‘I Control the Narrative’
A pioneer in education leadership, Dr. Kendra Washington-Bass discusses the racial biases she’s had to navigate and how they relate to Behavior Styles.
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Behavior Styles
Don’t Let Your Behavior Style Preference Become a Cultural Bias
Like individuals, organizations and even cultures have Behavior Style preferences. Sadly, these preferences can also manifest as damaging cultural biases.
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Why I Prefer Behavior Style Assessments over Personality Tests
Behavior Style assessments provide opportunities for growth in ways that contrast with the more rigid or deterministic nature of personality tests.
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A View of COVID-19 and WFH from a Controller
How does a Controller, leading a sales organization in the hotel industry, view and respond to all the issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Some Thoughts for Analyzers Now Working from Home
While Analyzers are better suited for working from home than others, here are some strategies that will help them to thrive more while social distancing.
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Opposing Behavior Styles Can Be Our Most Powerful Relationships
Though opposing Behavior Styles can be “potentially toxic,” they also have the makings to be the most powerful relationships we have.
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Run a Team Development Program Virtually, on Your Own
Effectiveness Institute has created a few tools that are designed specifically for managers to develop their team, on their own, virtually or in-person.
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Surviving Remote Work as a Persuader
The biggest driving need for Persuaders is people. Remote work creates some unique challenges for them, especially when they can’t leave the house.
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We’re the Same Behavior Style. Why Don’t We Get Along?
There are three different possibilities that might precipitate conflict among people with common Behavior Styles.
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Here’s the Fundamental Difference Between Behavior and Personality
While personality more closely aligns with who we are, Behavior Style reflects what we do and the impact we have on others. Deeply understanding this distinction makes all the difference in relationships.
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Simple Things Emotionally Intelligent Teams Do
Effective teams excel in technical skills (tasks/processes) and people skills (emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication). Here are simple things they do to succeed.
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When Your Behavior Style Needs Aren’t Being Met
When our Behavior Style needs are not being met, it creates a tension-reaction inside of us that is often externally expressed. This creates vicious cycles.
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Two Problems I Have with Leadership Development
One way to illustrate these problems would be to consider what happens when a client asks for help in the development of a leader in their organization.
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Modifying Your Behavior Style Is Only the First Step
Changes in mindset become new patterns, preferences, or inclinations. They create a new natural resting place from which our behaviors flow. Improve your mindset and it will become that much easier to make proper use of Behavior Styles or any other behavior-centric techniques.
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How to Avoid Sending Emails That Upset Coworkers
Some email best practices are rather universal, but the real challenge with emails—as with any interpersonal form of communication—is that no single format works exceptionally well for everybody.
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Do You Pass the Smile Test?
Intent could be described as what you want others to do, feel, say, or think in response to something you say or do; impact is how your behavior lands on them. This is where the smile test comes in.
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A Short Guide to Collaborating with Controllers
By learning to direct your energies toward achievements that can be mutually supported, you’ll find assurance in Controllers’ drive, confidence, and ability to turn conflict into a team opportunity.
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Tips for Working with Stabilizers
Although reluctant to take risks and slow to change at times, they are friendly, easy to work with, always conscious of what’s going on with other people, reliable, and they excel as active listeners.
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You Are Not Your Behavior Style
Being able to discern patterns of behavior unlocks a lot more interpersonal understanding, but why is identifying as a Behavior Style so unwise?
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What to Do When Working with Persuaders
Gifted with the ability to rally people to their chosen enterprise, allow them space to energize others, for they can become an essential source of inspiration for your team.
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How to Best Work with Analyzers
Analyzers can be challenging in that they hold us to high standards, but if you can lean into their commitment to excellence and celebrate their precisional successes, you will realize the many assets they bring to a team and to friendships.
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