Summary

Synopsis

This is the last of a collection of five JEDlets that show you how to use trait secrets to build and maintain strong and effective teams. Learn to form teams by combining traits outlined in the previous JEDlets. Find out how to mix and match teammates to maximize the productivity and the dynamism of teams.

Objectives

• Recognize personality traits in people that affect business/personal interactions
• Choose people who possess the traits you wish to capitalize on for a particular project
• Better determine the right mix of people whose traits work well together
• Apply techniques that assist you in becoming a more effective team leader/member
• Recognize problems for what they really are: clashes in personality traits and/or ineffective methods of maximizing certain trait behaviors

Outline

• Acknowledgement
• Introduction
• Overview
• Objectives
• What is Trait Thinking?
• Differentiating between Traits and Behavior
• Background on Psychological Testing
• Detecting Traits
• Trait Combinations Create Work Styles
• Category Composition
• The Implementation Work Style
• The Go-getter
• High Manifestation
• Low Manifestation
• The Planning Work Style
• Stop and Start
• High Manifestation
• Low Manifestation
• The Ideas Work Style
• Thought and Creativity
• High Manifestation
• Low Manifestation
• The People Work Style
• Personal Relationships
• High Manifestation
• Low Manifestation
• Crossword Puzzle
• Checkpoint I
• Scoring System for Traits
• Determining Your Quadrant Score
• Complementary Pairs
• Teaming People Effectively
• Ideas and Planning Work Styles
• Ideas and Implementation Work Styles
• Ideas and People Work Styles
• Planning and Implementation Work Styles
• Planning and People Work Styles
• Implementation and People Work Styles
• Compounded Complementary pairs
• Capitalizing on Combinations
• Final Checkpoint