Advanced Insights – How Traits Combine

This article applies to Business DNA users who want to see the intersection of two traits and how the combined traits may present.

Common Questions:

How do top traits interact with each other?

How do I get a good description of how traits combine and work together?

Solution Overview:

This article provides tables that allow you to look up the intersection of two traits to see how the combined traits may present.

Details

When working with behavioral insights, it is useful to see a full picture of how individual traits interact and present in unique ways. For example, someone with the top trait of Take Charge and a second strongest trait of Fast Paced would likely be: a rational decision-maker

Where someone Take Charge and is Skeptical as top traits may seem to control the execution of the vision.

This can be helpful in seeing how even with a shared top trait if the second trait is different, the predominant pattern in behavior may appear different for those two individuals.

The tables below show those interactions of traits.

Factor Name	Take Charge	Cooperative	Outgoing	Reserved	Patient
Take Charge	N/A	N/A	Leads from the front by engaging others	Can keep plans private	Collaborative decision-maker
Cooperative	N/A	N/A	Enjoys group situations	May not share thoughts	Builds deep relationships
Outgoing	Leads from the front by engaging others	Enjoys group situations	N/A	N/A	Connects with people warmly
Reserved	Can keep plans private	May not share thoughts	N/A	N/A	May not confront
Patient	Collaborative decision-maker	Builds deep relationships	Connects with people warmly	May not confront	N/A
Fast-Paced	Rational decision-maker	Prefers to complete tasks in groups	Connects with people to take action	Focused on tasks	N/A
Planned	Structured project management	Follows the plan	Likes to make a good impression	Manages plans on their own	Structured decision-making style
Spontaneous	Instinctive decision-maker	Moves with the flow	Instinctively connects to a lot of people	Reflects on high-level concepts	Friendly in fluid situations
Trusting	Delegates vision execution	Empowers others	Believes in people	Openly shares reflections	Makes people feel comfortable
Skeptical	Controls execution of a vision	Maybe be watchful in groups	Likes to openly question	Internally questions thinking	Cautious with relationships
Pioneer	Converts vision to goals	Will follow a practical plan	Openly presents big high-level goals	Prefers to set goals alone	Steady in pursuit of goals
Content	Easier going on moving forward	Keeps situations relaxed	Lifestyle focused	Comfortable in their own world	Can be comfortable with the status quo
Risk-Taker	Boldly moves forward	Follows opportunities others create	Pursues opportunities others pursue	Reflects privately on opportunities	Careful with taking risks
Cautious	Carefully moves forward	Hesitant with opportunities	Careful with people	Privately surveys situations	Likes strong safety nets provided
Creative	Sees future possibilities	A consensus approach to managing ideas	Likes to be in the limelight with ideas	Reflects on ideas	Seeks support on ideas
Anchored	Sets vision on what is known	Follows proven ways	Networks in a consistent way	Analyzes processes	Accepting existing processes

Factor Name	Fast-Paced	Planned	Spontaneous	Trusting
Take Charge	Rational decision-maker	Structured project management	Instinctive decision-maker	Delegates vision execution
Cooperative	Prefers to complete tasks in groups	Follows the plan	Moves with the flow	Empowers others
Outgoing	Connects with people to take action	Likes to make a good impression	Instinctively connects to a lot of people	Believes in people
Reserved	Focused on tasks	Manages plans on their own	Reflects on high-level concepts	Openly shares reflections
Patient	N/A	Structured decision-making style	Friendly in fluid situations	Makes people feel comfortable
Fast-Paced	N/A	Analyzes information logically	Quick decision-maker	Openly shares results
Planned	Analyzes information logically	N/A	N/A	Accepts information provided
Spontaneous	Quick decision-maker	N/A	N/A	Accepts the situation they are in
Trusting	Openly shares results	Accepts information provided	Accepts the situation they are in	N/A
Skeptical	Confronts difficult problems quickly	Critical thinker	Questions intuition	N/A
Pioneer	Initiates quick action	Follows through on the checklist	Flexible with goals	A relaxed approach to goals
Content	A balanced approach to tasks	Prefers a steady structure	Prefers a steady but flexible environment	Builds community relationships
Risk-Taker	Logical with risks	Calculated risk taker	Takes risks without detailed research	Takes chances in building relationships
Cautious	Seeks consistency in returns	Focused on risk management	Prefers freedom with some boundaries	Will have faith in secure situations
Creative	Logical with identifying new ideas	Methodical implementation of new ways	Follows new ideas intuitively	Accepting of new thinking
Anchored	Prefers existing methods if they get results	Finds changing approaches harder	Likes freedom in known situations	Shows faith in existing processes

Factor Name	Skeptical	Pioneer	Content	Risk-Taker
Take Charge	Controls execution of the vision	Converts vision to goals	Easier going on moving forward	Boldly moves forward
Cooperative	Maybe be watchful in groups	Will follow a practical plan	Keeps situations relaxed	Follows opportunities others create
Outgoing	Likes to openly question	Openly presents big high-level goals	Lifestyle focused	Pursues opportunities others pursue
Reserved	Internally questions thinking	Prefers to set goals alone	Comfortable in their own world	Reflects privately on opportunities
Patient	Wary with relationships	Steady in pursuit of goals	Can be comfortable with the status quo	Careful with taking risks
Fast-Paced	Confronts difficult problems quickly	Initiates quick action	A balanced approach to tasks	Logical with risks
Planned	Critical thinker	Follows through on the checklist	Prefers a steady structure	Calculated risk taker
Spontaneous	Questions intuition	Flexible with goals	Prefers a steady but flexible environment	Takes risks without detailed research
Trusting	N/A	A relaxed approach to goals	Builds community relationships	Takes chances in building relationships
Skeptical	N/A	Can be controlling about goals	Protects current environment	Discerning risk taker
Pioneer	Can be controlling about goals	N/A	N/A	Takes chances to achieve goals
Content	Protects current environment	N/A	N/A	A balanced approach to risks
Risk-Taker	Discerning risk taker	Takes chances to achieve goals	A balanced approach to risks	N/A
Cautious	Questions risk-taking	Calculated goal setting	Prefers the status quo	N/A
Creative	Critically analyzes innovation	Finds new ways to achieve goals	May not actively pursue new ideas	Pursues new ideas
Anchored	Wary of change	Executes processes they know	Steadily follows existing methods	Takes risks in proven areas

Factor Name	Cautious	Creative	Anchored
Take Charge	Carefully moves forward	Sees future possibilities	Sets vision on what is known
Cooperative	Hesitant with opportunities	A consensus approach to managing ideas	Follows proven ways
Outgoing	Careful with people	Likes to be in the limelight with ideas	Networks in a consistent way
Reserved	Privately surveys situations	Reflects on ideas	Analyzes processes
Patient	Likes strong safety nets provided	Seeks support on ideas	Accepting existing processes
Fast-Paced	Seeks consistency in returns	Logical with identifying new ideas	Prefers existing methods if they get results
Planned	Focused on risk management	Methodical implementation of new ways	Finds changing approaches harder
Spontaneous	Prefers freedom with some boundaries	Follows new ideas intuitively	Likes freedom in known situations
Trusting	Will have faith in secure situations	Accepting new thinking	Shows faith in existing processes
Skeptical	Questions risk-taking	Critically analyzes innovation	Wary of change
Pioneer	Calculated goal setting		Execute processes they know
Content	Prefers the status quo	May not actively pursue new ideas	Steadily follows existing methods
Risk-Taker	N/A	Pursues new ideas	Takes risks in proven areas
Cautious	N/A	Calculated with new ideas	Careful with new ideas
Creative	Calculated with new ideas	N/A	N/A
Anchored	Careful with new ideas	N/A	N/A

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