Management / Coaching Styles

Please take the following survey. :)
Name: 


  1. I prefer:
    1a. Making decisions after finding out what others think
    1b. Making decisions without consulting others


  1. I prefer:
    2a. Being called imaginative or intuitive
    2b. Being called factual and accurate


  1. I prefer:
    3a. Making decisions about people in organizations based on available data and systematic analysis of situations
    3b. Making decisions about people in organizations based on empathy, feelings, and understanding of their needs and values


  1. I prefer:
    4a. Allowing commitments to occur if others want to make them.
    4b. Pushing for definite commitments to ensure they are met


  1. I prefer:
    5a. Quiet, thoughtful time alone
    5b. Active, energetic time with people


  1. I prefer:
    6a. using methods I know well that are effective to get the job done
    6b. trying to think of new methods of doing tasks when confronted with them


  1. I prefer:
    7a. Drawing conclusions based on unemotional logic and careful step by step analysis
    7b. Drawing conclusions based on what I feel and believe about life and people from past experiences


  1. I prefer:
    8a. Avoiding making deadlines
    8b. Setting a schedule and sticking to it


  1. I prefer:
    9a. Talking a while and then thinking to myself about the subject
    9b. Talking freely for an extended period and thinking to myself at a later time


  1. I prefer:
    10a. Thinking about possibilities
    10b. Dealing with actualities


  1. I prefer:
    11a. Being thought of as a thinking person
    11b. Being thought of as a feeling person


  1. I prefer:
    12a. Considering every possible angle for a long time before and after making a decision
    12b. Getting the information I need, considering it for a while, and then making a fairly quick, firm decision.


  1. I prefer:
    13a. Inner thoughts and feelings others cannot see
    13b. Activities and occurrences in which others join.


  1. I prefer:
    14a. The abstract or theoretical
    14b. The concrete or real


  1. I prefer:
    15a. Helping others explore their feelings
    15b. Helping others make logical decisions


  1. I prefer:
    16a. Change and keeping options open
    16b. Predictability and knowing in advance


  1. I prefer:
    17a. Communicating little of my inner thinking and feeling
    17b. Communicating freely my inner thinking and feeling


  1. I prefer:
    18a. Possible views of the whole
    18b. The factual details available


  1. I prefer:
    19a. Using common sense and conviction to make decisions
    19b. Using data, analysis, and reason to make decisions


  1. I prefer:
    20a. Planning ahead based on projections
    20b. Planning as necessities arise, just before carrying out the plans


  1. I prefer:
    21a. Meeting new people
    21b. Being alone or with one person I know well


  1. I prefer:
    22a. Ideas
    22b. Facts


  1. I prefer:
    23a. Convictions
    23b. Verifiable conclusions


  1. I prefer:
    24a. Keeping appointments and notes about commitments in notebooks or in appointment books as much as possible
    24b. Using appointment books and notebooks as minimally as possible, although I may use them


  1. I prefer:
    25a. Discussing a new, unconsidered issue at lengths in a group
    25b. Puzzling out issues in my mind, then sharing the results with another person


  1. I prefer:
    26a. Carrying out carefully laid, detailed plans to precision
    26b. Designing plans and structures without necessarily carrying them out


  1. I prefer:
    27a. Logical people
    27b. Feeling people


  1. I prefer:
    28a. Being free to do things on the spur of the moment
    28b. Knowing well in advance what I am expected to do


  1. I prefer:
    29a. Being the center of attention
    29b. Being reserved


  1. I prefer:
    30a. Imaging the nonexistent
    30b. Examine details of the actual


  1. I prefer:
    31a. Experiencing emotional situations, discussions, movies
    31b. Using my ability to analyze situations


  1. I prefer:
    32a. Starting meetings at a prearranged time
    32b. Starting meetings when all are comfortable and ready





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