Guidelines for Developing Good Relationships and Effective Teamwork

1. Know who you are. Seek to understand your personality, your strengths and your weaknesses.
2. Relate to others and lead from your strengths. Do what you are good at doing.
3. Resist the tendency of functioning in areas of your weaknesses.
4. Learn the personality types of others with whom you are closely associated.
5. Relate to and lead others based on the kind of environment they need to be successful.
6. See the value added by every person. View others in terms of their strengths, not their weaknesses.
7. Become a champion of everyone’s strengths. Let them function in areas of their strengths.
8. Avoid the temptation to stereotype others based on their personalities alone.
9. Understand that different is good, not bad. Everyone should not be like you.
10. Build a team with a balance of all personality types, as all are needed to function effectively.
11. Where possible assign responsibilities based on personality and total personal profile.
12. Be available to complement others’ weaknesses with your strengths or the strengths of other team members.