Welcome to Your
Top Personality Trait
A Lucidata @Work Report
The results are in! The biggest part of your personality: STRUCTURED!
What does this mean? Relative to all of your other trait scores, you scored highest on the Structured side of the Logistics trait (more on this below).
There’s much more to you, of course, but like the proverbial tip of the iceberg, when it comes to your personality, this is the part of you that stands out the most.
Welcome to Your
Top Personality Trait
A Lucidata @Work Report
The results are in! The biggest part of your personality: STRUCTURED!
What does this mean? Relative to all of your other trait scores, you scored highest on the Structured side of the Logistics trait (more on this below).
There’s much more to you, of course, but like the proverbial tip of the iceberg, when it comes to your personality, this is the part of you that stands out the most.
Understanding the ALIVE Big 5
As opposed to unscientific personality tests that try to put everyone into either/or personality boxes (i.e., you’re either introverted or extroverted), Lucidata employs the rigorously researched and tested Big 5 theory of personality. Meaning, personality – though wildly complicated and endlessly fascinating – can be accurately predicted by scoring responses on 5 major personality traits. This is an example of the ALIVE Big 5 in action (although this is not your set of scores – those are available in a different report).
With this full spectrum of personality in mind, think of your Structured personality as one of the two behavioral poles at opposite ends of the Logistics trait. At one end of that trait is you, a Structured type, and at the other end is your opposite, a Spontaneous type.
This means you scored strongest (or furthest from the midpoint) on the Logistics trait and relative to your other trait scores. And in your case, you scored strongest on the Structured side of that trait.
Understanding the ALIVE Big 5
As opposed to unscientific personality tests that try to put everyone into either/or personality boxes (i.e., you’re either introverted or extroverted), Lucidata employs the rigorously researched and tested Big 5 theory of personality. Meaning, personality – though wildly complicated and endlessly fascinating – can be accurately predicted by scoring responses on 5 major personality traits. This is an example of the ALIVE Big 5 in action (although this is not your set of scores – those are available in a different report).
With this full spectrum of personality in mind, think of your Structured personality as one of the two behavioral poles at opposite ends of the Logistics trait. At one end of that trait is you, a Structured type, and at the other end is your opposite, a Spontaneous type.
This means you scored strongest (or furthest from the midpoint) on the Logistics trait and relative to your other trait scores. And in your case, you scored strongest on the Structured side of that trait.
Your Structured Personality Explained
What truly sets you Structured types apart is the way you create order out of chaos. Self-disciplined and hardworking, you’re the person dutifully moving the ball forward, often while others are procrastinating or second-guessing things.
Your commitment to a carefully considered plan breeds a quiet, inner confidence in both the plan and your ability to execute it. That confidence of yours can become contagious with others, particularly if you’re able to successfully execute (which you usually are).
You derive enormous satisfaction from ironing out the logistics of a plan, then kicking it into action to transform it into a reality. Colleagues likely describe you as one of the more diligent members of the team and someone they can count on to get things done without reminders or nagging.
You are comfortable in systems-oriented thinking, preferring to implement tried and true processes with an emphasis on true. And in those instances where you’re faced with ambiguity or uncertainty, you’re the only who will clean it up and smooth it out.
You have little patience for people who bounce from idea to idea or change plans in mid-stream. Once a course and boundaries are set, deviation without a credible rationale is unacceptable. Absent a plan, you get to work creating one.
Many Structured types like you have a long and impressive track record of accomplishments, including academic degrees and professional accreditations. Because they have a strong ability to see clearly in a world of varying degrees of opacity, Structured people are accomplished even in times of uncertainty or confusion.
Your Structured Personality Explained
What truly sets you Structured types apart is the way you create order out of chaos. Self-disciplined and hardworking, you’re the person dutifully moving the ball forward, often while others are procrastinating or second-guessing things.
Your commitment to a carefully considered plan breeds a quiet, inner confidence in both the plan and your ability to execute it. That confidence of yours can become contagious with others, particularly if you’re able to successfully execute (which you usually are).
You derive enormous satisfaction from ironing out the logistics of a plan, then kicking it into action to transform it into a reality. Colleagues likely describe you as one of the more diligent members of the team and someone they can count on to get things done without reminders or nagging.
You are comfortable in systems-oriented thinking, preferring to implement tried and true processes with an emphasis on true. And in those instances where you’re faced with ambiguity or uncertainty, you’re the only who will clean it up and smooth it out.
You have little patience for people who bounce from idea to idea or change plans in mid-stream. Once a course and boundaries are set, deviation without a credible rationale is unacceptable. Absent a plan, you get to work creating one.
Many Structured types like you have a long and impressive track record of accomplishments, including academic degrees and professional accreditations. Because they have a strong ability to see clearly in a world of varying degrees of opacity, Structured people are accomplished even in times of uncertainty or confusion.
The Six Facets of Your Top Trait
Every major trait is composed of six facets. As with the larger traits, facets exist on a spectrum. This means you likely scored high on some, low on others. In other words – and this is important – not all of these apply to you equally if at all. A fuller report of all traits and their facets will be available in the future. Click on any of the facets below for a brief description.
The Six Facets of Your Top Trait
Every major trait is composed of six facets. As with the larger traits, facets exist on a spectrum. This means you likely scored high on some, low on others. In other words – and this is important – not all of these apply to you equally if at all. A fuller report of all traits and their facets will be available in the future. Click on any of the facets below for a brief description.
You possess a strong belief in your ability to get things done, to address and overcome any challenges that arise, and to carry the ball even if / when others are unable to.
Your sense of confidence comes from your belief in the plan and yourself, and over time, with accomplishments under your belt, that confidence only grows.
You have an innate need to create order out of chaos. It’s unlikely your desk, office, or work station is disorganized, and even in the thick of things when there may in fact be some disarray, you know where things are and have a system for keeping track.
In general, you like to keep things tidy and neat and you chafe at anyone who attempts to disrupt your systems of organization.
Your word is your bond and you believe in following the letter of the law. Truthfulness, a commitment to honesty, and respect for tradition all rank highly in your book.
If you make a commitment – to a project, your colleagues, a client – you will get the job done, come hell or high water. Deadlines are not to be missed, even if it means pulling some serious overtime to get it done.
Conversely, you have little patience for more impulsive, casual types who treat their commitments in a cavalier fashion.
You’re likely known as the one who gets things done. A nose-to-the-grindstone type, you set high standards for yourself and for others.
This commitment to hard work can make you a popular team member because others know they can count on your without the reminders and check-ins that are needed for more casual types.
Similarly, management knows clients are in good hands with you because you’re going to follow through no matter the requirements.
You very likely are popular with colleagues, managers, partners, and clients for the simple reason they know they can depend on you. If they’ve got a need and you’re assigned to fulfill it, they’re confident you’ll get it done – or find the resources needed to do so.
You not only have a strong internal commitment to fulfilling your goals and commitments, but also to getting an early start on projects you know will be especially difficult or time-consuming. This only adds to your ability to get things done and your credibility with others.
You are a deliberate, calculating type of personality who is not prone to leaping headfirst into a project of any kind.
Instead, you take a focused, pragmatic approach, considering all options along with the purpose and goals behind the work.
Once you’ve got the answers you need, you dive in and get to work. And it is all but impossible to deter you unless there is a rock-solid rationale for altering course.
How Others See You
When it comes to others, your top personality trait is, of course, just one part of the equation. Where others rank on that same trait will go a long way in determining how you engage with each other – at work, at home, and everywhere in between.
A more Spontaneous personality, for example, may find your highly regimented approach to getting things done to be suffocating. exuberance and abundance of energy a source of exhaustion. Or, that same individual may be grateful that they can always count on you to get things done when everyone else is procrastinating.
With that said, here are just some of the ways your Fans (often those who share some of your Structured qualities) and Critics (often those who are more Spontaneous in nature) might interpret your personality.*
| FANS | CRITICS |
|---|---|
| Confident | Cocky |
| Organized | Obsessive |
| Dependable | Predictable |
| Hardworking | Demanding |
| Reliable | Methodical |
| Logical | Robotic |
* Personality is complicated stuff and there are no hard and fast rules with these things. Some who share your traits will get along well with you while others may chafe at those similarities, and still others with different traits may admire you for possessing qualities they lack. This is why knowing the makeup of your own personality is so important: you can use discernment to better understand relationship dynamics with others. No more surprises or missed opportunities!
How Others See You
When it comes to others, your top personality trait is, of course, just one part of the equation. Where others rank on that same trait will go a long way in determining how you engage with each other – at work, at home, and everywhere in between.
A more Spontaneous personality, for example, may find your highly regimented approach to getting things done to be suffocating. exuberance and abundance of energy a source of exhaustion. Or, that same individual may be grateful that they can always count on you to get things done when everyone else is procrastinating.
With that said, here are just some of the ways your Fans (often those who share some of your Structured qualities) and Critics (often those who are more Spontaneous in nature) might interpret your personality.*
| FANS | CRITICS |
|---|---|
| Confident | Cocky |
| Organized | Obsessive |
| Dependable | Predictable |
| Hardworking | Demanding |
| Reliable | Methodical |
| Logical | Robotic |
* Personality is complicated stuff and there are no hard and fast rules with these things. Some who share your traits will get along well with you while others may chafe at those similarities, and still others with different traits may admire you for possessing qualities they lack. This is why knowing the makeup of your own personality is so important: you can use discernment to better understand relationship dynamics with others. No more surprises or missed opportunities!
The
STRUCTURED
Team Member
As a Structured personality, how are you most likely to contribute to the team and, just as important, be perceived by your colleagues?
For starters, you’re likely one of the more diligent, self-disciplined, and hard-working members of your team (assuming you don’t rank first in all three categories). While others are celebrating TGIF, you’re the one who pulls late nights and even weekend shifts if the work has to get done (this doesn’t mean you don’t enjoy a good time, only that you believe in getting your job done).
For understandable reasons, this makes you a favorite of management and team members alike. From your team’s perspective, you follow through, ensure nothing falls through the cracks, and you manage to do it all while not wasting time or other resources. You’re also the one that others may go to in order to better understand a system or process, sometimes because you’re the one who created it in the first place.
As a result, you carry a quiet confidence with you. You know what you know and you aren’t shy about tackling even the most challenging projects.
But that sharp focus of yours and the self-confidence that comes with it may at times blind you to unexpected opportunities, unforeseen developments, and innovative new solutions that are hiding in plain sight. In other words, you’re so good at keeping your nose to the grindstone it can blind you to the things happening around you.
Similarly, your razor-focused commitment to existing rules, processes, and procedures can backfire, especially when those tried and true approaches start to grow long in the tooth. Business, after all, is dynamic – it must constantly evolve and innovate to remain abreast of the competition.
This is why it’s critically important for Structured types like you to occasionally look up, collaborate with the team on some good old-fashioned brainstorming sessions, and assess whether the old systems are still the best systems.
Remember, your value to your team as a disciplined, self-starting, highly organized and hardworking personality is rarely going to be questioned; but your ability to be part of an effort that leads the team into the future might.
Just imagine what that Structured personality of yours could do if you set your sights on bringing out the best of everyone on your team.
The
STRUCTURED
Team Member
As a Structured personality, how are you most likely to contribute to the team and, just as important, be perceived by your colleagues?
For starters, you’re likely one of the more diligent, self-disciplined, and hard-working members of your team (assuming you don’t rank first in all three categories). While others are celebrating TGIF, you’re the one who pulls late nights and even weekend shifts if the work has to get done (this doesn’t mean you don’t enjoy a good time, only that you believe in getting your job done).
For understandable reasons, this makes you a favorite of management and team members alike. From your team’s perspective, you follow through, ensure nothing falls through the cracks, and you manage to do it all while not wasting time or other resources. You’re also the one that others may go to in order to better understand a system or process, sometimes because you’re the one who created it in the first place.
As a result, you carry a quiet confidence with you. You know what you know and you aren’t shy about tackling even the most challenging projects.
But that sharp focus of yours and the self-confidence that comes with it may at times blind you to unexpected opportunities, unforeseen developments, and innovative new solutions that are hiding in plain sight. In other words, you’re so good at keeping your nose to the grindstone it can blind you to the things happening around you.
Similarly, your razor-focused commitment to existing rules, processes, and procedures can backfire, especially when those tried and true approaches start to grow long in the tooth. Business, after all, is dynamic – it must constantly evolve and innovate to remain abreast of the competition.
This is why it’s critically important for Structured types like you to occasionally look up, collaborate with the team on some good old-fashioned brainstorming sessions, and assess whether the old systems are still the best systems.
Remember, your value to your team as a disciplined, self-starting, highly organized and hardworking personality is rarely going to be questioned; but your ability to be part of an effort that leads the team into the future might.
Just imagine what that Structured personality of yours could do if you set your sights on bringing out the best of everyone on your team.
A CASE STUDY IN TEAMWORK
Focused, But Flexible
A Case Study In
TEAMWORK
Focused, But Flexible
Ajay is an accomplished programmer for a high-tech company recognized for its innovative products. As a diligent, hardworking, self-disciplined Structured personality, Ajay has become a prized member of the company’s elite development team. Not only does he excel at getting his work done, Ajay also keeps his team’s other diverse personalities on target.
A newly minted husband and father, Ajay has his eyes on an open position in management where he can earn considerably more money and contribute to the company’s direction.
Given his accomplishments and reputation within the company, Ajay is certain he’ll land the promotion. None of the other candidates can match his record working with different types of people and bringing them across the finish line. In fact, his team just completed another major project and, once again, was on-time and on-budget.
To ensure those results, Ajay repeatedly overruled the suggestions of two team members who had been developing a novel solution to the project’s central challenge – a solution they believed not only could save the company time and money but evolve into a new revenue generation opportunity. But true to his Structured personality, Ajay remained committed to a process he knew would get the job done. Eventually, the conflict drove the two ‘freewheelers’ (Ajay’s description of them) to transition to another group within the company.
To his astonishment, Ajay did not receive the promotion. In explaining its decision, the management team pointed out that the ‘freewheelers’ innovation was just that – a real innovation. It was already saving the company considerable money and had the attention of the CEO, who saw real potential for it across other projects.
In management’s estimation, Ajay remained as valuable as ever to his team. But they also reminded him that companies and the leaders who run them must remain dynamic and open to innovation and change – behaviors that were largely foreign to the inflexible Ajay.
Structured Teammate Tips
As a Structured team member, remember to:
- Lift your nose up at times and observe the nonlinear or ‘messy’ ideas that might be coming from your spontaneous teammates – just as they can learn from you, they may be wired to see things you don’t
- Remember that policies and procedures are good for teams to have, but include some flexibility in your established routines and belief systems when working in small groups (This can do wonders for teams at work and in your personal life.)
- Find safe opportunities to bend the rules (or sometimes altogether break them) in order to test your existing assumptions
The
STRUCTURED
Leader
How do Structured people like you tend to lead? In a word, conscientiously.
To elaborate, Structured leaders tend to focus more on getting things done, executing the plan, solidifying structures and rules, following established policies and procedures and generally ‘coloring within the lines.’ They often hope to be seen as role models for efficiency and effectiveness. They walk the talk, and hope everyone will be as diligent, dutiful and conscientious as they are.
In the future, chances are very good that you’re going to be tasked with leading and managing a broad array of people, including a few who are a lot like you – but many more who are far different, potentially those without such a strong work ethic or those who need prompting to stay on task, do their homework and hit key project milestones.
This is precisely why understanding one’s own personality can pay huge dividends in leadership effectiveness: by knowing yourself, you’ve already mastered 50% of the intelligence needed for leading others. Go on to recognize and understand the other major personality types and you’ve got a real head start in becoming a truly inspiring and effective leader!
The
STRUCTURED
Leader
How do Structured people like you tend to lead? In a word, conscientiously.
To elaborate, Structured leaders tend to focus more on getting things done, executing the plan, solidifying structures and rules, following established policies and procedures and generally ‘coloring within the lines.’ They often hope to be seen as role models for efficiency and effectiveness. They walk the talk, and hope everyone will be as diligent, dutiful and conscientious as they are.
In the future, chances are very good that you’re going to be tasked with leading and managing a broad array of people, including a few who are a lot like you – but many more who are far different, potentially those without such a strong work ethic or those who need prompting to stay on task, do their homework and hit key project milestones.
This is precisely why understanding one’s own personality can pay huge dividends in leadership effectiveness: by knowing yourself, you’ve already mastered 50% of the intelligence needed for leading others. Go on to recognize and understand the other major personality types and you’ve got a real head start in becoming a truly inspiring and effective leader!
A CASE STUDY IN LEADERSHIP
Diverse Personalities Make for Strong Teams
A Case Study In
LEADERSHIP
Diverse Personalities Make for Strong Teams
Sharon is one of those carefree, impulsive types who brings a great deal of spontaneity and fun to your team’s meetings. More than most, Sharon can be counted on for a good laugh and the occasional crazy story. Because colleagues and clients alike generally like her, you’ve been willing to overlook Sharon’s occasional ‘flexibility’ when it comes to internal rules, processes, and procedures.
Recently, however, Sharon has been working on a major new effort that has resulted in a handful of anonymous complaints. She’s missed some deadlines and taken some shortcuts that her more diligent team members refuse to ignore – after all, it’s their reputations on the line as well as her own. As Sharon’s manager, it’s your job to correct – or eliminate – the problem.
As a Structured personality, your natural inclination is to side with the individuals complaining about Sharon. Like you, they’re focused, disciplined types who get the job done without much need of handholding from you. Sharon, on the other hand, takes more of your time in part because of her impulsiveness.
But before you take up the issue with Sharon, you remember two important developments over the previous year.
- At times you’ve been criticized as too rigid and inflexible; more wedded to process and practice than the people you manage.
- Twice over the previous year Sharon identified opportunities with clients that the rest of your team completely missed. That’s the thing about Sharon – at times she can be ill-disciplined and at other times able to see things others overlook.
You’re determined to be more open-minded with her and also to remember the company actually has benefited from her insights. And because you don’t go into that conversation tied to your existing beliefs and suppositions, you discover that despite her carefree attitude, Sharon really does care.
In fact, part of her problem stems from feelings of insecurity and self-doubt that she’s carefully disguised through her procrastinations, shortcuts, and seeming cavalier attitude.
You propose a solution: to connect Sharon with another individual on her team that you happen to know is, like you, highly Structured but also Imaginative and Accommodating (e.g. more open-minded and empathetic). Together, you map out a plan where Sharon coordinates daily with this peer to stay on top of – or even in some cases, ahead of – the tasks on her project list. The result: Sharon discovers that she actually is capable of getting the job done on-time.
And you, in turn, have taken another step in learning how to lead at the next level, letting go of some ‘rigidity’ or focusing too much on process over people.
Structured Leadership Tips
For Structured leaders, when improving leadership effectiveness, make sure you:
- Help others, especially those who can get lost in the possibilities, remember the collective goals, constraints and rules. The power of teamwork is through collaboration.
- Remember that the most successful teams are almost always the comprised of a broad cross-section of personalities – and that means those who are not nearly as structured and conscientious as you.
- Enable everyone to feel safe and valued. Those who are more spontaneous or non-linear in their thinking may be very intimidated by your style and ability to get things done so efficiently and effectively.
- Recognize that the future IS AMBIGUOUS. To lead effectively, you need to paint a picture of the future, a future that often has fuzzier or unknown ‘rules’ . Embrace more ambiguity and leave room to pivot. Things will change.