Workshop Understanding Your Management StylePaul Kenny

Finding Flexibility

CTO

InvestorRelations

Accountant

Inbound Guru

Sales Ninja

FacilitiesManager

AceRecruiter

Motivator

SupportAngel

Team Builder

ProductBuddha

Chief Bad Ass

Coach

Customer Relations Wizard

IT Support

Strategy Sage

Troubleshooter

Risk Manager

Know Your Natural Strengths

Hack Your Natural Weaknesses

The greatest barrier to personal development

The greatest entrepreneurial asset

We Need Insight

The desire for insight into our differences has been with us for centuries

There are lots of Psychometrics

JungianType

Big 5Trait

4 Colours

Intimate

Collaborative

Evolving

Sociable

Imaginative

Engaging

Observing

Evidence Based

Reliable

Purposeful

Competitive

Takes Charge

Putting people in boxes isn’t really that helpful !

Interacting with others energises me

I prefer to talk to people than communicate in writing

I am out going and sociable I am comfortable taking charge in group situationsOthers can easily tell when

I am excited about something

Talking really helps to work out what I think

I like to step forward and take the initiative in a group

It takes me a while to connect with people

I can appear serious a lot of the time

Interacting with a lot of people ‘drains me’

I control when and where I express my emotions

In group situations I can be withdrawn and quiet Often I prefer to listen

than to talk

I can be perceived as detached and aloof

I can be perceived as loud and over bearing

I take time to think before speaking up in a group

Extravert

Introvert

I prefer to seek consensus and focus on what can be agreed

I can be overly diplomatic and avoid taking a stance

I like to support others but sometimes lose sight of my own needs

I enjoy working collaboratively with others

Working cooperatively is a strength of mine

I easily empathise with with another persons point of view

I tend to be naturally trusting of others

I am naturally competitiveWinning is important to me

I am not afraid of conflict(I enjoy open & robust debate)

I can be too direct and sometimes this upsets people

I enjoy being direct and too the point

Sometimes I am so focused on winning that I lose sight of other peoples needs

My need to be objective sometimes makes me appear uncaring

I strive to out perform my colleagues

I am concerned by how others feel

I take a logical and objective approach to challenges

People Focus

Outcome Focus

I easily adapt my approach to changing situations

Being flexible I don’t always stick to the process

I sometimes regret acting first and thinking later

I trust in my ‘gut feeling and make spontaneous decisionsAt times I lack drive and

clear goal focus

People may describe me as easy going and casual

I like ‘work around’ unhelpful administrative processes

I work purposefully towards the goals that I have set. I am not easily distracted

I am known as someone who is highly determined and focused

I find it difficult to be flexible when last minute events disrupt my plans

I am an effective planner

I approach tasks in a structured and methodical way

I am on time for meetings I am so committed to plans that I can lack spontaneity

I often do things at the last minute and run out of time

I can be relied upon to deliver against my commitments

InspirationDriven

Discipline Driven

I enjoy being a source of new ideas

I love discussing complex ideas and abstract concepts

I have an active imagination I enjoy using good ideas to challenge the status quo

I love inventing novel and creative solutions to problems

I may overcomplicate problems where a simple solution would do

I am quick to embrace change

I see myself as a realistic and practical person

I always gather evidence to support my views

I can handle repetitive attention to detail well’

Sometimes I can be accused of being overly cynical or negative of good ideas

I enjoy work that requires precision and accuracy

My instinct is to adopt a cautious approach

I would describe myself as a conservative person

I enjoy being unconventional

I prefer to experience something in order to understand it

Big Picture

Down to Earth

Conceptual Imaginative Radical

BIG PICTURE THINKING

Sociable Dem

onstrative Takes Charge

EX

TR

AV

ERTED

Logic

al Competitive

Tough

OUTCOM

E FO

CUSSED

Reliable Structured Purposeful

DISCIPLINE DRIVEN

Cautious Evidence-Based Practical

DOWN TO EARTH

Obs

ervi

ng M

easu

red

Intim

ate

INTR

OV

ERTED

Accommodati

ng Colla

borative

Empath

etic

PEOPL

E FO

CUSSED

Adaptable Flexible Spontaneous

INSPIRATION DRIVEN

How to read your profile

Sydney Sample

Who’s Who

FAQ’s

• Can I “Hack” The Questionnaire?• Does it predict competence?• Can my husband/wife/partner/significant others

have a go?• Will I change over time?

Next Steps

• Take some time to reflect on the data• Think about Critical Communications (Team,

Customer, Partners, Suppliers etc). See if you can start to read their preferences and identify ways that you can use that understanding insight to help them

• Reflect on your least claimed qualities, can developing these help you to become a total Bad Ass?

• How do I need to Flex to make this situation better?

paul@oceanlearning.co.uk

@paulkennyOL