Where you shine
- Momentum. Things you touch keep moving.
- Nothing waits on you. Ever.
- You're generous with encouragement and quick to say thanks.
One of six patterns
Connector
Send it now, keep it warm, keep everything moving.
Six patterns, named in plain words for how a person works. No pattern is better than another; each is one way good work gets done.
You fire off short notes, keep many threads moving, and iterate in public. You're warm about it, and you'd rather send five quick messages than one slow perfect one.
WHERE A PATTERN SITS
Six spokes, one per pattern. The longer the spoke, the more you're like that pattern. The longest is yours.
A spoke with no length means those two pull opposite ways.
Connector
Send it now, keep it warm, keep everything moving.
One letter per measure: the side of the middle, not how far.
- QuickTempoDeliberate
- HeadlineContextFull picture
- Talk it outChannelWrite it down
- Move, then loop inDecidingAlign, then move
- StraightCandorGentle
Where a Connector typically sits. Yours will be your own.
SHINE AND COST
What it can cost the people around you
- A three-word message with no context lands as a puzzle, and people spend twenty minutes solving it.
- Speed can read as pressure to someone who works Deliberate.
- Because you're gentle, the important ask and the casual one look identical.
WENDY'S REPORT
Wendy's report
Here's what you can't see from where you sit: every short note you send lands on someone who has to reconstruct what you meant, and they're too polite to tell you. That's not a flaw in them and it's not a flaw in you. It's a gap, and it's a cheap one to close. One line of why, one word on urgency. Your speed is an asset. Make it legible.
HOW TO WORK WITH ONE
How to work with a Connector
- Reply fast, even if it's just 'got it'. Don't read short as cold.
- Lead with the ask. One line. Skip the preamble.
- Follow up in writing: decision, owner, date.
Ask them: What's the thing you'd most like to move on this week that's stuck waiting on someone?
THE OTHER FIVE
The other five
Straight Talker
Say it plainly, move, fix it as you go.
Planner
Get the whole picture, agree the plan, then move.
Room Reader
Read the room first, then choose the words.
Steady Hand
Get it right, write it down, say it straight.
Mapmaker
Get everyone talking and draw the whole picture.
IS THIS YOU?
Is this you?
Only your own answers can say. The report is free and takes about 9 minutes.