PeopleSmart in Business eBook - The Platinum Rule

• View people and tasks more objectively
• Avoid overuse of giving and taking advice (which can result in
lack of focus on task)
• Write things down
The Steady Relater Leader
Encourage them to update their methods
Steady Relaters contribute stability and perseverance to their workplace.
Since they work toward harmony in the offi ce, they usually fi t
comfortably into the work environment, but they may become used to
using the same old methods again and again. Sometimes their procedures
include steps that may have been needed when they learned the
procedure, but can now be discarded. Th ey may improve their work
practices by utilizing shortcuts that eliminate extra steps. Dominant
Directors and Interacting Socializers can oft en help them with this.
And, when asked, Cautious Th inkers can generally demonstrate new
ways to get things done.
How to develop Steady Relaters
When he’s in training for a job, he favors one-on-one, hands-on instruction
with a real live human being, starting at the beginning and
ending at the end. By learning each step, he generally is more comfortable
with his functions. During training and in other newer situations,
the S tends to observe others for a longer than average time. When he
feels he can do a task, then and only then will he comfortably begin.
Th is slower pace can frustrate Dominant Directors and Interacting
Socializers, both of whom like to plunge right in with, “Oh, sure! I can
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