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Navigating Leadership Styles with the Animal Matrix

Navigating Leadership Styles with the Animal Matrix. Our time together:. Learn more about yourself and how best to work with people who are most and least like you.

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Navigating Leadership Styles with the Animal Matrix

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  1. Navigating Leadership Styles with the Animal Matrix

  2. Our time together: Learn more about yourself and how best to work with people who are most and least like you. Learning Objective 1: Enhance self-awareness and social awareness by identifying personal preferences towards interactions using the Animal Matrix. Learning Objective 2: Develop and articulate strategies to work best with personality types most and least like yours. Learning Objective 3: Identify implications for staff development and teamwork.

  3. Our Session – Our Rules • Challenge by Choice • Be present • Participate • Be respectful • Take something away from what you learn

  4. The Work Environment Turn to person beside you... • What are some challenging situations we often encounter when working with the rest of our team? • What about challenges when addressing topics with our exec? • What do many of these have in common? Interpersonal communication

  5. Sorting Ceremony • You all should have a handout to help us identify your animal type. • We will put statements up on the screen and you will assess which statement is more like you.

  6. Prefers Salty Snacks North West East South Excited to learn my animal type I don’t want to know about my animal tendencies Prefers Sweet Snacks 1 square – This is like me 2 squares - This is REALLY like me!

  7. Active, ambitious, personable Tends to talk more than ask questions Takes a stand and makes position clear to others Enjoys working in groups Act before you think Prefers to have a lot of good friends Feels exhilarated/excited before public speaking 1 square – This is like me 2 squares - This is REALLY like me! North West East South Acceptance is a priority Warm, emotional, light hearted Often involved with the feelings of others, may be self-indulgent, attention-seeking. Casual, playful, dramatic, impulsive, open Empathy is more important than fact. When making a tough decision, following your heart is the most important Achievement is a priority Cautious, intellectual, serious May act independent of, or indifferent to the feelings of others. Precise, no-nonsense, critical, efficient Truth is more important than Empathy When making a tough decision, logical factors are the most important • Reserved, easy-going, accepting • Tends to ask more questions than talk • Expresses moderate opinions, cooperative, let others take initiative • Enjoys working alone • Think before you act • Prefers to have a few great friends • Feels apprehensive/ not excited before public speaking

  8. Your Results Extrovert MONKEY LION Thinking Feeling GOLDEN RETRIEVER OWL Introvert

  9. Monkeys • Pic only Extrovert Feeling Photo courtesy of sciencecakes.com

  10. Golden Retrievers • Pic only Feeling Introvert Photo courtesy of wikipedia

  11. Owls • Pic only Thinking Introvert

  12. Extrovert Thinking Photo courtesy of hdwallpapers.com

  13. COLLABORATE WITH YOUR ANIMAL TYPE • What is one bit of advice you have for others to know when working with your animal type? • What advice can you come up with for yourself in regards to working with mixed groups?

  14. Let’s Talk about “Your” animal • Which “animal” do you feel it would be most difficult for you to work with? • Which animal might be good to work with because of some complementary skills? • How does knowing one another’s animals help maintain relationships?

  15. In Closing… • This is not absolute • There is no BEST or WORST animal • Not an excuse or diagnosis • Pay attention to your own behavior • At what times do you see yourself in the colored side of your animal? • At what times do you see yourself on the outside (non-colored) side of your animal? • Golden Rule vs. Platinum Rule • Who is in your jungle? • Implications for staff development and teamwork?

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