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Dominance || Inspirational || > or dinner > exchange || > without judgement > immediate solutions > feeling" || > possible consequences before making decisions
 * **My Highest Style(s)**
 * **My Classical Pattern**
 * **Select the three most important strategies**
 * for each of the areas to share with your colleagues** ||
 * //**Creating a positive climate with me…**//
 * 1) Accept his need for variety and change.
 * 2) Provide opportunities to interact with others in a positive, enthusiastic manner
 * 3) Accept that he may desire to interact often and with many different people ||
 * **//When communicating with me…//**
 * 1) Tends to practice selective perception, only hearing and/or remembering that with which he agrees
 * 2) Brad tends to prefer informal, open-ended discussions in social environments such as over lunch
 * **//When communicating with me…//**
 * 1) Tends to practice selective perception, only hearing and/or remembering that with which he agrees
 * 2) Brad tends to prefer informal, open-ended discussions in social environments such as over lunch
 * 1) Brad desires an opportunity to share experiences, stories and ideas in an enthusiastic, responsive
 * **//When you want to compliment me…//**
 * 1) Compliment his ability to take risks, to set precedents
 * 2) Recognize his skill at involving others in discussions and activities
 * 3) Praise his ability to generate enthusiasm in others ||
 * **//When you need to provide me feedback…//**
 * 1) Disengage from right/wrong debates
 * 2) Provide opportunity for him to express his feelings after hearing your feedback
 * 3) Have him restate your feedback in his own words to ensure accurate listening ||
 * **//When we’re in conflict…//**
 * 1) Disengage from right/wrong debates by acknowledging the differences between the two of you,
 * **//When we’re in conflict…//**
 * 1) Disengage from right/wrong debates by acknowledging the differences between the two of you,
 * 1) Disengage from right/wrong debates by acknowledging the differences between the two of you,
 * 1) Resist any impulse to retaliate with blaming, attacking or sarcastic comments
 * 2) Reduce your defensiveness when attacked and acknowledge any error on your part ||
 * **//When we need to problem-solve…//**
 * 1) Brad tends to avoid handling complex, detailed problems requiring follow-up
 * 2) Brad tends to take a practical, results-oriented approach, preferring simple, easy-to-implement,
 * 1) Brad tends to take a practical, results-oriented approach, preferring simple, easy-to-implement,
 * 1) He may need to be coached through a logical problem-solving process instead of relying on a "gut-
 * **//When we need to make decisions…//**
 * 1) Brad tends to be a quick decision-maker
 * 2) He may need to be encouraged to take enough time to gather sufficient information and consider
 * 1) He may need to be encouraged to take enough time to gather sufficient information and consider
 * 1) Brad tends to make emotion-based decisions, sometimes impulsively, based on a "gut-feeling" ||