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WorkStyle Patterns® Inventories — Productive Responses

Step 7

Aligned Work

Aligned work occurs when people, the work they do, the environment within which they work and those whom they serve – in relationship to each other – function in a productive and principled manner to fulfill a shared purpose.

The Work Alignment Framework provides a visual graphic of the movement from established vertical structures to evolving interactive processes. It also illustrates the flow and major sections of this book.

Celebrate Your Preferred Way of Working!

Maximize Your WorkStyle While Meeting the Needs of Your Work!

Because each Profile is unique and has a special WorkStyle, we again suggest that you first acknowledge and celebrate your Preferred way of working, feel good about and maximize your WorkStyle. Then learn how to “extend” by using your strengths and those of others. Here are some ideas to discuss with your Certified WSP™ Facilitator or a McFletcher Consultant.

First identify ways to utilize more fully your areas of high Preference. This is for when you want to offer more than the position requires — this is Personal Stress. If your Preference is well-utilized in the position, you may still want to consider these productive responses to enhance your personal growth.


	PRODUCTIVE RESPONSES FOR MAXIMIZING MY PREFERENCE — SELECTIONS
	1.	Establish outlets within the work environment to use and test my Preference(s). These outlets may include task assignments, special projects or committee memberships.
	2.	Establish outlets in which I can use and test my Preference(s) outside the position or work environment. These include hobbies, home projects, teaching, or community or church activities.
	3.	Shift the use of my high Preference in order to better meet other needs of the work environment. After assessing my skills and position realistically, share some of my work activities, or seek resource advice and training.

Second, consider responses that will make it possible for you to “extend” where you have a low Preference. This is when the position needs more of an Orientation than you prefer to offer – when your Preferred score is lower than your Position Actual score and there may be Organizational Stress.


	PRODUCTIVE RESPONSES FOR MEETING THE NEED OF MY WORK SELECTIONS
	1.	Increase my skill/interest in low Preference area(s) through a mentor, training, or special assignments.
	2.	Delegate, reassign or share my work activities< with those who have a higher Preference.
	3.	Stretch my skills in low-risk, low-visibility projects and tasks. Take on small tasks and have backup help for more complex tasks.
	4.	Align the position’s activities closer to my Preference after receiving input and approval from my place of work.
	5.	Seek a different position which more closely matches my Preference.

To Conclude Your
Inventory Experience

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