Personality Style

1 = Never like me
2 = Rarely like me
3 = Occasionally like me
4 = Fairly often like me
5 = Very often like me
6 = Extremely like me


1. Outgoing and enthusiastic
2. Emotional
3. Thrives on recognition
4. Spontaneous and impulsive
5. Disorganised
6. Lacks concern for detail
7. Competitive
8. Sensitive to other people’s feelings
9. Enjoys lots of people contact
10. Bounces from activity to activity


1. Enjoys helping others
2. Happy to listen rather than talk
3. Generally easy going
4. Lets others take the initiative
5. Enjoys lots of people contact
6. Values feelings above facts
7. Avoids conflict and confrontation
8. Prefers to follow rather than lead
9. Struggles to say ‘no’ to other people
10. Able to see both sides of an issue

1. Enjoys being in charge
2. Decisive
3. Goal orientated
4. Lacks patience
5. Dislikes long term projects
6. Makes tough demands of themselves
7. Needs to feel they have achieved things
8. Task orientated
9. Responds well to challenges
10. May appear inconsiderate

1. Steady & deliberate in their approach
2. Orderly and systematic
3. Prefers staying in the background
4. Less distracted or influenced by emotion
5. Cautious in their approach
6. Enjoys problem solving
7. Needs a lot of detail
8. Has a tendency towards perfectionism
9. Dislikes ambiguity
10. Hesitant in making decisions


Personality Style
Character A - Cheerleader, you scored 53
Character B - Carer, you scored 42
Character C - Commander, you scored 40
Character D - Thinker, you scored 18

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The majority of people completing this exercise find that they have two of the characters scoring more highly than the others. The key to this exercise however, is to see where your low scores occurred. Meeting a personality type that is different to you can be one of the reasons why we fail to ‘get on the same wavelength’ with some people. Our goal however, is to adapt our behaviour in order that we do connect with people even if personality-wise they are very different to us. Remember, ‘treat people as they want to be treated’.

Here is a summary of each personality type:
Cheerleaders are generally enthusiastic, outgoing people who would rarely be accused of ‘bottling up’ their emotions. They value praise and recognition, although it is important to stress that does not mean they are dependent on it. Cheerleaders can often be impulsive concerning their opinions and actions and do not tend to be the most organised of people. (Organisational skills tend to be developed over time as opposed to coming naturally). They enjoy contact with people and have a tendency to attempt a number of tasks at once, often starting a new task before finishing another one.

Carers tend to be less extrovert than Cheerleaders, although they also enjoy contact with people. They are happy not to be the centre of attention, often preferring to listen rather than talk. Generally carers have an easy going approach to life and are comfortable allowing other people to take the initiative in situations. Carers do not like conflict and confrontation and will do their best to avoid it. They enjoy helping others and can really struggle at times to say “no” to people’s requests. They would rather say “yes” than run the risk of causing offence. They are more inclined to follow than lead and place great emphasis on how they ‘feel’ about a situation as opposed to focusing on the actual facts.

Commanders are results orientated people who thrive on challenges. Patience is not a virtue that they are blessed with naturally and they have a strong need to feel they are achieving things or making progress in situations. They can have a tendency to overlook the ‘people issues’ when a task needs to be completed and active listening is something they have to work on. Commanders tend to be decisive people who feel more at home with taking action than with lots of time taken up with discussion and debate. They make tough demands on themselves and expect others to meet their own high standards.

Thinkers tend to be less extrovert than commanders and cheerleaders and less people orientated than carers. They prefer to take a more deliberate, logical, structured approach to tackling situations and feel quite comfortable working on their own. Thinkers are less distracted by their feelings when assessing a situation and often require copious amounts of detail and facts before making a decision. Their cautious approach and tendency towards perfectionism means in certain situations they will be considered slow by others in coming to a decision. Planning and organisational skills tend to come more naturally to a thinker.