PeopleSmart in Business eBook - The Platinum Rule

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Five: On the Job
• Implement changes in the workplace
• Tend to freely delegate duties, enabling them to take on more projects
DOMINANT DIRECTOR:
PREFERRED BUSINESS SITUATIONS
• Like to call the shots and tell others what to do
• Like challenging workloads which fuel their energy levels
• Tend to personally oversee, or at least know about, their employees'
or co-workers' business activities
• Like to say what's on their minds without being concerned about
hurting anybody's feelings
• Enjoy taking risks and being involved in changes
• Prefer to interpret the rules and answer to themselves alone
• Interested in the answers to what questions, not how ones
• Like to see a logical road toward increasing and ongoing advancement,
since bigger is better to them
At Work with the Interacting Socializer
Preferred job positions
Careers that maximize infl uence with people where they can socialize,
mingle, and gain positive feedback
• Public relations
• Entertainment—acting, singing, reporting, public speaking —being
on stage or in the public eye