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The Four Key Working Styles That Create Business Chemistry -- Which Is Yours?

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This is a framework for understanding meaningful differences in people’s working styles. It identifies four primary types:

Pioneers, who value possibilities and spark energy and imagination
Guardians, who value stability and bring order and rigor
Drivers, who value challenge and generate momentum
Integrators, who value connection and draw teams together

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These are the 4 different work styles and how to work with each

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"Some people like risks, others prefer rules. Some want consensus, while others want to win," she says. "Think of these traits as magnetically charged particles. Some cluster together and attract while others spread apart and repel. Identifying everyone's pattern can help you work better together."

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Pioneers

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Those with a pioneer working style are big-picture thinkers who want to take advantage of opportunities or create new ones.

They tend to not be det...

Guardians

Those with a guardian working style like stability, order, and rigor.

They’re pragmatic, detail-oriented, and risk-averse.

Drivers

Drivers are goal-oriented.

Those identifying with this working style thrive on challenge, results, and winning. They tackle problems head-on with logic.

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How Different Personalities Can Work Together

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Businesses have long used personality tests in recruitment and in training and development. Indeed, it is a rare manager who has not been through some sort of personality assessment. But, with workforces becoming more diverse in terms of race, gender and age, it is arguable that leaders need to have a much better understanding of what makes their colleagues tick and how they can encourage them to work together effectively.

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Pioneers

They value possibilities and they spark energy and imagination.

They tend to be creative thinkers who believe taking big risks can produce great outcomes. They are outgoing, spontaneou...

Guardians

They favor stability, order and rigor.

Likely to stick with the status quo, they are deliberate decision-makers who are practical, focused on detail and reserved.

Drivers

They value change and they generate momentum.

Direct in the approach to people and problems, they are technical, quantitative and logical.

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Which Of These 4 Presentation Styles Do You Have?

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We all have our own presentation style, but have you ever thought about how your particular style compares to others? And the strengths and weaknesses of your presentation style? After years of research, my team and I have found there are four primary presentation styles: the Closer, the Data Scientist, the Director and the Storyteller.

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The Data Scientist presentation style

The Data Scientist uses data, analytics, facts, and figures to make his point and persuade the audience.

Pros: This presentation style delivers data, information and analy...

The Storyteller presentation style

The Storyteller can tap emotions and weave a persuasive narrative.

An audience may not remember every single data point or statistic, but they will remember a great story or emotional connection.

Pros: Focused on making an emotional connection with the audience.

Cons: Not suitable for audiences that just want a factual answer to a simple question.

The Closer presentation style

The Closer jumps into a presentation, cuts right to the chase, delivers the bottom line and skips all the boring stuff.

It sees the end goal and goes right for it.

Pros: reduces a presentation to its esssence.

Cons: may be perceived as too harsh or abrupt.

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