Now that you’ve determined your interaction style, let’s continue on to find your “best fit” temperament. I use animals to represent interaction styles and colors to represent temperament.
First, here are some differences between interaction styles and temperament:
- Interaction styles indicate how you act, temperament indicates why you act
- Interaction styles indicate what others see, temperament indicates what motivates you
- You can adapt your interaction styles (external nature) to different situations without too much stress. Trying to change your temperament (internal nature) usually causes a lot of stress.
- Interaction style preferences might vary over time or based on your career, home life, etc. Temperament tends to stay the same over time, and you can usually think back to when you were a child to see clear evidence of your natural temperament preferences.
Now, let’s focus on finding your temperament preferences.
If the following descriptions sound most like you …
- Focused on what is or was
- Value accuracy more
- Interested in concrete and practical issues
- Prefer people who speak plainly
- Pay attention to details
- Want to be valued for having common sense
- More realistic
- Trusting of the facts
Follow this link to step four for Orange folks.
If the following descriptions sound most like you …
- Focused on what could be
- Value insights more
- Interested in abstract and theoretical ideas
- Prefer unusual or creative ways of expression
- Vague about the details
- Want to be valued for seeing new trends
- More imaginative
- Trusting of my intuition
Follow this link to step four for Teal folks.