Compatibility/Work
Manager and team member
A manager's style shapes much of a team member's day, and the person with more power usually has more room to adapt. Here is how two types tend to fit when one manages the other, seen from both sides.
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What we look at as manager and team member
Four areas, each read from one scale, then how you handle pressure. How the gauge works
Structure J/P
Direction and autonomy
How work is planned, assigned and tracked.
Each point between your scores costs 1.5 points
Decisions T/F
Feedback
How praise, criticism and decisions are delivered.
Each point between your scores costs 1.25 points
Energy E/I
Check-ins
How often you talk, and in what format.
Each point between your scores costs 0.75 points
Perception N/S
Vision and specifics
Whether goals arrive as a vision or as steps.
Each point between your scores costs 0.75 points
Composure
Under pressure
How stress travels between you, from both Composure scores.
Shown separately, not part of the fit
What the research says
People who feel they fit their supervisor tend to be more satisfied with them (Kristof-Brown et al., 2005). In one study, supervisors and employees who were alike in how proactive they were had better working relationships, which went with better job attitudes and performance (Zhang et al., 2012). A match helps, but clear expectations and fair treatment are within reach of any pair.
- Kristof-Brown, A. L., Zimmerman, R. D., and Johnson, E. C. (2005). Consequences of individuals' fit at work: A meta-analysis of person-job, person-organization, person-group, and person-supervisor fit. Personnel Psychology, 58(2), 281-342.
- Zhang, Z., Wang, M., and Shi, J. (2012). Leader-follower congruence in proactive personality and work outcomes: The mediating role of leader-member exchange. Academy of Management Journal, 55(1), 111-130.
Other settings
Every setting reads the same five scores through the areas that matter there.
Love and friendship
Partners
Dating, living together or married: how two styles share a life.
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Love and friendship
Friends
What you do together, what you talk about and how you show up.
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Family
Parent and child
What a child needs, what a parent naturally gives, and where they meet.
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Family
Siblings
Growing up side by side, and staying close as adults.
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Work
Colleagues
Sharing projects, meetings and deadlines as peers.
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