A Personality Comparison
One of the great challenges to effectiveness in our ministry endeavors will involve how well we learn to work with others (little has changed since kindergarten). Since ministry in the body of Christ often calls for us to learn to collaborate with others toward achieving common goals, it is important for us to not only identify our unique personality mix but also understand the characteristics of other personality styles. Carefully review the comparative chart below and CIRCLE THE ONE IN EACH CATEGORY THAT BEST DESCRIBES YOUR PERSONALITY TENDENCY, then add up the total for each column. One type is not better than the others!
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Behavior Pattern |
Direct/Controlling |
Direct/Supportive |
Indirect/Supportive |
Indirect/Controlling |
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Pace |
Active/Decisive |
Active/Spontaneous |
Passive/Relaxed |
Passive/Systematic |
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Inner Need For |
Power & Control |
Popularity & Acceptance |
Sincerity & Appreciation |
Accuracy & Precision |
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Fears |
Being taken advantage of |
Loss of social recognition |
Sudden changes & instability |
Personal criticism of work |
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Security Through |
Control & Leadership |
Playfulness & approval |
Friendship & cooperation |
Preparation & thoroughness |
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Motivated By |
Results, challenge, action, and the “Win” |
Recognition, approval, visibility, and the “Show” |
Relationships, appreciation, the “Participation” |
Being right, quality, the “Process” |
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Major Strength |
Goal oriented, gets things done |
Enthusiasm, gets people motivated |
Good people skills, team player or leader |
Thoroughness, accuracy in analyzing |
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Major Weakness |
Can be insensitive to others feelings |
Impulsive; may not focus on details |
May sacrifice results for group harmony |
Overly cautious; can be too thorough |
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Teamwork |
Initiates action, takes charge, works toward goals |
Influences and motivates people to work together |
Builds relationships ensures follow through, supportive |
Focuses on details, offers technical skills and quality control |
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Time Management |
Focus: efficient use of time; likes to get to the point |
Focus: tends to rush to next exciting thing |
Focus: spends time in personal interaction |
Focus: works more slowly to ensure accuracy |
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Decision Making |
Decisive, at times impulsive; makes decision with goal in mind |
Intuitive; quick and spontaneous, lots of wins and losses |
Relational, makes more slowly, needs input from others, avoids risks |
Reluctant; cautious logical, thorough, needs lots of data |
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Communication |
One-way; not as good a listener, better at initiating |
Enthusiastic; stimulating, often one-way; inspiring |
Two-way flow; a good listener |
Good listener, especially in relation to tasks |
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Conflict Style |
Autocratic |
Attacks |
Acquiesces |
Avoids |
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Sensitivity to the feelings of others |
Tends to be insensitive, sees life as a battle |
More sensitive to others, wants others to be happy, quick to offer support |
Conscious of feelings, tries to avoid hurting others, avoids conflict and controversy |
Task-oriented, takes a logical approach to feelings |
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TOTALS |
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What is your result? Do you agree / disagree and why?
Send to your instructor: roxy@asof.org
Subject: Session 2:6 - My personality comparison
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