D style

Active & skeptical

Priorities: getting immediate results, taking action, challenging themselves and others

Motivated by: power and authority, competition, winning, success

Fears:loss of control, being taken advantage of, vulnerability

Limitations: lack of concern for others, impatience, insensitivity

i style

Active & accepting

Priorities: expressing enthusiasm, taking action, encouraging collaboration

Motivated by: social recognition, group activities, friendly relationships

Fears: social rejection, disapproval, loss of influence, being ignored

Limitations: impulsiveness, disorganization, lack of follow-through

S style

Accepting & reflective

Priorities: giving support, maintaining stability, enjoying collaboration

Motivated by: stable environments, sincere appreciation, cooperation, opportunities to help

Fears: loss of stability, change, loss of harmony, offending others

Limitations: overly accomodating, tendency to avoid change, indeciveness

C style

Skeptical & reflective

Priorities: ensuring accuracy, maintaining stability, challenging assumptions

Motivated by: opportunities to use expertise or gain knowledge, attention to equality

Fears: criticism, slipshod methods, being wrong

Limitations: overly critical, tendency to overanalyze, isolates self