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Working Style Questionnaire

This document contains a working style questionnaire to assess an individual's working styles in five areas: being perfect, pleasing others, hurrying up, being strong, and trying hard. The questionnaire contains 25 questions to be scored on a scale of 0 to 6. Scores are then totaled in each of the five areas to determine which style best matches the individual. Each style is then described in terms of what energizes that style and what types of jobs or situations they work best in, along with suggestions for improvement.

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Working Style Questionnaire

This document contains a working style questionnaire to assess an individual's working styles in five areas: being perfect, pleasing others, hurrying up, being strong, and trying hard. The questionnaire contains 25 questions to be scored on a scale of 0 to 6. Scores are then totaled in each of the five areas to determine which style best matches the individual. Each style is then described in terms of what energizes that style and what types of jobs or situations they work best in, along with suggestions for improvement.

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Working Style Questionnaire

Complete this questionnaire to gain an indication of your working styles.


The instructions on how to complete the questionnaire are:
Score each of the following statements on a scale of 0 to 6 where 0 is not at all typical
of you and 6 is very typical of you at work. There is no right or wrong answer. Use
the full extent of the scale, answer each question honestly and as you feel or see
yourself at work.
1 ___ I prefer to work by myself most of the time.
2 ___ By choice I start new tasks whilst I have yet to complete others.
3 ___ I tire of meetings that go on too long, for example for more than an hour.
4 ___ When I chat with colleagues it is about their families and home life.
5 ___ It is when there is a crisis that I manage best.
6 ___ For meetings I arrive either just in time or slightly late.
7 ___ I take accurate notice of the details.
8 ___ I think that you have to be tough and resilient to survive in this world.
9 ___ I enjoy the prospect of starting new projects or tasks.
10 ___ I find it hard to say no if a colleague or manager asks me to do something I do not want to do
11 ___ I often find that I have left some preparations to the last minute.
12 ___ I regularly make more than one draft of my letters or reports before submitting them.
13 ___ I have a fast work rate.
14 ___ The well-being of acquaintances in work concerns me.
15 ___ I often choose to do more than one thing at a time.
16 ___ I am not particularly concerned with being popular.
17 ___ I become interested when hearing what work others are involved in.

18 ___ I actively involve myself so that people enjoy work.


19 ___ I could be described as a perfectionist.
20 ___ It is important that I am popular with most people.
21 ___ My work pattern shows me working fastest as time-scales are due.
22 ___ I like to have a number of projects on the go at any one time.
23 ___ I think that it is important to keep my feelings to myself.
24 ___ I make sure that I have crossed all thets and dotted all the 'i's.
25 ___ I produce work with no mistakes in it.

1. Transfer the scores from the questionnaire to the table below.


2. Add up the columns and put the total in the box below.
Be Perfect
Q
7

Score

Please Others
Q
4

Score

Hurry Up

Be Strong

Try Hard

Q
3

Q
1

Q
2

Score

Score

12

10

19

14

11

15

24

18

13

16

17

25

20

21

23

22

Total=

Total=

Total=

Total=

Total=

Score

Now transfer your total scores for each column to the table below.
Column
ONE

Work Style
Be perfect

TWO

Please (others)

THREE

Hurry up

FOUR

Be strong

FIVE

Try Hard

Score

1. BE PERFECT
Be Perfect people are energized by doing things right. They aim for perfection in everything, check
carefully, produce accurate work and set high standards. Sometimes they will miss deadlines because
they are still checking their work. They may have a weak sense of priorities and insist everything is
done perfectly, so they can come across as overly critical.
A BE PERFECT personality works well in jobs where detail is important and the set standards
are important.
Discussion point
For improvement, he/she needs to:
- realize that less than their best may be what is needed at the early stages
- realize that their qualities of accuracy and organization may have a poor impact on those with
different drivers
2. PLEASE PEOPLE
Those with a Please People style like to get on with everyone. They are energised by the thought of
approval and harmony. They make good team members because they involve others as a way of
making sure they are happy. Please People are the ones who use their intuition to pick up when
someone has doubts; they notice the little signs and the body language that others may ignore. On the
other hand, they may be reluctant to challenge anyone in case they lose that persons approval.
A PLEASE PEOPLE personality can be the mortar that holds a team together. They perform the
'maintenance' functions of involving people, checking and summarizing, and will be
sympathetic, empathetic, tolerant and flexible.
Discussion point
For improvement, he/she needs to:
- get on with things.
- let actions speak for themselves
- turn sympathy outwards not inwards
3. HURRY UP
People with hurry up styles like to do everything as quickly as they can, which means they get a lot
done. They are energized by having deadlines to meet, and they always seem able to fit in extra tasks.
They tend to be quick to come up with solutions to problems.
A HURRY UP personality will work well under time pressure because their energy will be high.
Discussion point
For improvement a Hurry Up needs to:
- think and plan ahead with regard to the REALITY of available time
- have short term goals with defined standards (bite sized jobs)

4. BE STRONG
People with Be Strong working styles pride themselves on their ability to stay calm in any
circumstances. They are energized by the need to cope. They are good at dealing with crises, can
handle difficult people, and will work steadily through any workload. However, their desire to have
everything under control means they can come across as aloof. They are also reluctant to ask for help,
even when they should, and their lack of awareness of emotions may make them insensitive to the
feelings of others.
A BE STRONG personality is very good accommodating poor conditions or putting up with
things that many would find unreasonable
Discussion point
For improvement, he/she needs to:
- learn to relax
- admit to being weak in some situations
5. TRY HARD
Try Hard people are enthusiastic, get involved in lots of different activities, and tend to volunteer for
things. They are energized by having something new to try. Sometimes they turn small jobs into major
projects because they are so enthusiastic at following up every angle. They may then become bored
with the detailed work that follows, even to the point of leaving work undone so they can move on to a
new, exciting activity.
A TRY HARD personality is very good in start up situations, and where effort and energy to
complete are needed.
Discussion point
For improvement, he/she needs to:
- finish some things
- put some full stops into their sentences
- follow through when necessary
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