People styles at work assessment

SPC 3425 People Styles at Work Inventory Guidelines

Purpose: This goal of this assignment is to identify your People Styles at Work using the People Styles Self-Assessment Inventory by Bolton and Bolton (2009).

Task: Review the directions and complete the inventory below. Enter your result (Analytical, Driver, Amiable, Expressive) into the appropriate dropbox by the deadline.

A successful student will:

· Complete the inventory.

· Upload their style to the dropbox by the deadline.

People Styles at Work Inventory

This inventory is adapted from the book People Styles at Work… and Beyond: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better by Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton (2009). Complete the inventory by thinking about how others perceive you, not how you perceive yourself. Select the option from each question that describes you most closely. Try to be as honest and objective as you can and know that there are no “right” or “wrong” answers here. This inventory is meant to show you your behavior style at work. I will use this information later on this semester for your group project.

Question #1

(A) More likely to lean back when stating opinions.

(B) More likely to be erect or lean forward when stating opinions.

Question #2

(C) Less use of hands when talking.

(D) More use of hands when talking.

Question #3

(A) Demonstrates less energy.

(B) Demonstrates more energy.

Question #4

(C) More controlled body movement.

(D) More flowing body movement.

Question #5

(A) Less forceful gestures.

(B) More forceful gestures.

Question #6

(C) Less facial expressiveness.

(D) More facial expressiveness.

Question #7

(A) Softer voice.

(B) Louder voice.

Question #8

(C) Appears more serious.

(D) Appears more fun-loving.

Question #9

(A) More likely to ask questions.

(B) More likely to make statements.

Question #10

(C) Less inflection in voice.

(D) More inflection in voice.

Question #11

(A) Less apt to exert pressure for action.

(B) More apt to exert pressure for action.

Question #12

(C) Less apt to show feelings.

(D) More apt to show feelings.

Question #13

(A) More tentative when expressing opinions.

(B) Less tentative when expressing opinions.

Question #14

(C) More task-oriented conversations.

(D) More people-oriented conversations.

Question #15

(A) Slower to resolve problem situations.

(B) Quicker to resolve problem situations.

Question #16

(C) More oriented toward facts and logic.

(D) More oriented toward feelings and opinions.

Question #17

(A) Slower-paced.

(B) Faster-paced.

Question #18

(C) Less likely to use small-talk or tell anecdotes.

(D) More likely to use small-talk or tell anecdotes.

Now, total up the number of A answers and B answers that you marked down. If you have more As than Bs, you are less assertive. If you have more Bs than As, you are more assertive.

Next, total the C and D answers that you have marked down. If you have more Cs than Ds, you are less emotionally responsive. If you have more Ds than Cs, you are more emotionally responsive.

If your final scores are less assertive and less responsive, you think others perceive you as Analytical.

If your final scores are more assertive and less responsive, you think others perceive you as a Driver.

If your scores are less assertive and more responsive, you think others perceive you as Amiable.

If your scores are more assertive and more responsive, you think others perceive you as Expressive.

Check the box that describes how you think others perceive you. You should also enter this information into the appropriate dropbox.

· Analytical

· Driver

· Amiable

· Expressive

Here is a brief description of each of the styles:

Analyticals take their time when making decisions, show less emotion, are not easily excitable, and like to take into account data when making decisions.

Drivers are fast paced, sometimes impatient, focus on their current task, and are high energy.

Amiables are friendly, team players, more reserved, and complete the tasks that are given to them.

Expressives are outgoing, empathic, high energy, and may make decisions more impulsively than the other styles.