personality prototypes understanding differences

Personality Prototypes

Understanding differences

Personality PrototypesBY Baum and Nicols

Practical Managers Learned Experts

Creative Problem Solvers

People Persons

PRACTICAL MANAGER

• TIME KEEPER –• ORGANIZER –• CONCRETE SEQUENTIAL

It’s a good day when everything gets checked off the list.

It’s a good day when…

• Work (No surprises, things go as planned)• Meetings (Agenda is followed and handout

provided with important info• Home (Work before play)• PLAN, PLAN, PLAN• Life is predictable and follows a

schedule

PRACTICAL MANAGER

Practical Manager STUDENTS

Gifts Needs Possible Problems

Attention to details (love deadlines, timelines, punctuality)Create to improve products or ideas Finely tuned senses Keep others on task




Orderly, predictable environmentStructure, clear expectations and detailed directionsOpportunities to elaborate and add detail




Orderly, predictable environmentStructure, clear expectations and detailed directionsOpportunities to elaborate and add detail

Perfectionism RigiditySee the world in black and white

CONFLICT STARTERS

• Unrealistic objectives, unclear directions, mixed signals.

• Broken promises, surprises, last minute changes in plan

• Being the work horse of a group• Tardiness and wastes of time, energy, & money• Loss of face, rank, job security• Poor quality goods and services

Relationship stressors

• Being domineering, opinionated, negative and critical

• Refusing to relax and be spontaneous• Manipulating others• Obsessive compulsive• Being picky, stubborn and pessimistic

Keys to negotiation

• Be practical and precise

• Try to offer an objective argument based on facts

• Calm, calm, calm• Pilot study, trial,

evaluate results

LEARNED EXPERT

• THINKER • LOGICIAN• ABSTRACT SEQUENTIAL

It’s a good day when I can think, strategize.

It’s a good day when…• Work (Had a great debate on an issue with a

colleague)• Meeting (Intellectual discussion about learning or

achievement or best practice based on research.• Home (Time to read the paper, watch the news or the

history channel or engage in a mental challenge)• Life is somewhat predictable with some kinds of

structures or routines in place.• ARGUE, DEBATE, DISCUSS

Learned ExpertsSTUDENTS


Very knowledgeableCan synthesize ideas and create theories and modelsOutstanding vocabularyExcellent debater

Learned Experts Students



Intellectually stimulating environmentGames and activities that require strategizingOpportunities to research, discuss, and hypothesize

Learned Experts Students



Intellectually stimulating environmentGames and activities that require strategizingOpportunities to research, discuss, and hypothesize

Intolerance of others perceived as less smartArgumentativeSarcasm, opinionated

LEARNED EXPERT

Conflict starters

• Demands for practical, how to applications• Unreasonable deadlines for researching and

studying• Vague thinking, emotional arguments, crying• Discussions about feelings• Touchy – feely activities• Brainstorming sessions and cooperative group

work


• Being opinionated, sarcastic, arrogant• Becoming blind and insensitive to the

appearances, thoughts, feelings and opinions of others

• Exhibiting a no-it all attitude• Denying or rationalizing the hurts they

inflict on others• Out of touch with the real world

Keys to negotiation

• Present logical argument based on research (formal or informal)

• Rules of debate• (3 minute rule/1/1)• Mediator

CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER

• INVENTOR• ADVENTURER • RISK TAKER

It’s a good day when I can do it my way.

It’s a good day when…

• Work (It was fun. I had lots of choices and options.)

• Meeting (Fun activity with lots of creative problem solving and new initiatives considered).

• Home (No plan, leave options opened)

• I can do it my way!!!

• DON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER

CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER

CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER STUDENTS


Divergent thinker, can generate many ideasFlair for adventure and spontaneityEmpatheticLife of the party, fun




Creative environmentOptionsOpportunities for multiple projects




Creative environmentOptionsOpportunities for multiple projects

Disorganization lack of attention to detailsDifficulty following directionsOwn agenda, stubborn

Conflict starters

• Demands to explain their insights• People who dismiss moral/ethical values• Forced to work with incompetents• Political correctness• Fixed routines and restrictions on freedom• Meaningless activities and relationships


• I want what I want when I want it• DON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER• Unwilling to compromise because they have the

truth• Taking advantage of the vulnerabilities of others• Breaking promises, not fulfilling obligations to

others• Will manipulate the system to win

Keys to negotiation

• Choice or options• Creative solution• General guidelines

not specific iron clad decisions with lots of details

People Person

• AMBASSADOR, PEOPLE PERSON

• SENSITIVE, EMOTIONAL• CREATIVE ARTISTS

It’s a good day when I feel special and appreciated.

It’s a good day when…• Work (When

everyone agreed and were friendly)

• Meeting (Time to chat with friends and have refreshments).

• Home (My spouse told me he loved me)

PEOPLE PERSONSTUDENTS


Creating harmonyColorful, dramaticSocial skillsAttuned to feelings




Colorful, social environment Opportunities to interact with othersOpportunities for creative expression




Colorful, social environment Opportunities to interact with othersOpportunities for creative expression

Disorganization lack of attention to detailsWill repress own needs to keep the peace and avoid conflictOver sensitive, over dramatic

PEOPLE PERSONS

Conflict starters

• Demands for rational explanations for gut feelings• Individuals who abandon or exclude them without

notice• Up-tight, humorless, critical, and negative people• People who are not polite or say I’m sorry• Excessive paperwork defined duties, no time to

socialize• Memorizing details• People who mock emotions, arts, non traditional

therapies


• Victim of mood swings and emotional excesses

• Thin skinned and hypersensitive• Resurrecting old hurts and wallowing in

self pity• Can play the victim• Can be either the over indulgent parent or

the child who refuses to grow up

Keys in negotiation

• Non hostile language/ no accusations

• Assuring they are loved, respected, etc. in spite of conflict.

• Agree to disagree

Practical Manager vs. Creative: Who is right?

Let’s get organized: Down with disorder movement

• Sales of home-organizing products, like accordion files and label makers and plastic tubs, keep going up and up, from $5.9 billion last year to a projected $7.6

• billion by 2009, as do the revenues of companies that make closet organizing systems, an industry that is pulling in $3 billion a year, according to Closets magazine.

• This is why January is now Get Organized Month, thanks also to the efforts of the National Association of Professional Organizers, whose 4,000 clutter-busting members will be poisedwith clipboards and trash bags--ready to to minister to the 10,000 clutter victims

We need an organized space to think and work.

Getting Things Done originator David Allen is a man who practices what he preaches, especially when it comes to capturing his thoughts and "Oh yeah" moments. Two of the unique but fitting items on his desk are a label maker and a sand timer. The producers of the clip note that this was shot hastily, at the end of Allen's time commitment for an interview, but the essence of his David Allen Co. office comes through….

Or do you embrace the anti anti-clutter movement?

(NY Times, 2009)

• This says yes to mess and urges you to embrace your disorder

• It’s a movement that confirms what you

• have known, deep down, all along: really neat people are not avatars of the good life; they are humorless and inflexible prigs, and have way too much time on their hands.

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Writer’s havenEinstein’s oft-quoted remark, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk?”

Creatives claim:

• It takes time to organize • We need to have everything's in front of us. • Searching through the piles helps make connections • Organization is a form of procrastination • Creative thinkers are messy. Creative thinkers tend to have

messy desks. In January 2006, a study of hundreds of CEO's indicated that the highest scorers in innovation and risk-taking scored lowest on organizational and neatness skills. Creative people organize their desks intuitively to correspond with the way their minds organize information, and studies suggest that people with messy desks have great career potential.

• http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jennifer_Williamson

http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jennifer_Williamson

Creative space

Calendar for randoms• post it calendar

• Marcella Moran, co-author of Organizing the Disorganized Child (coming out August 2009 from Harper Studio) gives quick tips for organizing your kids ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qnR7XZ1S3s

Where do you fall on the continuum?

• Can disorganized folks be productive?• What is organization anyway?• What skills do our kids need to be

successful?

Linear organization

• Need for set routine• Perfectionism• Lack of

independence• Detailed directions• Time and place for

all things• Quiet place to

work

Practical Managers• Specific directions

—To do list—Check it off

• Routine to be followed

• Quiet place with materials in place

• Binder with compartments

• Daily calendar• Perfectionism

– “Plan B”– First draft mentality– Timer

Learned expert

• Need to see the big picture

• Relevance• Outline of what to

do with a few subtasks

• Ability to access sources

• Need challenging assignments

• Quiet place to work• General routine but

opportunities to explore deeper

• Weekly/monthly calendar

Spontaneous/holistic organization

• Tend to misplace things• Skip or forget directions,• “Post- it” monthly

calendar, Backwards planning and deadlines

• Email assignments back and forth

• Time management: Come home between 5:45-6:00

• Piles, stacks, and storage bins

Creative Problem Solvers

• Easily bored• Flexible routine• Choice of where, when, and in what order to

finish homework• Multi task with scheduled breaks integrate

movement (dance, run, jump)• “Partial completion method”• Making tasks into games and competitions

Environment for creative problem solvers

• Project based with shelf or area for each project

• Opportunity for “mix and match”• Collection or drop box• Music in background, tv on

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Supports for the creative problem solver

• “Check out partner” who is organized• Time to organize• Multiple backpacks cleaned out weekly• List on front door –things to remember or a

remember bracelet• Webbing used for organizing ideas• In, out, and in process folders

• •

People Persons

• Study buddy• Work at kitchen table • Opportunities to be creative even if it takes

more time • Timer to get started—no phone or social

networking opportunities• Calendar with stickers• Organize in stacks, bins,

An example

• Practical Manager Mom who really needs to find a way to keep her family organized.

• Family Folders• Find your child’s style—Personality Profiler• Susan's Website

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTTUtiRtE2Y&feature=related

http://www.internationalcenterfortalentdevelopment.com/

Group work: Creative use of information

• In your group, discuss your children and their organizational style.

• Choose one behavior or goal you have for your youngster and decide on an appropriate strategy to try.

• Make sure you are trying strategies that align to your child’s style not your style.

Do you know me?

They say, “You did not learn your fifty prepositions

Therefore you flunk English Composition!”

But did you know:

I read castle in the Attic in a day.

The Indian in the Cupboard made my heart sing.

And I can answer all the riddles Bilbo did to capture Gollum’s ring.

Did you know?

They say, “Your book report did not follow the form I gave you.

You get no credit!”But did you know:I am writing a book of my own.I didn’t know if I could, but when I tried, the words

just came and came.Mom taught me how to use the word processor.Now I can save my words and bring them back

whenever I want to.Sometimes I change them because I don’t always

feel the same.Did you know?

They say, “You don’t join organized sports. You don’t do anything.

What’s wrong with you?”

But did you know:

I wrote a song for my mom because I found her feeling bad.

My dad smiled and took his guitar and put my song to music.

We played it for my mom and she cried, but I don’t think it was because she was sad.

Did you know?

THEY say,“I am teaching the scientific process here, and all

you want to do is play.You get a D!”But did you know:I can name all the constellations and find them in the

sky.Now I am learning all the Greek and Roman myths

that go with each one.It’s exciting!I have a million questions, but you get impatient

when I’m always asking,“Why?” Why do you? Did you know?

THEY say, “You did not do your homework review sheet. You will stay for detention.

You do not keep your mind on the things that are important.”

But did you know:I can feel the minute I walk into a room if things

aren’t going well.I know when someone needs a hug, and I can give it

too.I can clown and make you laugh or sit quietly and

listen.And if you share a secret,, even if I don’t understandI would never tell. Did you know?

Did you know that I can travel anywhere I want to in my mind.

I can travel far away from you.And I do.

Did you Know?

No?

Because, you do not know me.

Pamela Quinn

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