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What really makes people tick and what companies really need

• The green type has problems to react to changes in a
measured way - he prefers to avoid them. His fear of change
and thus of risks leads him to a rather negative attitude, his
steadfastness can lead to stubbornness.
• The blue type with his meticulous manner often appears
fussy to the point of pettiness. His attention to detail leads
to a limitation of his ability to act, and he also tends to paint
in black and white.

Knowledge of these four basic types provides you with a first hand
for assessing and matching yourself and other people - but you
should be aware of the relativity of such an assessment. An
example: The employee Müller belongs to the blue type and is very
meticulous, orderly and knowledgeable. Colleague Schmidt, on the
other hand, can be described as a slob. The employee Huber
stands - as far as his love of order is concerned - between the two.
How would the blue employee Müller and the red chaotic Schmidt
judge their common colleague Huber? Mr. Müller would probably
describe his colleague Huber as a messy person, while Ms. Schmidt
would call him a pedant. Of course, both are right - everyone views
colleague Huber through their own individual and subjectively
colored glasses. Both evaluate the colleague from their point of view
and come to different conclusions - depending on how they see
themselves. You should always take this into account in your own
assessments.

Consistently match
I experience every day how enormously important the knowledge
of a personality typology is. But also in relation to ourselves, it is
helpful to expand our knowledge of ourselves and of people with a
typology in order to expand our matching competence in this way.
This reminds me of an experience almost 30 years ago. I

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