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This will give you an indicator at what stage you perform best, during a highly focused meeting!
What do you enjoy most when conducting a meeting with your team?
Finalising the action points and delegating so that everyone is clear.
Coming up with ideas and topics to discuss
Analysing the pro’s and con’s to help make a decision
Brainstorming the idea and exploring different viewpoints
What is your biggest frustration when it comes to team meetings?
A lack of structure to the meeting
We run out of time to finalise the meeting
The purpose of the meeting is uninspiring
Limited engagement from other participants
Who are you most like?
Willing to jump on anything that has a big upside potential
Controlling, industrious, big-thinker with a track record of getting shit done
A mad scientist wanting to change the world
Well respected by peers and considered an expert by customers
What do you most like to focus on?
Realities
Analysis
Interaction
Possibilities
Which of these best describes your business style?
Creative
Coachable
Controlling
Collaborative
When it comes to making decisions, I prefer...?
We come to a conclusion collectively by through effective communication.
We analyse the best ideas on an evaluation matrix
I’m not sure. I just like coming up with ideas
One person ultimately has to pull the trigger and decide
When it comes to disagreements, I prefer…..?
discuss openly and then unite behind the decision
to fully understand what is the core reason for the dispute.
reach a resolution in a timely fashion
seek advice from specialists to help us move forward
When it comes to scheduling meetings….
set a structured and streamlined rhythm that everyone agrees to
have as few as possible enabling us to spend more time getting work done
organise them when the time or topic warrants
ensure that meetings are organised at frequency that everyone agrees to
In your eyes, what is the biggest benefit of having meetings?
Clarity of what needs to be done and by whom
Opportunity for the team to share ideas to problems
Report on progress and explore potential improvements
Team can share information about life in and out of work
When it comes to organising team building meetings, I prefer…..?
to cook and share a meal together
compete in a quiz against other teams in the company
speed dating sessions to get to know other people in the company
Inspirational speaker joins us for a walk and talk
Uniter
UNITERS Encourages everyone to contribute and share ideas and can help ensure that the right purpose / objective is set and right people invited pre meeting. Strength: All Rounder Style: Collaborative Sense: Interaction Typical Myers Briggs: INFJ Quiet and mystical, yet very inspiring and tireless idealists. Examples: Nelson Mandela, Marie Kondo INFP Poetic, kind and altruistic people, always eager to help a good cause. Examples: JR. Tolkien, Bjork, ENFJ Charismatic and inspiring leaders, able to mesmerize their listeners. Exmaples: Barck Obama, Oprah Winfrey ENFP Enthusiastic, creative and sociable free spirits, who can always find a reason to smile. Exampels: Robin Williams, Quentin Tarantino
Sharer
SHARERS Generate new ideas and original concepts, always keen to share their opinions and kickstart the meetings with energy and creativity. Strength: Starting Style: Creative Sense: Possibilities Typical Myers Briggs: ISTP Bold and practical experimenters, masters of all kinds of tools. Exampels: Bera Grylls, Michael Jordan ISFP Flexible and charming artists, always ready to explore and experience something new. Examples: Lana Del Rey, Kevin Costner ESTP Smart, energetic and very perceptive people, who truly enjoy living on the edge. Examples: Eddie Murphy, Madonna ESFP Spontaneous, energetic and enthusiastic people – life is never boring around them. Examples: Jamie Oliver Marilyn Monroe
Evaluator
EVALUATORS Challenge ideas, analyse projects for flaws, then refine them with a focus on objectivity and analysis,ensuring that the ideas are evaluated on merit. Strength: Refining Style: Coaching Sense: Analysis Typical Myers Briggs: INTJ Imaginative and strategic thinkers, with a plan for everything. Examples: Elon Musk, Michelle Obamaa INTP Innovative inventors with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Examples: Bill Gates, Einstein ENTJ Bold, imaginative and strong-willed leaders, always finding a way – or making one. Examples Steve Jobs, Margaret Thatcher ENTP Smart and curious thinkers who cannot resist an intellectual challenge. Examples: Mark Twain, James Dyson
Delegator
DELEGATORS Ensure that important activities are carried out so those goals are accomplished. Key action points are set and roles made accountable….they could almost be seen as the ‘productivity police’. Strength: Finishing Style: Controlling Sense: Realities Typical Myers Briggs: ISTJ Practical and fact-minded individuals, whose reliability cannot be doubted. Examples Sting, Angela Markel ISFJ Very dedicated and warm protectors, always ready to defend their loved ones. Examples Aretha Franklin, Queen Elizabeth 2 ESTJ Excellent administrators, unsurpassed at managing things – or people. Examples Alan Sugar Ivanka Trump ESFJ Extraordinarily caring, social and popular people, always eager to help. Examples Bill Clinton Andrew Carnegie
