Personality Styles Part IV: Working with The Analyzer & The Supporter [Episode 65]

This is Part IV in the podcast series on communicating with different personality styles.

In this episode, I share with you how to work and communicate effectively with ‘The Analyzer’ and ‘The Supporter’. If you missed Parts I, II and III, click below to listen:

Personality Styles Part I: An Introduction with Ralph Muir-Morris
Personality Styles Part II: Working with The Director
Personality Styles Part III: Working with The Socializer

What does The Analyzer look like?

• Task and process driven, perfectionist, loves details
• Tend to have serious, thoughtful face, as they are usually deep in thought
• Speaks quietly and doesn’t show much emotion
• Focuses on tasks and results, rather than relationships
• Doesn’t make a lot of small talk. Tends to be quite guarded and won’t share much about themselves unless they really trust you
• Analysers can be: engineers, research scientists, accountants or auditors, technicians programmers, any role that requires precision, details or numbers.
• Analysers in leadership positions can often be difficult to work with, as they tend to micro manage – they strive for perfection, so they end up doing all the work themselves and find it hard to delegate.

What does The Supporter look like?

• Big on relationships – is more interested in how other people are doing than themselves
• Wants everyone to get along and to keep the peace
• Works well in a team
• Strives to keep the peace; doesn’t like conflict
• Open, kind face. Makes good eye contact, and very good at listening
• Very patient, courteous and friendly
• Will tend to ask about you first before talking about themselves
• Photos of family and friends on their desks
• Gets flustered by pushy, aggressive behaviour
• Doesn’t like risk. Certainty and stability is very important to them.
• You may see supporters in roles such as: social worker, community service, personal assistant or secretary, customer service, teacher, family doctor or nurse

Listen to the episode to find out:

• Why it’s important you learn to communicate with an Analyzer and Supporter
• How to present to them – to keep them engaged and get them on board with your ideas
• How to approach them and ask them questions
• How to respond to questions from them
• …plus more!

Additional resources:

• Colour Code Personality Test
• Dove, Owl, Peacock, Eagle (DOPE) test
• How To Fascinate Test (slightly different to what we’ve been talking about, but still really useful. Use code ‘schoolofgreatness’ to get it free)
• Mastering the Personality Matrix (A great podcast interview by Lewis Howes & Chris Lee)