How someone fits in an
organisation is very important for the success of a role, whether that position
is interim or permanent. I have worked my way through a number of different tests
to assess my personality over the years (and of course these change over time);
this section forms a summary of what I am about and what makes me tick, and
most importantly, how I assess the people in an organisation and how it ticks
under the following headings:
To see how I can fit in,
please refer to the results of my tests in Thomas,
Belbin and Myers Briggs. A
word of warning on these types of inventories – in time, as a result of
personal development and the influence of people and events around them, these
inventories in themselves change. For example, I've been working on the
downsides of my Myers-Briggs type indicator, and in the Belbin team role
inventory, my "Shaper" role has become more dominant compared to the
others but only with a slight reduction in the completer / finisher and
implementer roles. Also, note that they can conflict; as an INTP, Myers-Briggs
suggests that I would leave implementation to others, whereas Belbin suggests
that I have a strong "Completer/Finisher" aspect. The websites for
these two inventories can be found at Belbin
and Myers Briggs.
If we ignore all the
personality profiling stuff, I would expect previous clients to assess my styles
like this:
Also, check out what is interim management? for
some general traits that you can expect from an interim manager.