Career Context
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At work, the WB16 is concerned with applying innovative solutions to challenging problems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of systems. WB16s often take an entrepreneurial approach to their work and they prefer to approach tasks in a casual and unstructured way, with few limitations on their ingenuity. WB16s prize competency and often want to be the expert. They enjoy work that demands continual improvement in their knowledge and skills. They value power, and want a career that allows them contact with powerful people and the opportunity to increase their own influence. WB16s are idea people, and chafe at routine. They get bored very quickly when required to repeat a task or attend to details. They do best when their work is highly conceptual, and allows them to solve problems creatively without having to think through the details.
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TEAMMATE​
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WB16s are ingenious, entrepreneurial team members who want to explore new and creative ideas. Flexible and adaptable, the WB16 wants to discover the best way to do something, and is often excited by an opportunity to innovate. WB16s are generally energetic and optimistic, and confident in their ability to solve difficult problems. They often feel the best solutions come from skirting or even ignoring the rules, and rarely have much interest in adhering to the established procedures. They may have considerable friction with teammates who take a more traditional approach. WB16s are typically open-minded, and like to hear many perspectives on an issue. They are good at synthesizing information and often show a talent for incorporating the best of many ideas into one, unified concept. However, they can be competitive, and sometimes like to take the credit for a team’s successes. They are rarely good at hammering out details, and may want to take ownership for the group’s overall direction, while leaving the exact specifications of the plan to their teammates.
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THE BOSS
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In leadership positions, WB16s are imaginative and enterprising. WB16 leaders tend to be intellectually competitive, and want a team that can keep up. They are likely to encourage independence and creative thinking among their reports, but will subject any new ideas, including their own, to a thorough and critical analysis. WB16s look for trends, and want to have plenty of information and data available in their search for patterns and principles. They tend to be focused on systems more than people, and may neglect their team's emotional needs in the pursuit of knowledge, understanding, and innovation. When they do focus on personal concerns, their strength lies in strategy rather than diplomacy, and they often use their understanding of human behavior to engineer and influence social systems.
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Genius Creative thinking and seeing possibilities. Analytical reasoning and objective decision-making. Adaptability and openness to new experiences. Enthusiasm and ability to energize others. Considerate and trusting peacemaker that values harmony and altruism.
BRAND Innovative and collaborative team member who excels at brainstorming, problem-solving, and engaging with diverse perspectives.
TEMPERAMENT Naturally inclined toward an altruistic or accommodating approach, supporting strong team cohesion and communication. Tendency to be trusting of others and their motives. Tendency to behave in a straightforward, compliant and modest way. Heightened capacity for getting along well with others, being helpful, and displaying emotional sensitivity and intelligence.
CAREER Conversations
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Career Context
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At work, the WB16 is concerned with applying innovative solutions to challenging problems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of systems. WB16s often take an entrepreneurial approach to their work and they prefer to approach tasks in a casual and unstructured way, with few limitations on their ingenuity. WB16s prize competency and often want to be the expert. They enjoy work that demands continual improvement in their knowledge and skills. They value power, and want a career that allows them contact with powerful people and the opportunity to increase their own influence. WB16s are idea people, and chafe at routine. They get bored very quickly when required to repeat a task or attend to details. They do best when their work is highly conceptual, and allows them to solve problems creatively without having to think through the details.
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TEAMMATE​
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WB16s are ingenious, entrepreneurial team members who want to explore new and creative ideas. Flexible and adaptable, the WB16 wants to discover the best way to do something, and is often excited by an opportunity to innovate. WB16s are generally energetic and optimistic, and confident in their ability to solve difficult problems. They often feel the best solutions come from skirting or even ignoring the rules, and rarely have much interest in adhering to the established procedures. They may have considerable friction with teammates who take a more traditional approach.WB16s are typically open-minded, and like to hear many perspectives on an issue. They are good at synthesizing information and often show a talent for incorporating the best of many ideas into one, unified concept. However, they can be competitive, and sometimes like to take the credit for a team’s successes. They are rarely good at hammering out details, and may want to take ownership for the group’s overall direction, while leaving the exact specifications of the plan to their teammates.
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THE BOSS
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In leadership positions, WB16s are imaginative and enterprising. WB16 leaders tend to be intellectually competitive, and want a team that can keep up. They are likely to encourage independence and creative thinking among their reports, but will subject any new ideas, including their own, to a thorough and critical analysis. WB16s look for trends, and want to have plenty of information and data available in their search for patterns and principles. They tend to be focused on systems more than people, and may neglect their team's emotional needs in the pursuit of knowledge, understanding, and innovation. When they do focus on personal concerns, their strength lies in strategy rather than diplomacy, and they often use their understanding of human behavior to engineer and influence social systems.
GeniusCreative thinking and seeing possibilities. Analytical reasoning and objective decision-making. Adaptability and openness to new experiences. Enthusiasm and ability to energize others. Balanced and impartial catalyst that values cooperation and engagement.
BRAND Adaptive and intellectually curious individual who balances collaboration and autonomy, valuing both innovation and constructive debate.
TEMPERAMENT Able to consistently balance altruism and accountability, and so likely to be highly respected in the workplace. Tendency to hold judgement on peers motives until revealed clearly by their actions. Tendency to balance compliance with confrontation, depending on the situation. Ability to get along well with others and to display emotional intelligence while remaining observant in group interactions with others.
Genius Creative thinking and seeing possibilities. Analytical reasoning and objective decision-making. Adaptability and openness to new experiences. Enthusiasm and ability to energize others. Relentless and perfectionist operator comfortable in confrontation and challenge.
BRAND Assertive and independent-minded leader who promotes intellectual rigor, challenges assumptions, and drives strategic thinking.
TEMPERAMENT Naturally inclined toward a direct, candid and blunt approach, excelling professionally due to a single-minded focus. Tendency toward probing and investigational behaviours. At times behaviours can be described as confrontational or combative. More likely to value hard accountability than altruistic behaviours.
Career Context
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At work, the WB16 is concerned with applying innovative solutions to challenging problems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of systems. WB16s often take an entrepreneurial approach to their work and they prefer to approach tasks in a casual and unstructured way, with few limitations on their ingenuity.WB16s prize competency and often want to be the expert. They enjoy work that demands continual improvement in their knowledge and skills. They value power, and want a career that allows them contact with powerful people and the opportunity to increase their own influence.WB16s are idea people, and chafe at routine. They get bored very quickly when required to repeat a task or attend to details. They do best when their work is highly conceptual, and allows them to solve problems creatively without having to think through the details.
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TEAMMATE​
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WB16s are ingenious, entrepreneurial team members who want to explore new and creative ideas. Flexible and adaptable, the WB16 wants to discover the best way to do something, and is often excited by an opportunity to innovate. WB16s are generally energetic and optimistic, and confident in their ability to solve difficult problems. They often feel the best solutions come from skirting or even ignoring the rules, and rarely have much interest in adhering to the established procedures. They may have considerable friction with teammates who take a more traditional approach.WB16s are typically open-minded, and like to hear many perspectives on an issue. They are good at synthesizing information and often show a talent for incorporating the best of many ideas into one, unified concept. However, they can be competitive, and sometimes like to take the credit for a team’s successes. They are rarely good at hammering out details, and may want to take ownership for the group’s overall direction, while leaving the exact specifications of the plan to their teammates.
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THE BOSS
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In leadership positions, WB16s are imaginative and enterprising. WB16 leaders tend to be intellectually competitive, and want a team that can keep up. They are likely to encourage independence and creative thinking among their reports, but will subject any new ideas, including their own, to a thorough and critical analysis. WB16s look for trends, and want to have plenty of information and data available in their search for patterns and principles. They tend to be focused on systems more than people, and may neglect their team's emotional needs in the pursuit of knowledge, understanding, and innovation. When they do focus on personal concerns, their strength lies in strategy rather than diplomacy, and they often use their understanding of human behavior to engineer and influence social systems.
CAREER Conversations
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