Lynn Ferguson-Pinet

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Team Building Coach Expert

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Main Areas: Team Coaching, Individual Performance Coaching
Career Focus: Business owner

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Diversity on teams; it’s the best of times and the worst of times.

Teams that deliver exceptional performance are generally made up of individuals that bring each of the really strong positive traits from the 4 workplace personality styles. These teams also understand and appreciate each other enough to get past the traits that cause the most challenges. In an effort to help create this dynamic on more teams, I’ll be writing a series of articles on the “top irritants” as seen by each of the four personality styles.

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How can you improve communication with your boss?

In a recent team workshop, I was asked how to apply the learning on the four core personality styles to the specific relationship of managing up. We need to manage all our work relationships, but the one with our boss is the one most of us want to truly excel at. If you happen to have a great relationship with your boss, either your personality styles just click or you have worked together long enough to understand each other, well done! Keep in mind all relationships need to be consciously managed so don’t rest on your laurels.

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How can I connect better with my boss – I’m a planner and all about the details and my boss is…

The best way to improve your connection with your boss is to reflect on your own personality style and then determine where the connection points and challenges are. If you resonate with the title, you likely fit into the structure oriented personality style. Next step is to try to determine your boss’s personality style. Check out the Workplace Personality Styles link on the left sidebar menu for an overview. Now that you have both yourself and your boss categorized, here are some key points to improve your communication and overall relationship with your boss:

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Is being friends with your boss a good or bad thing?

The key to answering this question is dependent on how competent you are at your job. Like any good workplace relationship where there is an imbalance of power, the fundamental business relationship needs to be a good one.r

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Are you so passionate about your job that you would still do it even if you won the lottery?

If you answered yes, then don’t spend any time reading the rest of the article – just get back to work doing the job you love. If you answered no, but didn’t think the notion was crazy, you likely fall into the People Oriented workplace personality. This workplace personality type is generally very passionate about most things, and sometimes even overly passionate. As a result of being SO passionate about what you do, you likely find yourself at the ends of the spectrum when it comes to satisfaction with your job – you either LOVE it or HATE it.

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Team Building Tips - Meetings that appeal to all temperaments

During my team workshops we focus in on 4 core temperament styles that make up most teams, a very quick summary as it relates to meetings would be: 1.Action Oriented - let's get something accomplished and move on! 2.Task Oriented - let's be clear about what's on the agenda and keep to the time plan! 3.Strategy Oriented - let's find new ways to do things not cover off administrative checklists! 4.People Oriented - let's make sure the meeting is inclusive and build relationships.

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My way or the highway…no more…learn how to make the most of everyone’s skills when trying to make decisions as a team!

“A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of themselves and their contribution to praise the skills of the others.” Norman Shidle A fundamental part of being a highly effective team is the ability to make effective decisions as a team, but which way is the best way? In tackling this question, it’s best to understand the different perspectives with which people approach decisions and how best to connect with each of these approaches. Action Oriented Team Mates

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Play to the Strengths of Each of Your Team Members During This Years Business Planning Process.

As you tackle the business planning process for the year, there are some fundamental personalities differences that you need to keep in mind to make the process as efficient and effective as possible. The key areas to be considered are: 1.Preparation for the business planning meeting. 2.The business planning meeting itself. 3.Development of strategies and action plans. 4.Ongoing management of the business plan.

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Does your company recognize achievement in a way that you don't relate to?

One thing that is consistent across personalities is we want to be respected for a job well down and that generally translates into the best form of recognition, which is a promotion or an increase in salary.

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Top 10 Ways to Build Trust within your Team

Building trust is foundational element of successful teams. How you build trust however can be quite different for each team member. The following are the top 10 ways to build trust within the team. There are core elements that are important across each personality type. The first 4 items, are the core elements that are true across personalities. Following the top 4 I have identified specific areas that are more important to distinct personality types: Core Trust Elements: 1. Think about commitments fully before making them.

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Top 10 Ways to Improve Communication Within the Team

Effective communication is such an important part of successful teams, when team members effectively communicate they are well equipped to work through any team challenge or opportunity that comes their way. There is no one size fits all for how to communicate optimally which each individual but the basics of effective communication will put you on the right track, the following is a list of sound communication principles and questions you can ask yourself to improve your communication with each of your team mates depending on their key preferences and needs:

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