impactful
to the team, the church, or the individual.
• You are highly strategic. You are able to see the steps needed to
accomplish the result you want, and you will do what it takes to get the
right steps in place at the right time.

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Scott Rich
THE ROLE I AM BUILT TO PLAY:
Leading, Organizing Moving Force
I prefer to be managed by:
Initial Support
THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MOTIVATE ME:
I get started by:
Needs, causes, challenges
Recognition factors that are important to me:
Audiences, response
Environments or structures that motivate me:
Growth
Preparation time
Outdoors
Structure, step by step process
Application of effort to serve others, support the
cause or vision
Tangible results
Difficulties
Participative. supportive team
MY MOTIVATED ABILITIES ARE:
I Learn and Take in Information by:
Learning in various ways: observing,
listening, trail and error, memorizing
Investigating by surveying, asking questions
and researching
I Evaluate, Draw Conclusions by:
Analyzing, deciding by pros and cons, and
interpreting what others find complicated
I Prepare by:
Organizing by structuring and integrating
Planning by strategizing, arranging and
practicing
I Take Action by:
Physically doing
Creating by Writing
Developing by growing, adapting and
blending
I Work with Others through:
Overseeing by coordinating and leading
Influencing by initiating, motivating,
promoting, involving, nurturing
Communicating by explaining, writing, public
speaking, preaching
I AM INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH:
Intangibles: Values, ideas, thoughts, concepts,
knowledge, expertise
Tangibles: Physical
Data: Logistics, Words, information
People: Groups, Individuals, societies,
relationships
Mechanisms: Strategies, tactics, angles
Systems
Methods
THE PURPOSE OR RESULT I SEEK TO ACHIEVE:
I seek to build, perfect and develop ideas, people, and organizations to make an impact for God’s
Kingdom that display tangible results and response.
(Focus Areas: Process, Change Agent, Power)
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SIMA® CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTIVATIONAL RESULTS
BY FOCUS
FOCUS ON PERSONAL PERFORMANCE, COMPARISON TO OTHERS
• Wants to reflect some distinctiveness
• Wants to be seen and heard
• Wants to develop and demonstrate superior competency
• Enjoys competition
• Usually enjoys some form of recognition
FOCUS ON PROCESS INVOLVED
• Interest in stages of growth or process
• Process is enjoyed as an end rather than merely a “means to and end”
• Interest in planning, organizing, gathering resources
• Wants to be involved from start to finish, step by step, through each stage
FOCUS ON DEFINED PURPOSE, EFFORT OR GOAL
• Will push forward tirelessly to the end or completion
• Needs well defined objectives
• Snags and delays are frustrating
• Prefers structured, well-ordered environments
• Wants tangible results or objective verification
FOCUS ON OBJECT OR EFFECT ON OBJECT (CHANGE AGENT)
• Wants to impact people, situations, objects or environments
• Usually has ability to evaluate
• Looks for ways to change, improve, exploit, restore
• Aimed at tangible, visible results
• Needs to be in an environment open to change
FOCUS ON POWER, CONTROL, AUTHORITY
• Wants to exercise control over situations, people, self, things or knowledge
• A tenacious will, doesn’t give up
• Looks for ways to gain or keep the upper hand
• Looks for challenges, tough problems, nothing easy or routine
• Wants to be in positions of authority

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Motivational Result:
Working With:
Motivated Abilities: My Role:
Circumstances:
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Key Notes for Career Ideas for Scott Rich
• A theme in your motivational pattern has to do with your desire to gain
complete command of a skill, subject, procedure, technique, or process. You
want your knowledge, execution, or control over the intricacies and details
involved to be excellent. As you consider new possibilities and changes in
your career, look for situations and responsibilities that include lots of
challenge and a requirement to bring this excellence at what you do. Avoid
the kind of routine that fails to require any special skill or learning.
• Although you will seek to exert your shaping influence and make your mark
under any circumstances, there are some situations you should definitely
avoid. In general, tasks and roles that isolate you from results or products
tend to frustrate your motivation. Again, you want to be in a position to exert
your shaping influence. Stay clear of support roles where you function
invisibly, behind the scenes or where your work blends indistinguishably
with a group. The requirement to work mechanically in a prescribed manner
and to carry out a boss's directions down to the last detail will also tend to
frustrate you. You should also avoid project involvements where it is likely
that outside interference will alter or disrupt the plans you have laid out.
• In general, you should seek assignments, tasks, and responsibilities where
you can roll up your sleeves and get your hands on tools for building; pencil
and paper, willing people and their talents, concepts and ideas, new churches
or organizations. Although your development efforts tend to be executed
through the help of other people, you want a position that allows you direct
involvement in the building, developing, and forming processes.
• Your chief desire is to initiate the idea, plan, or activity, then move wherever
you can to bring the vision to some kind of fulfillment and completion. Avoid
career involvements where your official position hampers movement, where
departmental lines are strictly drawn and getting things changed or started
means vaulting roadblocks at every turn.
• Seek career involvements where your gifts as a leader will be put to use. You
should have some access to at least some of the decision making process in
which policies and plans are formed. A position that allows you freedom to
move around across departmental lines would also lend itself well to the way
you relate to others.
• Look for opportunities that allow you to work with initial support of a
manager at the outset of an effort, and then allow you the freedom to
determine your own methods, strategies and discretionary control over your
area of responsibility.

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Mapping My Motivation and My Context
On the boxes below, write down the areas of good fit and serious misfit.
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A - Represents those requirements of the job/role that you are not motivated to do but which
you have to do in order to carry out the role.
B - Represents those aspects of your motivation that are required for the job - what we call
"good fit" (remember we are aiming for 70% good fit).
C - Represents those aspects of your motivation that are not required for the job. Here your
'coping strategies' consist of doing what you love outside work.
A. Aspects of the Role that are a Poor Fit for me
(because I am expected to perform task I am not motivated to do)
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