Rawabi Holding Newsletter Issue 26

Team
Contributions
other aspects of the hexagon to fit into
this category, but if you’re realistic
side is dominant, then theories bore
you and getting down and dirty puts a
smile on your face. I think that the majority
of Rawabi Holding business unit
employees are working in realistic jobs.
Those who are excelling in their areas
would most likely score highest on this
style. Those who are not perhaps have
been misplaced and could do much
better in a less physical position. Food
for thought.
I: Investigative
Those who are investigative love to
work with theories and analyze information.
Lab workers, lawyers, desk engineers,
psychiatrists, researchers and
professors. If you love medicine with
a dominant investigative personality,
then surgery most likely isn’t your cup
of tea, but you’d be an amazing pathologist.
In our company, I would venture
to say that most of us in Rawabi Holding
offices are this way. Field jobs are
not for us. Unless they are, and then
we should re-visit our choices if we
want to be happier at what we do. If
you’re happier and well placed according
to your personality then you would
be naturally productive. Are you
gas or construction would be great at
designing innovative maps and graphic
interpretations of our geology. There’s
still hope. I’d say most Gymboree facilitators
score high here as well. How
fun!
S: Social
Those who are social enjoy helping out
and working in cooperative environments.
Let’s hope that the majority of
us don’t score zero on this style, since
teamwork is so important. Again, I’m
going to venture that Gymboree facilitators
who love what they do score
quite high on this one. Human resource
management is a good area for those
who score highly in this area. So are
those who work in charity and social
responsibility. This is my opportunity
to tell you that I scored highest on this
style. Thank goodness.
E: Enterprising
C: Conventional
Those who are conventional are essential
to every organization’s success.
Their personalities have a natural tendency
toward organizing, paying attention
to detail and precision. See,
again, engineers are often conventional.
But I would not put a conventional
engineer on sight all the time. These
are the people you need to review
your blueprints and double check your
calculations. They are our excellent
accountants and treasurers and our
meticulous executive assistants. Our
editors, our proofreaders and our technical
assistants. We have many, and
without them, our artists would probably
burn down the building.
So there you go. Six interest profiles
that can be applied to a person or a
job. If you share the personality style
with your job placement (i.e. you are
realistic and working in a hands-on job)
then you probably have an easy time
waking up and coming to work in the
morning, with a smile on your face. If
you are unhappy, then perhaps your
skills can be more efficiently utilized
in a similar position, slightly modified
based on your interests. Luckily,
there in fact is a science to it, but
as a culture and a society we, unfortunately
don’t pay much attention to
it. Now imagine that our society does
start paying attention to this. Wait, you
don’t have to imagine—we already are!
Rawabi Holding’s CSR program is cooperating
with the Ministry of Education
to train counselors in schools to
apply such methods when guiding their
students to make academic and career
choices. Once this program takes off,
we may be sparing parents and their
children years of heartache and a lot
of money. High school graduates may
actually go into college with an idea of
what they want to major in!
If you would like to know more about
your personal cognitive style, I have a
handy tool that would measure it for
you in my office. If you don’t love what
you do, maybe you’re just not doing
what you love.
A: Artistic
A very romantic personality style. Most
of us like to think we are a bit chaotic
and non-conforming, but those who
score highest in this area are dancers,
musicians, painters and writers. Hello
oil and gas sector! Not so much. However,
those of us who do score high on
this type and want to work in oil and
Natural born leaders score very high
in this area. They thrive in competitive
environments and persuasive positions.
It is not a surprise that the majority
of CEOs in the world start out in
sales. If you can convince someone to
buy what you’re selling, then you can
convince someone to believe in your
vision. Business development, sales,
marketing, and management are all areas
where those who score highest in
this area excel.
The tools used to model what’s happening inside our brains are abundant and most
likely they are all useful. Common typological tools are the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI), the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) and the Holland Occupational
Themes (RIASEC). Many tools have been created using the Holland Codes, formulated
by psychologist John L. Holland, who argued that “the choice of a vocation is an expression
of personality”. Holland’s model has been adopted by hundreds to measure
people’s cognitive preferences, and they are modeled in a handy hexagon.
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