Dealing with People

Are you a 'people person'? What characterizes your interactions with others? This is a sample of one report that sheds light on your relational skills. It's just one of over seventy-five other fascinating reports, including "His Management Style," "Your Strengths," "Your Relationship with Your Parent or Guardian," and "His Challenges."

"JOHN SMITH" How He Handles Other People The following personal statements are generated by your answers to The Birkman® Method questionnaire: When he is at his best • Is typically direct and straightforward -- tends to get to the point • Structured in his approach to situations: presents his outline point by point, with at least some focus on detail issues • Tends to exercise authority naturally -- generally gives direct orders as much as he may seek a consensus from others • Is naturally competitive; likes to win, and prefers to encourage others using individualized incentives • Physically energetic; brings an emphasis on direct action to most issues, and seeks a similar approach from others • Thinks in terms of demanding goals, which will stretch his own and others' capabilities • May have a high level of expectation, both of himself and the people he works with • Likes to have plenty of variety in his routine; likely to expect others to be able to handle more than one issue at once • Open to innovation; may well encourage others to try unorthodox or untested methods to achieve their goals His less effective approach • Can be brusque and over-direct, upsetting more sensitive people without realizing it • Can withdraw from general interaction with people; may remain by himself, or depend too much on a few people who are close to him • Can become more domineering than he realizes; may take others' silence for consent, when in fact they are intimidated • Can become over-competitive, to the extent that the need to win can be more important than a solution that benefits all • Can have expectations of others and himself that are unrealistic; inclined to blame himself for problems which arise, and sometimes too reluctant to abandon projects which realistically cannot succeed • Can sometimes be too inclined to deal with too many issues at once, or to focus unduly on secondary matters whose relevance is doubtful • Can underestimate the extent to which his liking for the unconventional or unorthodox can trouble other people; sometimes inclined to say or do something unusual merely for effect  File No. BX6396 • Presented by Birkman International, Inc. • info@inaccord.co

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