Team Distribution Chart The Team Behavior Style Distribution Chart has been proven to be a valuable resource for gaining insights into team dynamics and pinpointing avenues for enhancing team performance. Here are specific ways to leverage the Team Distribution Chart: Recognize Team Strengths and Blind spots: The chart allows team members to identify their […]
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Leveraging Team Dynamics Leveraging Team Dynamics provides the framework for teams to discover ways to be more competent and productive. Teams learn how their collective Behavior Styles can impact team performance and how to be more effective working together. Program Outcomes: Understand the role and purpose of the team. What are the team’s goals? What
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One of the most important things to understand about behavior styles is that they are not fixed. We can all intentionally and temporarily change our behavior to improve an interaction or relationship. This is called “rotating your iceberg.” We use the metaphor of an iceberg to illustrate how we prefer and change behavior styles. The
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We know clear communication takes effort. One of our certified facilitators and champions in K-12 Education, Joe Fabey, just co-authored a nice article with Clint Allison about effective communication, including intent and impact, in the current issue of Principal Magazine published by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP).
ANALYZER I work with a woman named Mandy, and she’s great! I’m a project manager at a small website development company and Mandy works with me to set the budget and make sure we don’t go over. She has to sign off on purchase orders, payment approvals, etc. I really like working with her —
Each Behavior Style makes an impact. We need to know our impact so we can positively impact communication with others. The following are typical perceptions of Persuaders from the 4 Behavior Styles. From a Controller “I appreciate the Persuader’s ability to generate enthusiasm and that they are visionary enough to quickly see the ‘big picture.’
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Each Behavior Style makes an impact. We need to know our impact so we can positively impact communication with others. The following are typical perceptions of Controllers from the 4 Behavior Styles. From a Controller “Give Controllers a task with minimal instructions and get out of their way—they will get it done. However, if their
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As the end of the year draws near, we are thinking about how blessed we are that you made us a part of your learning journey and leadership development community. Thank you for that honor. Wishing you and yours all the best of the holidays and into the New Year!
Each Behavior Style makes an impact. We need to know our impact so we can positively impact communication with others. The following are typical perceptions of Analyzers from the 4 Behavior Styles. From a Controller “I appreciate that what Analyzers tell you will be accurate and can be substantiated with backup materials if you need
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Recognize that every person you interact with does what they do for reasons you don’t yet know. From a Controller “Stabilizers always seem to know ‘what’s going on’ with people and always do what they say they will do. However, they are not good under pressure. They seem to give in rather than fight for
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Sometimes, we say and do things with good intentions that don’t result in what was intended. That’s because intent is about our motivation – what we hope someone will think, feel, understand, do, or say when we do or say something, while impact is about what the individual we were talking or doing something with
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Behavior Styles Quick Reference Card The Behavior Style Quick Reference Card is a 2-sided, tear- and water-proof 8.5″ x 11″ card that provides a summary of Behavior Style information. It gives you immediate, easy access to the strengths, blind spots, flag-words, causes of tension, tension-reaction behavior and needs of the four primary Behavior Styles. Excellent
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2 Day People Skills The Two-Day People Skills program raises awareness of our own behavior, its impact on the people around us, the strengths of others, and the patterns that become visible when they are in tension. It also builds the skills required to make an impact on others that increases trust and respect. Program
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With hearts full of thanks for the opportunity to partner and work with you, we wish you and yours a peaceful Thanksgiving filled with joy!
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Review the behaviors demonstrated in the previous emails and see if you can guess someone’s Behavior Style in real time. For example, if someone talks slowly (left of midline) and smiles frequently (below midline), they are demonstrating Stabilizer behavior. One helpful tip: at least one end of one dimension will typically be clear because it
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PERSUADER My chatty coworker is driving me nuts! I work in a relatively secluded part of my office, with only one other person, and he won’t shut the heck up! Every moment he catches me without a pair of headphones clamped over my ears and unbroken eye contact with my computer screen, he takes it
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People tend to get more energy from certain behaviors and work activities than others. Subsequently, they tend to give effort and energy to the activities where they get the most energy. It can be helpful to think of these things as behaviors or activities that either drain or charge our “internal battery.” Right of Midlines
People tend to get more energy from certain behaviors and work activities than others. Subsequently, they tend to give effort and energy to the activities where they get the most energy. It can be helpful to think of these things as behaviors or activities that either drain or charge our “internal battery.” Left of Midlines
People tend to get more energy from certain behaviors and work activities than others. Subsequently, they tend to give effort and energy to the activities where they get the most energy. It can be helpful to think of these things as behaviors or activities that either drain or charge our “internal battery.” Below Midlines Styles
People tend to get more energy from certain behaviors and work activities than others. Subsequently, they tend to give effort and energy to the activities where they get the most energy. It can be helpful to think of these things as behaviors or activities that either drain or charge our “internal battery.” Above Midlines Styles
There are two dimensions of observable behavior: Results and Emotions. These two dimensions function independently of one another, which is why they can be observed separately. The Results Dimension clarifies how an individual goes about accomplishing a task or achieving a result. This dimension ranges from Process-oriented to Expedience-oriented behaviors. We slide back and forth
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