Guide for Understanding Different Styles

MELDERS MAPPERS MOVERS MOTIVATORS

Primary Strengths Supportive Systems & Process Driving Action Energizing

each style brings  Teamwork  Thorough  Determination  Persuading/convincing
 Open minded  Attention to detail  Focus (on results)  Initiating relationships
 Finding consensus  Planning  Challenging status quo  Initiating action
 Flexible  Establishing procedures or assumption  Inspiring
 Listening – empathy  Rely on facts  Strategic, big picture  Communicating
 Closure  Wisdom  Having fun

Shortcomings in - Can be seen as wishy- - Can be seen as nit- - Can be seen as - Can be seen as
interactions washy picky or pessimistic arrogant lacking focus
- Not standing up to - Not flexible; predisposed - Too blunt - Impulsive – reactive
resistance to black-white thinking - Insensitive to feelings fire-fighting
- Accepting too many - Not delegating - Move without - Leap before looking
tasks - Can lose audience in necessary consensus - Speak before thinking
- Approval seeking over-explanation - Too demanding and - Over commit, without
- Indecisive (need more pressuring follow-through
Information) - Can dominate and/or
polarize discussion

Pet Peeves & o Dictators, controllers o Exaggerators (loose with o Incompetence o Pessimism
Hot Buttons o Narrow mindedness the facts) o Others not speaking up o Slow motion
o Impatience, hastiness o Uncertainty o Lack of follow through o Too many rules
o Non-listeners o Lack of preparation o Too much process o Too much structure
o Any injustice/unfairness o Wasted time o Lack of meaning or
o Inconsistency, sloppiness o Too tactical - narrow context
o Too much detail

Growth Action  Speak up and Stand  Declare what you are  Slow down  Check in on the impact
(especially when up for your ideas thinking  Listen to others ideas of your actions
under stress)  Initiate action  Take action (don’t wait) and feelings  Listen (instead of
talking)