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Get-Things-Going™
Interaction Style
Adapted
from Linda V. Berens, Understanding
Yourself and Others®: An Introduction
to Interaction Styles 2.0 (Telos Publications,
2008) *Used with permission.
The theme is persuading
and involving others. They thrive in facilitator
or catalyst roles and aim to inspire others
to move to action, facilitating the process.
Their focus is on interaction, often with
an expressive style. They Get-Things-Going™
with upbeat energy, enthusiasm, or excitement,
which can be contagious. Exploring options
and possibilities, making preparations,
discovering new ideas, and sharing insights
are all ways they get people moving along.
They want decisions to be participative
and enthusiastic, with everyone involved
and engaged.
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Themes
of the Get-Things-Going™ Variations
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Discoverer
Advocate
Inspiring and facilitating
others. Exploring perceptions. Talent
for seeing what’s not being
said and voicing unspoken meanings.
Seek to have ideal relationships.
Recognize happiness. Living out
stories. Want to authentically live
with themselves. Respond to insights
in the creative process. Finding
the magical situation. Restless
hunger for discovering their direction.
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Facilitator
Caretaker
Accepting and helping
others. Managing people. Hearing
people out. Voicing concerns and
accommodating needs. Admire the
success of others. Remember what’s
important. Talented at providing
others with what they need. Keep
things pleasant. Maintaining a sense
of continuity. Accounting for the
costs. Often disappointed by entrepreneurial
projects.
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Explorer
Inventor
Being inventive. Talented
at building prototypes and getting
projects launched. Lifelong learning.
Enjoy the creative process. Share
their insights about life’s
possibilities. Strategically formulate
success. An inviting host. Like
the drama of the give and take.
Trying to be diplomatic. Surprised
when their strategizing of relationships
becomes problematic.
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Motivator
Presenter
Stimulating action.
Have a sense of style. Talent for
presenting things in a useful way.
Natural actors—engaging others.
Opening up people to possibilities.
Respect for freedom. Taking risks.
A love of learning, especially about
people. Genuine caring. Sometimes
misperceive others’ intentions.
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