What is your personality style?

What is your personality style?

 What’s Your Personality Style?

Discover your natural behavior pattern and how to flex it

Every one of us leans toward a particular way of working, deciding, and relating to others. The Behavior Styles model—Driver, Expressive, Analytical, and Amiable—gives you a simple framework for spotting those preferences in yourself and the people around you. Knowing the style in play can ease tension, shorten meetings, and make collaboration less of a guessing game.

You can take the “ What is Your Personality Style?” self-assessment here:

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 How the Self‑Assessment Works

1. Read each real‑life situation in the quiz.

2. For the response that sounds most like you, write a 1.

3. Mark 4 beside the response that feels least like you.

4. Use 2 and 3 for the remaining two answers in that set.
   Example:

   • 3 — “I close my eyes and pray.”

   • 1 — “I eat it before anyone can see.”

   • 4 — “I offer it to my partner.”

   • 2 — “I hide it for later.”

5. When you finish the quiz, total the numbers in each column.

6. The lowest score reveals your dominant style. (Lower = stronger match.)

 The Four Behavior Styles at a Glance

1. Driver

Fast‑paced, decisive, results first

• Focus: goals, speed, the bottom line

• Strengths: gets things done, cuts through clutter, confident decision‑maker

• Watch‑outs: may overlook feelings, can steamroll slower thinkers

2. Expressive

Energetic, big‑picture, people‑oriented

• Focus: ideas, enthusiasm, recognition

• Strengths: inspires, persuades, rallies a crowd

• Watch‑outs: light on details, prone to impulsive pivots, procrastination

3. Analytical

Logical, data‑driven, methodical

• Focus: accuracy, facts, structure

• Strengths: thorough, plans ahead, spots risks others miss

• Watch‑outs: slow to decide, may seem distant, resists improvisation

4. Amiable

Supportive, relationship‑focused, steady

• Focus: harmony, collaboration, feelings

• Strengths: listens deeply, adapts, builds trust

• Watch‑outs: avoids conflict, struggles with solo decisions, may concede too easily

No style is “better.” Each brings strengths and liabilities. The point is awareness—so you can flex your approach when the moment calls for it.

 Two Key Scales Behind the Model

1. Assertiveness – Do you TELL (direct) or ASK (inquire)?

   • High assertiveness = tends to direct, compete, move fast

   • Low assertiveness = tends to suggest, cooperate, move steadily

2. Sociability – Do you DISPLAY feelings or CONTROL them?

   • High sociability = outwardly warm, emotive, people‑oriented

   • Low sociability = reserved, calm, task‑oriented

Plotting those two scales creates the four quadrants above. Your boss, teammate, or partner will sit somewhere on the same grid—just not always in the same quadrant as you.

 Flexing Your Style

Great communicators adapt. Spot clues (pace, tone, detail level) and lean toward the other person’s style when it helps:

• With a Driver, get to the point fast.

• With an Expressive, share the vision before the spreadsheet.

• With an Analytical, bring data and let them process.

• With an Amiable, show empathy and invite collaboration.

Flexing isn’t faking—it’s meeting people where they are so ideas move forward with less friction.