understanding people and their personality
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Understanding People & their Personalities
Leadership Learning at Lunch Series
Dr Tim Baker
Mod 1 – The Ingredients of Effective Feedback (Fri, Aug 19, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 2 – Enhancing Your Personal Influence (Wed, Aug 31, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 3 – Optimising Team Performance (Fri, Sep 23, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 4 – Getting the Very Best from People (Fri, Oct 14, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 5 – Understanding People and their Personalities (Fri, Oct 28, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 6 – Facilitating Effective Meetings (Fri, Nov 11, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Your homework
Try to use autonomy, mastery, and purpose in your leadership decisions &
conversations … and stick to it no matter what
To provide you with a fun & practical tool for
understanding yourself & others
PersonalityUnderstanding personality
traitsPlatinum Rule Application
Personality Profile
Owl
Lamb Peacock
Bull
Introvert Extrovert
Task
People
PeacockPrimary Motivation: Being PopularCharacteristics: Extrovert, Talker, OptimistStrengths: Appealing personality, Creative &
colourful, Energy & enthusiasm, InspiringFamous People: Paris Hilton & Billy Connolly
“Any publicity is good publicity”
BullPrimary Motivation: Being PowerfulCharacteristics: Extrovert, Doer,
OptimistStrengths: Born leader, Goal
oriented, Moves quickly to actionFamous People: Madonna & Hilary
Clinton
“I’m in control and willing to lead”
OwlPrimary Motivation: Being Perfect Characteristics: Introvert, Thinker,
Pessimist Strengths: Schedule oriented, High
standards, Orderly & organisedFamous People: Roger Federer &
Leonardo Da Vinci
“How can I paint this perfect picture”
LambPrimary Motivation: Being
PeacefulCharacteristics: Introvert,
Watcher, Pessimist Strengths: Competent &
steady, Peaceful & agreeable, Mediates problems
Famous Person: Keanu Reeves (actor) & Kirsten Stewart
(actor)
“Peace is the overriding objective”
Lost at Sea
• Sextant• Shaving mirror• Five-gallon can of water• Mosquito netting• One case of US Army C rations• Maps of the Pacific Ocean• Seat cushion (floating device approved by the Coast Guard)• Two-gallon can of oil-gas mixture• Small transistor radio• Shark repellent• Twenty square feet of opaque plastic• One quart of 160-proof Puerto Rican rum• Fifteen feet of nylon rope• Two boxes of chocolate bars• Fishing kit
You are stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Your boat has caught fire and you need to decide which of the following items you will take with you in a small dingy without oars. As a team, your job is to prioritise these 15 items in order of importance
Peacock• Recognise their challenge in
following-through• Realise they sometimes talk
without first thinking• Realise they thrive on
variety & flexibility• Don’t expect them to
remember appointments, or be on time
• Be prepared to hear their stories
Bull• Recognise they are
comfortable leading• Insist on two-way
communication• Know they don’t mean to hurt• Be firm and to the point• Realise that they are not
noted for there outward displays of compassion
Owl• Know that they can be easily
hurt• Realise they are
programmed with a mind-set that likes to assess risk
• Be prepared to answer their questions
• Try to keep a reasonable schedule
• Realise that your arguments & opinions need to be backed up with substance
Lamb• Realise that they need to be
clear about the direction your heading
• Help them set agreed upon targets
• Don’t always expect outward signs of enthusiasm
• Realise that putting things off is their quiet form of control
• Look for mutual commitments
Treat people how they want to be treated
Your homework
Try to approach the people you lead with an emphasis on their personality type.
Mod 1 – The Ingredients of Effective Feedback (Fri, Aug 19, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 2 – Enhancing Your Personal Influence (Wed, Aug 31, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 3 – Optimising Team Performance (Fri, Sep 23, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 4 – Getting the Very Best from People (Fri, Oct 14, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 5 – Understanding People and their Personalities (Fri, Oct 28, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)
Mod 6 – Facilitating Effective Meetings (Fri, Nov 11, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST)