LET’S DO A QUICK TEST

 You have 5 mins to do both pages of this test.

 Answer as honestly as you can.
 This is for you, about you and your answers
belong to you. No one will be assessing it or
judging you based on your answers.
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 WHO ARE YOU?
 There are four overarching personality types:
 Sanguine
 Choleric
 Melancholy
 Phlegmatic
 There are a lot of personality test (Myer-
Briggs, D.I.S.C., etc.), but they all use these
main four as the basis.
OVERVIEW
 POPULAR SANGUINE

• A sanguine is an extrovert who has a high need to include and be

close to others.
• A sanguine is always cheerful, hopeful, confident and expects the
best in everything he/she does in life. They always enjoy life
• A sanguine never thinks of failure or loss, but sees everything as
an opportunity
• They are authoritative or autocratic
 POPULAR SANGUINE
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
 Enjoy life and always happy  Forgetful and unreliable
 Optimistic/confident  Naïve (behave like children or
 Excel in communication oriented people without experience
things  They do not want to be alone
 Talkative  Superficial (surface thinking)
 Warm (have sympathy for people)  Very demanding
 Talented  Unstable
 Sincere and helpful  Exaggeration
 Independent  Stubborn
 Does many things at once and does
not always complete
 POWERFUL CHOLERIC
• Dominate, proud and extroverted
• Leaders and directors – seeking to be in control of situations, to be on top, to
be the best
• Firm and forceful in their approach to problems, believing in 'tough love', and
try to 'help' others by challenging them to prove themselves, as they
themselves would
• Filling any power/leadership vacuum
• Love competition, but hate to lose
• Passionate about a cause and will challenge any authority that stands in the
way
• Can feel that they can define and understand and advise others, as this
makes them feel more superior, but dislike being analysed themselves
 POWERFUL CHOLERIC
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Activists(take part in public • Quick tempered
events) • Offensive
• Finish the work/project • Proud
• Opportunist • Cruel
• Hard driving • Rash decision making
• Optimistic/confident • Rude
• Perfectionist • Self centered
• Friendly • Disrespectful
• Tough minded • Judgmental
• Fearless
• Action oriented
 PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC
• Submissive, indecisive, calm and introverted
• As un-judgmental, friendly and loyal are core traits they tend to have the
same friends for a long time
• Always putting others first, or complying when others are putting their own
needs first
• Excellent listeners who offer supportive feedback over criticism, and tend not
to talk too much about themselves.
• Obediently happy to serve, they quietly get the job done, although they
often rely on others to motivate them
• Good insight into situations as they don’t get sucked into the emotion and
can often see the bigger picture, but unless pressed they may not offer their
perspective as they don’t want to risk offending others
• Can be defensive, and have a lot of excuses for their procrastinating
 PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Peace loving and peace maker • Uninvolving
• Even tempered • Not opportunists
• Balanced (adjust to every • Indecisive
situation) • Unemotional and inexpressive
• Kind hearted • Rarely self sacrificing(do not want
• Even loving to sacrifice themselves for
• Do not discriminate affection)
• Easy going • Unwillingness to become involved
• Not demanding in deep relationships with people
• Witty of the opposite sex
• Consistent • Procrastination
• Verbal defenses
 PERFECT MELANCHOLY
• Emotionally sensitive, perfectionistic introverts
• Idealists wanting things to be a certain way, and are distressed when they are
not
• Thirst for learning and understanding, and ask lots of inquisitive questions
• Think and plan before they act, and are not rash or impulsive
• Give attention and dedicate a lot of time to only a couple interests
• Argue using reason, evidence, logic and explanations, delivered analytically
with the purpose of setting things right rather than asserting dominance
• They don’t beat around the bush, but go right to the heart of the matter
• Enjoy their own company, but still enjoy the company of the specially
selected friends
• Moved deeply by beauty or distress, and can hold onto emotions and
grudges for a long time, but use guilt over bluntly insulting someone
• Can have unrealistically high standards of themselves and others leading to
them being self-depreciative and critical of others
 PERFECT MELANCHOLY
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Perfectionists and analytical • Lonely/private
• Great understanding • Suicidal tendencies
• Self sacrificial • Easily depressed
• Value aesthetics • Some times procrastinate
• Gifted and talented • Revengeful
• Responsible and decisive • Emotional
• Faithful, loyal and dependable • Non-romantic
• Deep commitment • Secretive
• Making people guilty
D.I.S.C. VERSION
VISUAL PERSPECTIVE
COMMUNICATING & LEADING
MYER-BRIGGS
MYER-BRIGGS
LEADERSHIP & TEAMWORK STYLE
 WORLD CHANGERS

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 PERSONALITY LEADERSHIP
Discuss:
• How do you think your personality would influence
your leadership, teamwork and communication
style?
• What would your strengths be?
• What would your weaknesses be?
• In what areas would you like to become stronger
in?
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