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Working style is the way that an employee prefers to work. This has several common dimensions:

Detail

Big picture thinking versus attention to detail.
Generalist
Specialist
Thinks in first principles, challenges assumptions, systems thinking, design thinking, strategic thinking, dislikes repetition and seeks new challenges.
Attention to detail, expert knowledge, diligent, able to remain productive with predicable work that isn't necessarily challenging, accurate and precise.

Problem Solving

An employee's fundamental approach to problem solving.
Proactive
Reactive
Manages risks, pursues resilience and addresses the root cause of problems.
Addresses the symptoms of problems, ignores risk and takes shortcuts that may be costly in future.

Change

How an employee feels about change and risk taking.
Innovator
Defender of the Status Quo
Seeks aggressive change, considers creative ideas and takes calculated risks.
Seeks stability, values tradition, avoids risk, embraces conventional thinking, actively or passively resists change.

Direction

The amount of direction an employee requires to set goals, solve problems and make decisions.
Self-Directed
Follows Direction
Shapes their role, finds work to do, sets goals, self-improves, handles problems, makes decisions, handles ambiguity, remains productive without direction, challenges the boss.
Thrives in a command and control environment of clearly defined processes and procedures.

Social

The degree to which an individual requires others to achieve productivity.
Collaborator
Independent
Views all work as social whereby talking is viewed as productive.
Most productive when thinking or concentrating on independent work.

Planning & Organization

The amount of planning and organization that goes into work.
Structured
Flexible
Plans and organizes all work in advance. May plan for a long time before executing. Changes require more planning cycles.
Delays decisions and planning to the last responsible moment, able to change direction quickly, work may be ad hoc.

Conflict

The degree to which an individual can tolerate disagreement, criticism and debate.
Tolerance For Disagreement
Conflict Avoiding
High tolerance for disagreement, embraces creative tension, willing to challenge others and hold their ground, remains civil.
Avoids conflict and the seeks protection. Shapes work to avoid criticism as opposed to maximizing its value.

Leadership

Leadership is the ability to get people moving towards a common purpose independently of your formal authority.
Leader
Follower
Influences and takes on political challenges to lead a way forward.
Avoids politics and craves the protection and stability provided by leaders.

Time

A preference for acting quickly on every idea versus careful prioritization often motivated by a need to achieve work-life balance.
Bias For Action
Time Manager
Seeks turnaround time and productivity. Willing to sacrifice work-life balance to achieve goals.
Seeks productivity and work-life balance.
Overview: Working Style
Type
Definition
The way that an employee prefers to work.
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Working Style

This is the complete list of articles we have written about working style.
Adaptive Performance
Bias For Action
Character Traits
Civility
Creative Tension
Diligence
First Principles
Generalists
Job-Fit
Leadership
Management Style
Mediocrity
Problem Solving
Productivity
Resilience
Resists Change
Risk
Root Cause
Self Direction
Specialists
Turnaround Time
Work Attitude
Work Life Balance
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