As you already know from the previous entry: Dreamer's Office -workplace can contribute to perceived stress. PCM model (Process Communication Model®) distinguished 6 personality types and it is on which dominant traits an employee has that his or her needs for ...also the workplace depend.
We have already described the Dreamer in the first post. Its opposite in terms of work-related needs is the Activist.
An activist is an action-oriented person. He is persuasive, charming and adapts easily to change. He is quick to implement his ideas into reality, experimentation creates excitement in him. 💡 If we assign the Activist tasks to be done alone or in the company of one person, he/she will not feel satisfied. He may even feel dimmed by it. The Activist will even organise work of an analytical nature in an exciting way 🔥
If you meet an Activist in shared services, he or she will at most be just an accountant for a while, only to immediately become a team leader, making changes and experimenting. The activist needs lots of challenge, stimulation and novelty. Great leaders often have this part of their personality. The activist is able to captivate people with their enthusiasm and tireless commitment to a project.
He enjoys working with many people in many different groups. For example, as a taxman, he finds himself both in a group of other tax calculators and in an international group of specialists building a coherent system of financial flows between companies. In addition, he often does voluntary work for the company, organising Christmas parcels and being a człon of the Parents' Council. In the family, he is known for animating various celebrations and events.
Limiting the activist's work to a group of 2-3 people will be stressful for the activist, as his or her need to experience excitement and stimulation will not be met. The activist needs a variety of groups in which to perform, often simultaneously.
What does the Activist's office look like? It's full of papers, items related to the various projects and groups he's involved in. If someone puts it in order for him, he won't find it. It is his own order - according to the chronology of events, because the Activist remembers through action 🙂 .
An activist finds himself well in an open space, but sometimes, for moments, he also needs a separate space to organise his ideas. He or she needs a meeting room, a flipchart to draw his or her ideas so that others can understand and join in.Â
Remember, we are never just one personality type. We have all six: Empathy, Activist, Analyst, Unbending, Dreamer i Rebel. We will furnish our office according to the preferences of the most dominant type, but there will also be a trace of those parts of our personality that were dominant in us before.
Do you know such people? Or do you notice similar characteristics and needs in yourself?
