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Based on the
results of the ISAT, you are an....ENERGIZER!
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Full
of persuasive energy, ENERGIZERS are natural
people-persons. You know how to strike up a conversation and keep
it going. Take a look at the following grid to learn more about
your professional strengths as they compare to the other three
Interaction Styles:
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Every Interaction
Style is valuable in the workplace. However, the key to
being successful on-the-job and as part of a work team is
to understand your Interaction Style so that you can A)
choose a role on the team that leverages your style's strengths,
and B) understand the other styles on your team so you can
communicate with them effectively.
Often, when a person is unhappy in their current career,
much of the trouble can be linked to their Interaction Style.
Some of the following challenges are examples of Interaction
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1) Having a manger
with a style opposite to your own, leading to miscommunication
and frustration on a daily basis.
2) Having co-workers
who don't appreciate your Interaction Style and who
do not respect your opinions.
3) Having a job that doesn't allow you to communicate
in a manner that makes you feel happy and fulfilled.
4) Having a job that doesn't promote or value your particular
Interaction Style.
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many people forget is that there are four different Interaction
Styles. That means, at any given time, as much as 75%
of the population could be thrown off by your style and
unable to relate to you very well. Thus, it's important
that we take note of how our Interaction Style can be
misinterpreted by others in the workplace (especially,
those with a style that is opposite of your own) so that
we can work hard to minimize conflict and breakdowns in
communication on-the-job. Take a look at the grid below
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Ouch! The information above
isn't fun to read, but we must remember that our strengths our
our weaknesses too. Your Interaction Style serves you well.
You wouldn't have developed it over the years if you didn't
find it effective. Yet, we must also recognize that choosing
to be one style means having qualities that won't always be
appreciated by others. How do we minimize any negative effects
from our Interaction Style? We choose careers, managers, and
companies to work for that embrace and leverage our unique style.
Here is a chart that can help you see how to assess what kind
of job will suit you best:
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If
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You Feel
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Management
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Corporate
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Job
Responsibilities & Possible Careers |
| EMPATHIZER |
Comfortable,
casual, and organized. |
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Fun,
friendly, kind, positive, team players. |
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Warm, sympathetic,
tactful, positive,but decisive to offset your emotion
and avoidance. |
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People first,
profits second. |
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Customer
service, client and/or employee relations, office
improvements. Excel at key support roles and team-based
project work. |
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| ENERGIZER |
Attractive,
comfortable, and up-scale. |
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Fun,
outgoing, competitive, positive, quick-minded team
players. |
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Energetic,
decisive, positive, supportive, but tactful to offset
your passion and directness. |
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People and
profits achieved simultaneously. |
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Sales, client
and/or employee training, roll-out of new products
or company initiatives. Anything that involves coaching
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| CONTEMPLATOR |
Well-organized,
private, casual. |
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Respectful,
pleasant, focused, fastidious, independent workers. |
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Logical,
articulate, honest, tactful, but decisive to offset
your conservatism and avoidance. |
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Profits with
ethics. |
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Accounting,
quality assurance and service evaluations need your
attention to detail. Computers, financial operations,
engineering, processes and systems are great fits
for your style. |
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| COMMANDER |
Efficient
and private, up-scale. |
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Decisive,
focused, quick-minded, competitive, independent
workers. |
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Logical,
decisive, articulate, honest, but tactful to offset
your seriousness and directness. |
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Profits are
not personal. |
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Management,
troubleshooting, reorganization, goal-setting. Any
kind of project management, facilitation, or multi-tasking
that is time-sensitive or requires critical thinking.
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Can you see how your
style impacts your ability to be happy on-the-job? Think
of the one job in your past that you hated the most. Do
you now have some insight as to why it wasn't a match
for you?
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In summary, Interaction
Styles impact our ability to achieve goals in two ways.
First, the Interaction Styles of others have a direct
impact on our perceptions of our career situation. You
must make sure you recognize how people perceive things
differently, based on their own Interaction Style. Secondly,
each Interaction Style has both strengths and weaknesses.
Recognizing how they impact your ability to succeed can
help you remove the roadblocks holding you back from the
personal and professional satisfaction you seek. Thus,
the more you strive to understand and appreciate all the
Interaction Styles, the easier it will be to find ways
to work with them. Leverage your own strengths as much
as you can, while working to minimize the impact of your
weaknesses and your career will go to new heights.
THANK YOU for trying the ISAT.
If you enjoyed this information, then be sure to check
out CAREEREALISM:
The Smart Approach to A Satisfying Career. The book
contains more information on Interaction Styles plus numerous
other tools and resources to help you assess your professional
strengths and build a career strategy that will get you
results.
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