Natural Strengths	Natural Weaknesses
	Patient	Indecisive
	Easygoing	Overaccommodating
	Team player	May sacrifice results for the sake of harmony
	Stable	Slow to initiate
	Empathetic	Avoids confrontation even when needed
	Compassionate	Tends to hold grudges
	Sensitive to the feelings of others	Fears change
	Tremendously loyal	Ignores or sacrifices own needs
	Puts people above projects
	Dependable
	Reliable
	Supportive
	Agreeable

Basic disposition: Slow-paced, people-oriented.

Motivated by: Desire for good relationships and appreciation of others.

Time management: Focus on the present and devote lots of time to helping others and building relationships.

Communication style: Two-way communicators; great listeners and provide empathetic response.

Decision making: Making decisions more slowing, want input of others, and often yield to that input.

In pressure or tense situations: Give in to the opinions, ideas, and wishes of others. Often overly tolerant.

Greatest needs: Security; gradual change and time to adjust to it; environment free of conflict.

What the golden retriever desires: Quality relationships, security, and a consistent known environment; their own area or specialty; a relaxed and friendly environment and freedom to work at their own pace.

	Natural Strengths	Natural Weaknesses
	Accurate	Too hard on self
	Analytical	Too critical of others
	Detail-oriented	Perfectionistic
	Thorough	Overly cautious
	Industrious	Won't make decisions without all the facts
	Orderly	Too picky
	Methodical and exhaustive	Overly sensitive
	High standards
	Intuitive
	Controlled

Basic disposition: Slow-paced, task-oriented.

Motivated by: The desire to be right and maintain quality.

Time management: Tend to work slowly to make sure they are accurate and make the best decisions. They are pressured by deadlines, and would rather be right and miss a deadline than be wrong and make one.

Communication style: Good listeners; communicate details; usually diplomatic.

Decision making: Avoid making decisions; needs lots of information before they will make a decision.

In pressure or tense situations: Try to avoid pressure or tense situations. They will ignore deadlines when they interfere with making the best decision or doing a project the right way.

Greatest needs: To be correct. They feel an inner pressure to be right and accurate.

What the beaver desires: Clearly defined tasks: stability; security; low risk; tasks that require precision and planning.

	Natural Strengths	Natural Weaknesses
	Decisive	Impatient
	Goal-oriented	Blunt
	Achievement-driven	Poor listener
	Gets results	Impulsive
	Independent	Demanding
	Risk taker	May view projects as more important than people
	Takes charge	Can be insensitive to the feelings of others
	Self-starter	May run over others who are slower to act or speak
	Persistent	Fears inactivity, relaxation
	Efficient	Quickly bored by routine or mechanics
	Driven to complete projects quickly and effectively
	Competitive
	Enjoys challenges, variety, and change

Basic disposition: Fast-paced, task oriented.

Motivated by: Results; challenge, action, power, and credit for achievement.

Time management: Focus on now instead of the distant future. They get a lot more done in a lot less time than their peers. They hate wasting time and like to get right to the point.

Communication style: Great at initiating communication; not good at listening (one-way communicator). Like to cut through the fluff and get right to the point.

Decision making: Impulsive; make quick decisions with goal or end result in mind. Results-focused; need very few facts to make a decision.

In pressure or tense situation: Take command and can even become dictatorial in tense situations.

Greatest needs: Results. Want to experience variety and face new challenges. Need to solve problems and want direct answers.

What the lion desires: Freedom; authority; variety of challenging assignments; opportunity for advancement.

	Natural Strengths	Natural Weaknesses
	Enthusiastic	Unrealistic
	Optimistic	Not detail-oriented
	Good communicator	Disorganized
	Emotional and passionate	Impulsive
	Motivational and inspirational	Listen to feelings above logic
	Outgoing	Reactive
	Personal	Can be too talkative
	Dramatic	Excitable
	Fun-loving	Avoid drudge work

Basic disposition: Fast-paced, people oriented.

Motivated by: Recognition, approval of others.

Time management: Focus on the future and have a tendency to rush to the next exciting thing.

Communication style: Enthusiastic and stimulating; often one-way (talking rather than listening), but can inspire and motivate others.

Decision making: Intuitive and fast. Makes lots of right calls – and lots of wrong ones.

In pressure or tense situations: Attack. Can be more concerned about popularity than about achieving tangible results.

Greatest needs: Social activities and recognition; activities that are fun, and freedom from detail.

What the otter desires: Prestige, friendly relationships, opportunity to help and motive others; opportunities to verbally share their ideas.