In this video and article I will talk about the various types of people and how this impacts leadership and employee behavior.
In my last video and article I spoke about how to have employees become more creative so they can contribute better ideas for continuous improvement. I mentioned that the first component to that is to understand the different types of people and how each type views change. Change is an important element of creativity and continuous improvement.
Everyone is unique, no two people are the same. This is true for our DNA, our personalities and our type. We have often heard the expression, he or she is not my type said to us by a friend. But what exactly does that mean?
There are six classic types of people and many combinations of types. So no two types can be the same. What is similar is the core tendencies of each classic type.
The basis for the classic types is rooted in our dominant intelligence. There are three intelligences that each human being processes, the physical or instinctive intelligence,
the emotional intelligence and the intellectual intelligence. Some practitioners of neuroscience calls them the three brains.
The basic difference between people starts with their dominant intelligence. A person who is dominated more by the physical or instinctive in
telligence is more focused on physical beauty and pleasures and on performing tasks with force and determination.
The emotional types are heart centered people and see life through their emotions. They 
tend to want to help others and promote happiness. They make good listeners and are highly empathetic.
The intellectual types use their intellect first to interpret situations 
and people and define their preferences. They tend to like to express their ideas and opinions of which they have many and are prone to do a lot of research and analysis.
Just from these brief descriptions you might already have a new perspective on yourself and your team of employees. The better you understand someone’s dominant intelligence and type the easier it is to work with them.
Each type has their strengths and weaknesses depending on the situation, relationship and task at hand. To improve one’s effectiveness in working with others and performing tasks well, each person needs to become better balanced in all three intelligence’s. This means 
using a good balance of your intuition or physical smarts, your intellectual thinking and your emotions. When all three are in good balance one can be highly effective in their relationships and task execution.
I learned about this types of people approach from my former colleague Fritz Glaus. Fritz wrote a book about this and also developed a leadership and team development training program that incorporates the six basic types methodology. In the book CrazYZoo, KnowThyself Made Easy, the reader gets involved by making a choice about himself before the start of the story and another one as he progresses through it. He discovers himself by taking on the role of one of the animals in the story. It is a simple yet highly effective method of learning about oneself and about others. You can download the book from this link for $5.
I will talk more about the types of people approach to self-knowledge in future videos. For now I encourage you to observe yourself and others to determine which of the three intelligence’s is most dominant and how it affects your behavior and relationships.
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