Admirable -- does good | Agent of Change |
Arrogant -- promotes self in unrealistic way | Attire & Hygiene |
Authoritarian | Avoids Accountability |
Avoids Competition & Conflict | Avoids Decisions |
Bad with Customers | Brings Personal Problems to Work |
Brings Politics or Religion to Work | Bureaucratic -- throws up red tape |
Candid & Honest | Clears Issues |
Compassionate | Competitive -- drive to win |
Complacent | Consults Appropriate Stakeholders |
Cooperative | Creative |
Cronyism -- promotes friends | Defeatist |
Delivers Quality Work | Demonstrates Attention to Detail |
Demonstrates Useful Know-how | Detached from Operational Realities |
Difficult Person | Diligent |
Disengaged & Aloof | Dishonest |
Disloyal | Disorganized |
Dull / Overly Serious | Emotional / Unstable |
Empathic & Understanding | Engaged |
Ethical | Experienced |
Good Negotiator | Good Storyteller |
Good with Customers | Hands-off |
Hard Worker | Hostile to Customers |
Hostile to Management | Hostile to Partners |
Influential -- source of big ideas that have been implemented | Ivory Tower -- smart but ineffectual |
Key Employee | Knowledgable |
Loyal | Manages Expectations -- communicates exactly what they will do and not do |
Mediocrity | Meets Commitments |
Micromanager | Narcissistic |
Negative & Critical | One-upmanship |
Open & Flexible | Organized |
Outgoing / Vocal | Overly Democratic -- won't make a decision |
Overly Political | Overoptimistic -- sets ambitious goals that aren't met |
Passive & Disconnected | Passive Aggressive |
Performs Critical Role | Permissive Manager -- respects competence of team |
Personable | Persuasive -- good communicator |
Poor Work Ethic | Popular |
Positive & Constructive | Pragmatic |
Productive | Pushover -- overcommits when pushed |
Quiet / Reserved | Reasonable |
Reliable | Resilience & Grit |
Resists Change | Respectful & Polite |
Resting on Laurels -- talks about experience but hasn't done much work recently | Revenue Generator |
Risk Taker | Secretive |
Sets Inconsistent Direction | Sidelines Stakeholders -- makes decisions beyond authority |
Sits on Problems | Slow / Low Throughput |
Solves Problems | Static |
Stuck in the Past | Supportive |
Takes Responsibility | Thrives in Conflict |
Tough but Fair | Uncooperative |
Underappreciated -- productive but humble | Unethical |
Unfriendly but Unusually Productive | Unimaginative |
Unproductive | Unreliable |
Virtuous | Visionary |
Well Connected | Well Known in Firm |
Well Known in Industry | Well Respected |
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