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Working Style Questionnaire

Complete this questionnaire to gain an indication of your working styles.

The instructions on how to complete the questionnaire are:

Score each of the following statements on a scale of 0 to 6 where 0 is not at all typical

of you and 6 is very typical of you at work. There is no right or wrong answer. Use

the full extent of the scale, answer each question honestly and as you feel or see

yourself at work.

1 ___ I prefer to work by myself most of the time.

2 ___ By choice I start new tasks whilst I have yet to complete others.

3 ___ I tire of meetings that go on too long, for example for more than an hour.

4 ___ When I chat with colleagues it is about their families and home life.

5 ___ It is when there is a crisis that I manage best.

6 ___ For meetings I arrive either just in time or slightly late.

7 ___ I take accurate notice of the details.

8 ___ I think that you have to be tough and resilient to survive in this world.

9 ___ I enjoy the prospect of starting new projects or tasks.

10 ___ I find it hard to say no if a colleague or manager asks me to do something I do not want to do

11 ___ I often find that I have left some preparations to the last minute.

12 ___ I regularly make more than one draft of my letters or reports before submitting them.

13 ___ I have a fast work rate.

14 ___ The well-being of acquaintances in work concerns me.

15 ___ I often choose to do more than one thing at a time.

16 ___ I am not particularly concerned with being popular.

17 ___ I become interested when hearing what work others are involved in.

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18 ___ I actively involve myself so that people enjoy work.

19 ___ I could be described as a perfectionist.

20 ___ It is important that I am popular with most people.

21 ___ My work pattern shows me working fastest as time-scales are due.

22 ___ I like to have a number of projects on the go at any one time.

23 ___ I think that it is important to keep my feelings to myself.

24 ___ I make sure that I have crossed all thets and dotted all the 'i's.

25 ___ I produce work with no mistakes in it.

1. Transfer the scores from the questionnaire to the table below.

2.

Add up the columns and put the total in the box below.

Be Perfect Please Others Hurry Up Be Strong Try HardQ Score Q Score Q Score Q Score Q Score

7 4 3 1 2

12 10 6 5 9

19 14 11 8 15

24 18 13 16 17

25 20 21 23 22

Total= Total= Total= Total= Total=

Now transfer your total scores for each column to the table below.

Column Work Style Score

ONE Be perfect

TWO Please (others)

THREE Hurry up

FOUR Be strong

FIVE Try Hard

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1. BE PERFECTBe Perfect people are energized by doing things right. They aim for perfection in everything, check

carefully, produce accurate work and set high standards. Sometimes they will miss deadlines because

they are still checking their work. They may have a weak sense of priorities and insist everything is

done perfectly, so they can come across as overly critical.

A BE PERFECT personality works well in jobs where detail is important and the set standards

are important.

Discussion point

For improvement, he/she needs to:

- realize that less than their best may be what is needed at the early stages

- realize that their qualities of accuracy and organization may have a poor impact on those with

different drivers

2. PLEASE PEOPLE

Those with a Please People style like to get on with everyone. They are energised by the thought of

approval and harmony. They make good team members because they involve others as a way of

making sure they are happy. Please People are the ones who use their intuition to pick up when

someone has doubts; they notice the little signs and the body language that others may ignore. On the

other hand, they may be reluctant to challenge anyone in case they lose that persons approval.

A PLEASE PEOPLE personality can be the mortar that holds a team together. They perform the

'maintenance' functions of involving people, checking and summarizing, and will be

sympathetic, empathetic, tolerant and flexible.

Discussion point

For improvement, he/she needs to:

- get on with things.

- let actions speak for themselves

- turn sympathy outwards not inwards

3. HURRY UP

People with hurry up styles like to do everything as quickly as they can, which means they get a lot

done. They are energized by having deadlines to meet, and they always seem able to fit in extra tasks.

They tend to be quick to come up with solutions to problems.

A HURRY UP personality will work well under time pressure because their energy will be high.

Discussion point

For improvement a Hurry Up needs to:- think and plan ahead with regard to the REALITY of available time

- have short term goals with defined standards (bite sized jobs)

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4. BE STRONG

People with Be Strong working styles pride themselves on their ability to stay calm in anycircumstances. They are energized by the need to cope. They are good at dealing with crises, can

handle difficult people, and will work steadily through any workload. However, their desire to have

everything under control means they can come across as aloof. They are also reluctant to ask for help,

even when they should, and their lack of awareness of emotions may make them insensitive to the

feelings of others.

A BE STRONG personality is very good accommodating poor conditions or putting up with

things that many would find unreasonable

Discussion point

For improvement, he/she needs to:

- learn to relax

- admit to being weak in some situations

5. TRY HARD

Try Hard people are enthusiastic, get involved in lots of different activities, and tend to volunteer for

things. They are energized by having something new to try. Sometimes they turn small jobs into major

projects because they are so enthusiastic at following up every angle. They may then become bored

with the detailed work that follows, even to the point of leaving work undone so they can move on to a

new, exciting activity.

A TRY HARD personality is very good in start up situations, and where effort and energy to

complete are needed.

Discussion point

For improvement, he/she needs to:

- finish some things

- put some full stops into their sentences

- follow through when necessary

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