The Manipulator High Manipulative Personality The manipulators are skilful in the art of shaping the environment for

survival, growth and to satisfy dominant needs. They constantly seek information and are alert and aware of what is happening around them. Evidently they have a satellite vision, the ability to see the woods and the trees. With this vision, they have the uncanny ability to spot opportunities and turn them into reality. The manipulators are flexible, analytical, tactical, adaptable and strategically inclined. They can conduct an in-depth analysis of a situation, generating alternatives, anticipating the outcomes of each alternative before choosing their subjective alternative to act on. The manipulators are insightful, flexible and influential. They can size people up, adapt to their idiosyncrasies and influence them to do things their way. The manipulators are mysterious, secretive, complicated and unpredictable. Their behavior pattern varies across situation and over time. They are good at catching people by surprises. Others find them difficult to guess their next move. The manipulators choose people for networking and socialize on a need to basis. They know how to harness the energies of the right people and win them over to accomplish their goals. The manipulators leadership styles are complex and unpredictable. Their orientation, power bases and styles of leadership varies for their people under different circumstances.

The manipulators see rules, formalities and systems as a guide. They can bend or go around them to accomplish their objective. The manipulators treat their people differently depending on the situation. They can be nice and nasty, tough and rough, friendly and detached. They can put pressure on marginal employees to shape them up, failing which they will not hesitate to remove them from the organization. They can also excite their performers and supporters and motivate them to achieve their vision. The manipulators are skilful in the art of communication and interpersonal relationship. They know how to build and distance relationships and when to trust or distrust people. They know when to talk or listen, when to give in or assert their opinion. They can be frank, blunt, open, close, diplomatic and undiplomatic in their communicative styles. When they negotiate, they know when and how to confront compromise, force, smoothen or withdraw. The manipulators know what, who and when to delegate their responsibilities. They know how to identify and groom a successor or a loyal supporter to take their place. The manipulators are good at problem-solving and decision making. Their satellite visions help them to see the complete picture of a scenario. When things deviate from their plan they know how to put it back on track. When they are caught in a crisis, they know how to wriggle themselves out of a difficult situation. The manipulators see the world with many possibilities. As a result they have many choices in dealing with people, situations, issues and problems. How they handle them determines whether they choose to manipulate positively or negatively. Positive manipulators maneuver people and situations to achieve common goals. On the other hand, negative manipulators use and abuse

people and turning situations to accomplish their personal gain and hidden agenda. Positive manipulators adopt the policy of win-win whereas negative manipulators go for a win-lose situation at the expense of the others interests