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to

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als

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ver

your

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lore

the

cont

ribut

ion

each

tale

nt b

rings

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e te

am.

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etim

es w

e m

ight

be

surp

rised

at t

he v

arie

ty o

f peo

ple

we

enco

unte

r. W

hile

som

e m

ight

be

sim

ilar

to u

s in

the

way

th

at th

ey a

ppro

ach

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k, o

ther

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diff

eren

t tha

t the

y m

ight

see

m li

ke th

ey c

ome

from

ano

ther

spe

cies

alto

geth

er.

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es:

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es w

e m

igh

es w

e m

igh

SAMPL

e en

coun

ter.

Wh

e en

coun

ter.

Wh

that

they

app

roth

at th

ey a

ppro

mig

ht s

eem

lm

ight

see

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like

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: It’s

a J

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» »

It’s

a J

un

gle

Writ

e do

wn

key

wor

ds th

at w

ill h

elp

you

rem

embe

r ea

ch a

rea

on th

e T

eam

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ent®

map

.

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d o

f P

oss

ibili

ties

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d o

f In

tera

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n

Lan

d o

f R

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d o

f A

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oduc

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to th

e T

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ents

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a J

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» »

My

Tea

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t

The

diff

eren

t tea

m r

oles

are

sum

mar

ized

bel

ow. Y

our

mos

t nat

ural

rol

e is

indi

cate

d by

the

chec

kmar

k. A

s yo

u re

ad th

e de

scrip

tions

bel

ow, i

mag

ine

grou

p m

embe

rs w

ho e

xcel

in e

ach

tale

nt.

Cre

ato

r:P

eopl

e w

ho g

ener

ate

new

idea

s an

d fr

esh

conc

epts

are

Cre

ator

s.

The

y pr

efer

to li

ve in

the

wor

ld o

f pos

sibi

litie

s. C

reat

ors

look

for

activ

ities

that

ar

e un

stru

ctur

ed o

r ab

stra

ct, a

nd th

ey th

rive

on in

nova

tion

and

uniq

ue

solu

tions

.

Ad

van

cer:

Tho

se te

am m

embe

rs w

ho c

omm

unic

ate

new

idea

s an

d ca

rry

them

forw

ard

are

Adv

ance

rs. T

hey

focu

s on

the

pers

onal

, int

erac

tive

wor

ld o

f fe

elin

gs a

nd r

elat

ions

hips

. Adv

ance

rs m

anag

e th

e hu

man

com

pone

nt o

f any

so

lutio

n, a

nd th

ey e

njoy

whi

ppin

g up

ent

husi

asm

for

a pr

ojec

t.

Ref

iner

:Ind

ivid

uals

who

ana

lyze

a s

olut

ion

for

flaw

s or

rev

ise

a pr

ojec

t sy

stem

atic

ally

are

Ref

iner

s. T

hey

focu

s on

the

obje

ctiv

e, a

naly

tical

wor

ld o

f fa

cts

or th

eorie

s. R

efin

ers

use

logi

c an

d a

syst

emat

ic a

ppro

ach

to r

edes

ign

a so

lutio

n, a

nd th

ey m

ake

sure

that

idea

s ar

e so

und

befo

re m

ovin

g th

em to

the

next

leve

l.

Exe

cuto

r:P

eopl

e w

ho d

eliv

er c

oncr

ete

resu

lts a

nd s

eek

succ

essf

ul

impl

emen

tatio

ns a

re E

xecu

tors

. The

y te

nd to

be

real

ists

. Exe

cuto

rs m

ake

sure

th

at im

port

ant a

ctiv

ities

get

acc

ompl

ishe

d, a

nd th

ey p

ay a

ttent

ion

to d

etai

ls a

nd

the

botto

m li

ne.

Fle

xer:

Tho

se in

divi

dual

s w

ho a

re a

com

bina

tion

of th

e ot

her

four

rol

es a

re

Fle

xers

. The

y ha

ve a

n eq

ual p

refe

renc

e fo

r m

ost o

r al

l of t

he r

oles

. Fle

xers

can

of

ten

adap

t the

ir st

yles

to fi

t the

nee

ds o

f the

team

, and

they

pro

babl

y vi

ew

issu

es fr

om d

iffer

ent p

ersp

ectiv

es.

Rem

embe

r th

at n

o ro

le is

bet

ter

or w

orse

than

any

oth

er. A

bal

ance

d te

am w

ill h

ave

all t

he r

oles

re

pres

ente

d. T

he m

ost e

ffect

ive

team

s ha

ve m

embe

rs w

ho fi

nd th

e op

port

uniti

es to

do

wha

t the

y do

bes

t an

d gi

ve o

ther

s th

e ro

om to

use

thei

r ta

lent

s.

SAMPLE

sol

utio

n fo

n f

focu

s on

the

o o

n th

logi

c an

d a

sys

logi

c an

d a

e th

at id

eas

are

that

idea

s a

ho d

eliv

er c

onc

ho d

eliv

er c

onc

re E

xecu

tors

. Te

Exe

cuto

ctiv

ities

get

acc

ctiv

ities

get

ac

Tho

se in

divi

dT

hose

ind

rs. T

hey

have

. The

y ha

ve S

apt t

heir

pt th

eir

RD

ISTR

IBU

TION

and

carr

y nd

car

ry

activ

e w

orld

of

ctiv

e w

orld

oom

pone

nt o

f an

mpo

nent

of a

ject

.je

ct.

ws

ors

o r

evis

e a

rev

ise

a or

rev

ise

a pr

ojec

t bj

ectiv

e, a

naly

bjec

tive,

ana

lte

mat

ic a

ppro

aem

atic

app

roa

e so

und

befo

reou

nd b

efor

e

cret

e re

sults

an

cret

e re

sult

hey

tend

to b

ehe

y te

nd to

be

com

plis

hed,

an

ompl

ishe

d, a

n

dual

s w

ho a

re

als

who

ar

e an

equ

al p

ref

e an

equ

al p

ref

FOR

ir st

yles

to fi

t th

sty

les

to fi

t iff

eren

t piff

eren

t per

spe

ersp

e

is b

ette

r or

wor

sbe

tter

o

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team

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lori

ng

th

e T

eam

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ents

In

Yo

ur

Gro

up

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als

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isco

ver

your

ow

n po

sitio

n on

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m T

alen

ts®

map

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�E

xplo

re th

e co

ntrib

utio

n ea

ch ta

lent

brin

gs to

the

team

.

Any

suc

cess

ful g

roup

effo

rt r

equi

res

that

indi

vidu

als

perf

orm

to

the

best

of t

heir

abili

ties.

But

wha

t are

thos

e ab

ilitie

s, a

nd

how

can

you

mak

e su

re th

at y

our

cont

ribut

ion

coun

ts?

Not

es:

PLE –

ucce

ssfu

l gro

up

cces

sful

gro

up

e be

st o

f the

ir a

e be

st o

f the

ir a

SAMPL

ow c

an y

ou m

akow

can

you

mak

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the

ent b

rings

to th

e

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effo

rt r

equi

res

th e

ffort

req

uire

s th

bilit

ies.

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wha

bilit

ies.

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wha

DIS

TR

ke s

ure

that

you

ke s

ure

that

BU

FOR

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ple

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lorin

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e T

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ents

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our

Gro

up»

» »

Un

der

stan

din

g Y

ou

r T

eam

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ent

Sam

ple

, yo

u’r

e a

CR

EA

TO

R. T

his

team

rol

e is

not

arb

itrar

y or

mys

terio

us. I

nste

ad, i

t’s th

e re

sult

of h

ow

you

tend

to fo

cus

your

ene

rgy

and

atte

ntio

n in

a g

roup

set

ting.

Rea

d th

e de

scrip

tion

belo

w a

nd u

nder

line

the

char

acte

ristic

s th

at h

elp

you

succ

eed

in a

team

.

Wh

at m

akes

yo

u a

Cre

ato

r? L

ike

mos

t peo

ple,

you

r ro

le is

bas

ed

on y

our

natu

ral t

ende

ncie

s to

focu

s yo

ur a

ttent

ion

in c

erta

in

dire

ctio

ns r

athe

r th

an o

ther

s. A

s de

scrib

ed b

elow

, the

re a

re tw

o di

men

sion

s th

at w

e ca

n us

e to

mea

sure

how

peo

ple

focu

s th

eir

atte

ntio

n.

One

dim

ensi

on m

easu

res

if yo

u pr

efer

to fo

cus

on P

ossi

bilit

ies

or

Rea

litie

s. L

ike

you,

peo

ple

who

focu

s on

Po

ssib

iliti

es a

re m

ore

likel

y to

app

reci

ate

imag

inat

ive

or a

bstr

act a

ctiv

ities

. The

y en

joy

havi

ng fa

r-re

achi

ng d

iscu

ssio

ns, h

ashi

ng o

ut a

pro

ject

’s p

oten

tial,

or c

reat

ing

an in

nova

tive

plan

. On

the

othe

r ha

nd, p

eopl

e w

ho fo

cus

on R

ealit

ies

are

mor

e lik

ely

to a

ppre

ciat

e pr

actic

al o

r sy

stem

atic

ac

tiviti

es. T

hey

pref

er ta

cklin

g st

ruct

ured

pro

ject

s, p

erfo

rmin

g de

tail-

orie

nted

wor

k, a

nd p

ursu

ing

conc

rete

res

ults

.

You

can

see

that

Cre

ator

s ha

ve a

str

ong

focu

s on

Pos

sibi

litie

s an

d E

xecu

tors

hav

e a

stro

ng fo

cus

on R

ealit

ies.

Yo

ur

focu

s is

sh

ow

n

by

the

do

t on

the

circ

le to

the

right

. You

are

a C

reat

or b

ecau

se o

f yo

ur s

tron

g fo

cus

on P

ossi

bilit

ies.

Writ

e do

wn

exam

ples

from

you

r ex

perie

nce

that

dem

onst

rate

the

area

s yo

u un

derli

ned

abov

e.CR

EA

TO

R

EX

EC

UT

OR

Fo

cus

on

PO

SS

IBIL

ITIE

S

Fo

cus

on

RE

AL

ITIE

S

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xer

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o fo

cute

mat

ic

rmin

g de

tail

deta

il -

on P

ossi

bilit

ies

aon

Pos

sibi

litie

s o

ur

focu

s is

sh

ur

focu

s is

sre

a C

reat

or b

ecre

a C

reat

or b

ec

m y

our

expe

rie y

our

expe

r

S

N

EA

TO

AT

O N

NO

T FO

R D

ISTR

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and

and

ow

n

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ur lo

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rope

acc

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you

r pr

imar

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lent

.

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ssib

iliti

esB

alan

ced

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litie

s

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alys

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alan

ced

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ract

ion

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es a

bout

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gro

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ased

on

how

we

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plac

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e no

tes

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e co

ntrib

utio

ns o

f eac

h ta

lent

gro

up.

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sibi

litie

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litie

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lysi

s

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ract

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ple

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Sec

on

dar

y T

eam

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ent

The

re is

a d

eepe

r le

vel t

o yo

ur ta

lent

s. R

ead

the

desc

riptio

n be

low

and

und

erlin

e th

e ch

arac

teris

tics

that

he

lp y

ou s

ucce

ed in

a te

am.

Are

all

Cre

ato

rs t

he

sam

e? N

o. A

noth

er

dim

ensi

on h

elps

add

eve

n m

ore

clar

ity to

you

r pr

efer

red

role

.

Thi

s ot

her

dim

ensi

on a

sks

if yo

u ar

e na

tura

lly

mor

e fo

cuse

d on

Ana

lysi

s or

Inte

ract

ion.

You

ha

ve s

light

tend

ency

to fo

cus

on A

nal

ysis

, w

hich

mea

ns th

at y

ou p

roba

bly

look

at t

he w

orld

fr

om a

logi

cal a

nd q

uest

ioni

ng v

iew

poin

t. Y

ou

may

str

ive

for

obje

ctiv

ity in

you

r w

ork

and

tend

to

be

som

ewha

t ske

ptic

al o

f new

idea

s. O

n th

e ot

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