PATHFINDER
INSTRUCTOR’S AWARD
Requirements
III. Complete ten hours of PIA instructor seminars,
covering the following topics:
A. Management Skills
1. Methods of facilitation
2. Effective meeting procedures
3. Understanding temperaments
Understanding Temperaments
Play: Process Oriented
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Analyze
Lead
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Understanding Temperaments
Give test to new volunteers
Assign staff according to temperament
Give them jobs in which each one will succeed
Look for strengths
Look for combinations: 4 Common Types
Choleric / Sanguine
Melancholy / Phlegmatic
Choleric / Melancholy
Sanguine Phlegmatic
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Choleric/Sanguine
Let them lead
Put them up front
Watch for bossiness
Limit authority to areas they know
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Melancholic / Phlegmatic
Let them study and teach
Put them in peacemaking roles
Watch for procrastination
Do not ask for quick decisions
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Choleric / Melancholy
Let them have the lead in important projects
Put them where they can see it through
Watch for arrogance and bossiness
Do not ask them to understand or have empathy
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Sanguine / Phlegmatic
Let them have the lead in making friends and having
fun
Put them as support for struggling Pathfinders
Watch for lack of motivation or follow-through
Do not ask them to run major projects
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Rare Opposites Sanguine / Melancholy
They should study temperaments
They can be fun and logical at different times
May need emotional support
Understanding Temperaments
Rare Opposites Choleric / Phlegmatic
They should study temperaments
They can be busy and laid back at different times
May need active support to know how busy to be
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Main Characteristics: Choleric
Positive:
Quick decisions
Lead with certainty
Radiate authority
To Work With Them:
Insist on two-way communication
Don’t expect empathy
Let them lead
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Main Characteristics: Melancholy
Positive:
Analytic
Good at details
Thoughtful
To Work With Them:
Be careful: they are sensitive
Compliment them sincerely
Let them keep records
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Main Characteristics: Phlegmatic
Positive:
Mediators
Calm
Good at routine
To Work With Them:
Give them direct motivation
Don’t expect enthusiasm
Help them set goals
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Main Characteristics: Sanguine
Positive:
Generate enthusiasm
Good up front
Creating positive atmosphere
To Work With Them:
Help them finish tasks
Offer them variety
Limit their workload
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Other Ways to Define Temperaments
Linda Berens
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Catalyst / Idealist
Stabilizer / Logistical
Theorist / Strategic
Improviser / Tactical
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Linda Berens
Catalyst / Idealist
Search for meaning and significance
Seek cooperative interactions
Trust their intuition
To Work With Them:
Seek friendship first
Show the significance of their help
Focus on ethics and morality
Rebuild friendship when you make a mistake
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Linda Berens
Stabilizer / Logical
Seek membership and responsibility
Value stability, security, community
Look for practical applications to their learning
Surprised when leaders fail
To Work With Them:
Give them responsibility
Keep activities and expectations around them stable
Listen to their past experiences
Rebuild trust when you make a mistake
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Linda Berens
Theorist / Strategic
Seek mastery
Create theories for everything
Trust logic
Utilitarian in actions
To Work With Them:
Give them logical reasons for what they do
Allow them to innovate for practical impact
Help them see progress
Minimize the skepticism by showing logical reasons to try again
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Linda Berens
Improviser / Tactical
Seek freedom to act and see results
Value aesthetics
Need stimulation and variety
Trust their impulses
Learn by experiencing
To Work With Them:
Give them hands-on projects
Allow them flexibility
Let them act and see the result
Give them individual things to do while keeping slower pace for others
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16 Personality Types
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INFP(T)(Diplomat-4%)
Mind
Energy
Nature
Tactics
Identity
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16 Personality Types
Mind
Introverted
Extroverted
Energy
Intuitive
Observant
Nature
Thinking
Feeling
Tactics
Judging
Prospecting
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16 Personality Types
Identity
How confident are we in our personality
Assertive
Turbulent
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16 Personality Types
Roles:
Analysts [_NT_]
Diplomats [_NF_]
Sentinels [_S_J]
Explorers [_S_P]
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16 Personality Types
Strategies:
Confident Individualism [I _ _ _(A)]
People Mastery [E _ _ _(A)]
Constant Improvement [I _ __ (T)]
Social Engagement [E _ _ _ (T)]
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Many people find this extremely accurate.
To create strategies, you must know the type of
each person.
The free test takes 12 minutes.
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