Last week, we imagined what it be like if your office only had Type 3s and Type 8s.
This week, we look at how the office would function when your office only has Type 2s and Type 9s in it.
What Works For Them
The focus for these two Types is on building a positive work environment for them and their team. As both are others-centered and keen ‘relationship builders’, 2s and 9s work together to build a cohesive work culture that emphasises kindness, mutual respect and support for each other.
The calmness that the Type 9s bring to the workplace is much appreciated by the Type 2s, who may get frazzled if they get too stressed out. 9s like working with 2s because of their optimism they have in people and in the way they nurture the best out of everyone that works with them and for them.
What Doesn’t Work For Them
While both Types do not like to engage in conflicts, they may find themselves disagreeing on what needs to be completed first AND the timeliness in which something is completed.
When the 9s stress out over deadlines and procrastinate, this frustrates the 2s when they are unable to help the parties on the receiving end complete the task on time.
This may then cause the 2s to go into stress mode, which in turn makes them more aggressive and controlling. When 2s get into this state, the 9s immediately retreat to avoid having to deal with the conflict.
Type 2s may find the Type 9s inability to be proactive and being stubbornly inactive at work very frustrating. As both the 2s and 9s are not task-oriented, nothing productive may come out of the office run by them. The 9s may be too busy being the office counselor and neglect their work; while the 2s may be running around completing everyone else’s jobs but their own, will ultimately result in nothing to be done.
Add in the fact that both Types do not like to say no means that no one ever takes charge and that is when everything in the office to come to a screeching halt and becomes an overall impediment in achieving anything productive.
So that is the imagined scenario when you only have Type 2s and Type 9s in your office. Does this sound like a place where you would like to work in?
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