Personality Types Explored: Type 3 of 9

Personality Type 3 explored

Core Motivation: feel successful;

Action Goal: lead a major agenda

Type 3 people seek out leadership roles.  They feel happiest when they are coordinating large group efforts.  They are generally practical, result oriented, and focused on moving up the organizational ladder.  Type 3 professionals who are content with their lives are the bosses everyone wants.  They have achieved some of their top goals and they feel successful.  They spread that feeling of success to those who work with them.  In contrast, unhappy type 3 bosses can come across very demanding, controlling and unsympathetic.  They have likely experienced barriers to success, and may not be ready to examine their own role in any perceived failure.

If you are wondering if someone you know is a type 3, it may help to ask the following questions:

1. Do they define their roles in leadership terms?
2. Do they consistently seek higher status roles?
3. Do they enjoy fast-paced, high-productivity environments?
4. Are they generally practical, often dismissing emotional reactions as inappropriate or irrelevant?
5. Do they generally make a good first impression?
6. Are they generally diplomatic?
7. Are they generally motivated by a concrete measure of success?

All of these statements would be true for most 3 types.  As always, wings influence the core type, so there may be minor exceptions.   On a personal level, I think 3 types could be compatible with 1 types, 2 types, 6 types, 7 types, and 9 types.  Personal and professional relationships with type 3 people are happiest with clearly defined roles that include some trusted leadership position for the type 3 person.  If you have a question or concern about a decision made by a type 3, communication that shows deference and respect is most likely to be well received.  The similarities and differences between different types that have some characteristics in common (such as type 1 and type 3) will be discussed in future posts.