Your primary type is a SPOUTER.
Spouters are
charismatic and exciting, saying more than members of any other group
that people “tend to follow what I do more than they follow others.”
They are fun to be around and their natural energy can enliven tough
situations, yet while only one in five people is a Spouter, the ways in
which they express their feelings, carrying their emotions on their
sleeves, undoubtedly cause them to be responsible for a seemingly
disproportionate share of the emotional incidents in the workplace.
Whether or not one is enjoying their company, Spouters can take up a lot
of the air in the room. These people tend to challenge themselves and –
primarily -- others, often blaming colleagues for whatever is going
wrong. They tend to feel that they have insufficient power even though
they believe that they see the big picture more clearly than others.
While the typical Spouter considers herself a “creative person,” she
also believes that her success is mainly about luck, less about
performance. Spouters talk more than they listen. They are
considerably more anxious than any of the other groups. They tend to be
heavier drinkers and smokers, and prefer to hit something for the sake
of catharsis rather than to reach compromise through conversation.
Interestingly, compared to people in the other three groups, Spouters
are far more accommodating of tears in the workplace, and not just
because they tend to provoke them – Spouters also cry at work themselves
significantly more than any of the four types. Spouters probably
benefit the most from body-mind relaxation techniques that can be
effective in helping to manage the stresses that often trigger tears.
Your secondary type is a BELIEVER.
Believers
(27%) think of themselves as relatively happy people who find solace by
trusting in the stabilizing, civilizing power of larger principles and
the greater good– their faiths, their organizations, their ideals, their
country -- and feel unhappy when those values are compromised. Being
appreciated for their work, staying true to their mission and their
principles are central. Believers possess high degrees of fortitude
deriving their most important sense of inner strength from external
sources, such as religious belief or commitment to causes. Most
Believers don't consider themselves natural leaders, but they are by and
large satisfied with their lives. This group skews slightly female and
they have a solid sense of self. They're less comfortable as a group
than Solvers or Spouters with their own expressions of emotion –
although they are comfortable with others expressing emotion in the
workplace. Unlike Spouters, these people listen more than they speak
and prefer to tell the truth, but don't tend to go out on a limb to make
a point. They fall back on the foundations of their social networks to
find personal resiliency. Believers can be helpful in emotionally
charged situations: during stressful times at work they can help lift
others out of the immediacy of a single moment and help the organization
focus on the larger mission.
