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Your work style
Your work style is the way that you go about your day-to-day tasks on the job.
Everyone has his or her own working style, or strategy for optimally performing while at work.
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Independent work style
Independent work styles are efficient, disciplined and productive. They like to follow their instincts and see where they take them.
Visionary and entrepreneurial types often have an independent working style. This type is also often found in creative or scientific fields.
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Cooperative working style
Those that identify with this style are organized, strategic and collaborative. They are diplomatic and are typically excellent communicators.
They are often found in relationship-oriented roles like human resources and in leadership roles. Account executives, HR directors, and project managers are often known to have a cooperative business style.
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Proximity working style
Those that have this working style are versatile and adaptable, able to take on many different roles. They prefer to work with other people while maintaining sole responsibility for a task.
They’ll connect the independent and cooperative types, helping to build a team that works.
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Recognizing and rewarding different types of work styles
There are many factors that motivate employees and affect everything from how they work with others to their ability to stick to deadlines.
If you’re asking someone to do something that goes against their working style, they most likely won’t excel at it. Successful promotions begin with the manager recognizing and rewarding the different types of work styles appropriately.
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The pursuit matters
The pursuit matters just as much as the goal.
Consider why you're pursuing your goal and how the journey to achieve it will help you grow as a person.
The right scope
People often give up on their resolutions because they set unattainable goals.
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How you speak to yourself
It directly influences how you experience things in life.
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Words and emotions
The words we attach to our experience become our experience.
Words have a biochemical effect on the body. For example, if you use a word like “devastated,” you’re going to produce a very different biochemical effect than if you say, “I’m a bit disappointed.”
Start with a small shift
Replace just one word that will transform the way you experience something “negative.” This is how you create a choice instead of a habitual reaction.
These small changes in your vocabulary give you the power to change your experiences in life by lowering the intensity of negative emotions to the point where they no longer control you.
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Business chemistry
This is a framework for understanding meaningful differences in people’s working styles. It identifies four primary types:
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Why universal approaches don't work
A one-size-fits-all approach won’t work well on a team with a mix of types.
For example, too many constraints can completely shut a Pioneer down, while a Guardian may withdraw in an environment that feels too chaotic.
A Driver may become very frustrated in an organization that lacks decisiveness, while an Integrator may wither on a team that doesn’t value broad-based input.
Business chemistry mix
Manage the team in ways that support the diverse needs of different types of work.
You wouldn’t want a team that is all about creative ideas with no focus on implementing those ideas. Or one that is searching for the big win with no attention paid to the people involved in getting there.