In any given situation, people are capable of taking on different roles. Often, we help contribute to a workplace or family or social situation, by joining in and enriching your little community with our own contributions.
Sometimes, though, the group starts to become dry and needs something to spice things up. Perhaps work is slow or inefficient. Perhaps our friends or family are bored. Contributing to the status quo isn’t going to help – someone needs to brainstorm a bright idea.
Other times, there may be a lot of contributors and ideas. Perhaps there are even too many. There may be chaos, disorder, and disunity. In this case, what’s needed is someone to see what’s going on and set some constructive boundaries and focus for the group, in order to channel everyone’s energies in a positive direction.
Lastly, in a worst case scenario, the group may be struggling to function at all, and even when it manages to, it is headed in the wrong direction. Perhaps a workplace is rife with arguments, and in between conflicts, everyone goes off on their own and does work that creates more problems than it solves, making the next conflict even worse. Yet another bright idea isn’t going to be welcomed, and re-channeling focus of the group wouldn’t do it either when the attitudes are so hostile. What’s needed is a total reset, a total reformation. Someone needs to say “everybody just hold on a minute,” go back to the drawing board, and re-think through how things should be.
There you have it! These are the four major roles of personality in MindFacets: