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Profile Form

The following exercise is designed to elicit your operating patterns at work. When you complete the exercise you will be given a profile, which will outline your preferred operating patterns. You can then compare this with the work that you do to check how compatible the two are.

Read the statement or question and decide quickly whether it is very like you or not at all like you on a sliding scale of five going from left to right. Work you way through the form and click on the 'Create Profile' button at the bottom to view you profile. You can then e-mail your profile to a colleage or to yourself as a record.

Section 1 – getting things done

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1

You are good at getting things off the ground quickly

    
2

You prefer others to initiate things

    
3

You speak in long sentences

    
4

You are impatient / find it difficult to sit still

    
5

You need to be in charge of what you do

   

Section 2 – doing a good job

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1

You know inside when you have done a good job

    
2

You know when you have done a good job when others are happy with it, or targets are met

    
3

When following instructions, you criticise the procedure if there are problems

    
4

When following instructions, you will question what you are doing if there are problems

    
5

You resist when someone tells you what to do

    

Section 3 – what you like to do

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1

You are good at creating procedures and systems

    
2

You are good at following set procedures from start to finish

    
3

You believe there is always a right way to do things

    
4

You always complete what you start

    
5

You are good at starting new ideas and projects

   

Section 4 – relating to people

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1

You find it difficult to break off conversations and end visits

    
2

You find it easy to distance yourself from other people's emotions

    
3

You get frustrated in meetings if people sidetrack and talk off the agenda

    
4

If a colleague you liked had a personal crisis you would drop everything to help them

    
5

You can become preoccupied with how people feel about things

    

Section 5 – what motivates you

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1

You think in terms of goals to be achieved

    
2

You automatically pick up what is going wrong

   
3

You are good at managing priorities

    
4

You don't get distracted by problems

    
5

Deadlines or threats spur you into action

    

Section 6 – working preference

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1

You can go for long periods of time without wanting contact

    
2

You like to organise activities for others

   
3

Working with others is what you do best

    
4

You work best when you have sole responsibility for jobs

    
5

You always consult with others