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Making progress measurable

• "need for routine, multitasking" from "prefers routine" to
"likes diverse tasks"
• "Need for completion" from "not very consistent" to
"reliable, strong in implementation"
• "Detail orientation" from "avoids details" to "likes detailed
work"
• "prefers structure" from "great personal freedom" to
"little personal space."

Detail information about the relationship style
Let's move on to relationship style: The nine personality traits are
about how the manager deals with others, shapes his or her social
interactions and interprets other people in their social behavior.
The focus is on interpersonal style, critical faculties and emotional
balance. The measured personality traits thus provide information
about how the manager meets and affects others, what basic
attitude he or she has toward other people and things, and how self-
critical he or she is. This time we will take the personality dimension
"empathy" as an example: It is defined as the "extent to which the
manager can perceive and understand the feelings, motivations
and behavior of others.
The poles range from "self-serving": "The leader has little interest
in analyzing or understanding the actions and motives of others. She
is unlikely to be influenced by interpersonal issues when making
decisions," to "understanding, empathetic": "When the leader
analyzes situations, she is likely to recognize interpersonal issues and
take them seriously."
And, of course, there is also a low and a strong expression of the
other personality traits:

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