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Managing Four Types of Staff | Print |

Today's CareerJournal.com has what I like to call a "reminder" article on how to manage the four basic personality types.  While its brief and therefore lacks any depth, it is none-the-less, a good reminder of the four styles in what Birkman calls, the "Life-Style Grid".

The article covers the following four personality types:

 

  1. The 'get it done' type (Birkman color:  Red.)
  2. The 'get it right' type (Birkman color: Yellow.)
  3. The 'get along' type. (Birkman color: Blue.)
  4. The 'get appreciation' type (Birkman color: Green.)
It then offers a quick reminder on how to best manage that "type" of staff member.  This is where the article breaks down.  With a tool like the Birkman, "slotting" people is discouraged because we're far more complex than what color or box our interests or default style fall into.  Still - it's a good reminder that you can't manage people according to who you are... but it's best to remember who they are.
 
Read the entire article at:  CareerJournal.com.

 
 
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