Teaching and learning Coach TrainingJanuary/ February 2008

The Personality Compass

NORTHThe Vikingstrong and determinedWEST

The American Pioneer

adventurous, innovative, risk

taker

EASTThe Orientalconservative,

reserved, formal

SOUTHThe South Sea Islander

friendly, hospitable, easy going Extracted from The Personality Compass: A

New Way to Understand People by Diane Turner and Thelma Greco (Element Books)

Best Characteristics

NORTH DIRECT CONFIDENT

ASSERTIVE COMPETITIVE

INDEPENDENT DETERMINED

DECISIVE HARD WORKING

SOUTHPATIENT FRIENDLY

GOOD LISTENER CARING

UNDERSTANDING KIND

NURTURING GIVING

WESTVISIONARY INNOVATIVE

ADVENTUROUS CREATIVE

MULTI TALENTED FREE

SENSE OF HUMOUR SPIRITED

EASTFOCUSED INDUSTRIOUS

METHODICAL RESPONSIBLE

LOGICAL SERIOUS

PUNCTUAL RESERVED

Extracted from The Personality Compass: A New Way to Understand People by Diane Turner and Thelma Greco (Element Books)

Worst Characteristics

NORTH ARGUMENTATIVE IMPATIENT

AGGRESSIVE SARCASTIC CONTROLLING PUSHY

JUDGEMENTAL ARROGANT

SOUTHLACKADAISICAL INSECURE

EASILY HURT COMPLAINER VULNERABLE CLINGING

EASILY INTIMIDATED SHY

WESTSILLY OFTEN LATE

IMPULSIVE INACCURATE

UNDISCIPLINED SUPERFICIAL

CARELESS

EASTPERFECTIONIST LONER

HUMOURLESS CRITICAL

INFLEXIBLE NAGGING

TUNNEL-VISIONED OBSESSIVE

Extracted from The Personality Compass: A New Way to Understand People by Diane Turner and Thelma Greco (Element Books)

NORTHLet’s do it!Action nowWEST

Imagine, generate

The vision, meaning…The Big Picture

EASTWho, what, when, why,

whereStructure & detail first

SOUTHShare,support

The carers Extracted from The Personality Compass: A New Way to Understand People by Diane Turner and Thelma Greco (Element Books)

PERSONAL STYLES

What are the strengths of your style?

What are the limitations of your style?

What do the other styles need to know about you so that you can work together effectively?

In relation to your role as a coach…..

How does your style help establish and maintain an effective coaching relationship?

What challenges are there for your style?

What aspects of the other styles might you find hard to manage?

What strategies might you employ?