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Ballmer, there are thousands of other directors and managers
that play this role at different levels.

The manager’s personality is totally opposite to that of the
creator. The manager is usually a very left-brain person
who is orderly, systematic and thrives on predictability,
While the creator is always thinking about the future, the
manager’s mind is always on the present. While the creator
is focused on the big picture, the manager is very much
focused on the details.

While the creator is spontaneous and disorganized, the
manager is highly organized, practical and hates uncertainty.

The manager’s motto is ‘There is a place for everything and
everything in its place’. He is great at setting tasks, organizing
them, putting deadlines and keeping track to make sure
everything is done according to plan. You can imagine what
his suitcase looks like.

Like the creator, the manager’s personality has its weaknesses.
Managers don’t like to change things and they focus so much
on the details that they often lose sight of the big picture.

While the creator dreams and innovates and the manager
plans how to get things done, the specialists are the people
who produce the goods and services.

3) The Specialist
Specialists are people who have their skills focused on the
technical aspects of the business. While being focused on the
details, they also have a creative side to them. Specialists are
the programmers in a software company, chefs in a restaurant,

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