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Behavior Styles

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Talkers

 

What Do They Do Best?

  • Inspire others to take action

  • Think fast on their feet – optimistic, intuitive, creative

  • Full of ideas but can be impulsive in trying them

  • PROMOTING ideas, opportunities or people

What’s Hard for Them?

  • Restrictions or routines

  • Formal reports or keeping detailed records

  • Routine – easily bored

  • Re-doing anything once it has already been done

 

Doers

 

What Do They Do Best?

  • Take charge, competitive, get things done

  • Decisive risk takers

  • Fearless – no obstacle is too big to overcome

  • ENSURING bottom-line results

What’s Hard for Them?

  • Repetitiveness – doing the same tasks over & over

  • Being diplomatic – can come on strong in conversations Lots of rules and regulations

  • Opening up – not shy, but private about personal matters

Supporters

What Do They Do Best?

  • Bring harmony to group situations

  • Friendly & sensitive – great listener

  • Build networks of friends to help do work

  • COORDINATING and COOPERATING with others

What’s Hard for Them?

  • Competition

  • Working with dictatorial or unfriendly people

  • Slow making big decisions – dislike change

  • Voicing contrary opinions

ControLlers

What Do They Do Best?

  • Highly organized; they even plan spontaneity

  • Plan thoroughly before deciding to act

  • Quick to think but slow to speak

  • PLANNING to meet specified expectations

What’s Hard for Them?

  • Working with unpredictable people or in disorganized environments

  • Being outgoing/open – closed about personal matters

  • Working with others or in groups – prefer to work alone

  • Incomplete/unclear directions

 

Self Reflection

Consider the following questions about the Process of Change

 
  • How quick are you to see opportunity in disruption?

  • Do you expect (or even hope for) disruption as a way to gain market share?

  • How would you respond to the $6 haircut?