Personality Plus: Understanding Your Individual Leadership Style

Personality Plus: Understanding Your Individual Leadership Style Mary Byers

Open (Relationship oriented) Indirect (Slow paced) Direct (Fast paced) Self-contained (Task oriented)

Openness: Ease with which person shows emotion and responds to other people • Animated facial expressions and gestures

Openness: Ease with which person shows emotion and responds to others people • Animated facial expressions and gestures • Easily show emotions

Openness: Ease with which person shows emotion and responds to others people • Animated facial expressions and gestures • Easily show emotions • Huggers, hand shakers and touchers

Openness: Ease with which person shows emotion and responds to others people • Animated facial expressions and gestures • Easily show emotions • Huggers, hand shakers and touchers • Others would describe as outgoing

Openness: Ease with which person shows emotion and responds to others people • Animated facial expressions and gestures • Easily show emotions • Huggers, hand shakers and touchers • Others would describe as outgoing • Informal, first-name basis

Openness: Ease with which person shows emotion and responds to others • Animated facial expressions and gestures • Easily show emotions • Huggers, hand shakers and touchers • Others would describe as outgoing • Informal, first-name basis • Loose, amusing conversations

Openness: Ease with which person shows emotion and responds to others • Animated facial expressions and gestures • Easily show emotions • Huggers, hand shakers and touchers • Others would describe as outgoing • Informal, first-name basis • Loose, amusing conversations • Go with hunches (feelings)

Self-contained: • Do not readily show emotions (poker face)

Self-contained: • Do not readily show emotions (poker face) • Hard to get to know

Self-contained: • Do not readily show emotions (poker face) • Hard to get to know • Task-oriented, rarely stray from business

Self-contained: • Do not readily show emotions (poker face) • Hard to get to know • Task-oriented, rarely stray from business in conversations • Don’t like wasting time. Follow plans.

Self-contained: • Do not readily show emotions (poker face) • Hard to get to know • Task-oriented, rarely stray from business • Don’t like wasting time. Follow plans. • Fact-oriented decision makers.

Directness: amount of control a person attempts to exert over people and situations • Forceful Type A personalities

Directness: amount of control a person attempts to exert over people and situations • Forceful Type A personalities • Outspoken communicators; often dominate meetings

Directness: amount of control a person attempts to exert over people and situations • Forceful Type A personalities • Outspoken communicators; often dominate meetings • Competitive, impatient, confronter

Directness: amount of control a person attempts to exert over people and situations • Forceful Type A personalities • Outspoken communicators; often dominate meetings • Competitive, impatient, confronter • Hold eye contact, firm handshake

Directness: amount of control a person attempts to exert over people and situations • Forceful Type A personalities • Outspoken communicators; often dominate meetings • Competitive, impatient, confronter • Hold eye contact, firm handshake • Thrive on accomplishment

Directness: amount of control a person attempts to exert over people and situations • Forceful Type A personalities • Outspoken communicators; often dominate meetings • Competitive, impatient, confronter • Hold eye contact, firm handshake • Thrive on accomplishment • Not overly concerned with rules

Indirect Behaviors: • Type B personalities; low key and slower paced

Indirect Behaviors: • Type B personalities; low key and slower paced • Reserved communicators who don’t contribute in meetings

Indirect Behaviors: • Type B personalities; low key and slower paced • Reserved communicators who don’t contribute in meetings • Avoid conflict

Indirect Behaviors: • Type B personalities; low key and slower paced • Reserved communicators who don’t contribute in meetings • Avoid conflict • Patient and cooperative

Indirect Behaviors: Indirect Behaviors: • Type B personalities; low key and slower paced • Reserved communicators who don’t contribute in meetings • Avoid conflict • Patient and cooperative • Soft handshakes, talk slower and more quietly

Indirect Behaviors: Indirect Behaviors: • Type B personalities; low key and slower paced • Reserved communicators who don’t contribute in meetings • Avoid conflict • Patient and cooperative • Soft handshakes, talk slower and more quietly • Don’t take initiative at gatherings

Open (Relationship oriented) Relator Open and indirect Unassertive, warm, supportive Reliable Slow at making decisions/taking action People oriented Dislike Conflict Indirect (Slow paced) Direct (Fast paced) Self-contained (Task oriented)

Open (Relationship oriented) Socializer High in directness and openness Fast-paced, Animated Intuitive, Talkative Idea people, quick thinkers Impatience, short attention span Over involved Indirect (Slow paced) Direct (Fast paced) Self-contained (Task oriented)

Open (Relationship oriented) Indirect (Slow paced) Direct (Fast paced) Thinker Indirect and self-contained Analytical, Persistent Systematic problem solvers Need to be right Serious, orderly, perfectionists Procrastinators and conservative Self-contained (Task oriented)

Open (Relationship oriented) Indirect (Slow paced) Direct (Fast paced) Director Self-contained, direct Goal Oriented, high achievers Juggle many balls Strong-willed, strong decisions Inflexible, impatient Competitive, Workaholic Self-contained (Task oriented)

Remember: Neither is right; neither is wrong. It’s just _______________________! The strongest team are made up of all different types.

Platinum Rule: • Do unto other as they would have you do unto them.

Personality Plus: Understanding Your Individual Leadership Style