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Everything you need to know about an Operator

3 Lessons 15 minutes completion time

What you'll learn:

This course will cover the strengths and caution areas associated with the Reference Profile known as Operator, the Team Type that Operators are associated with, how they balance other teams, and leadership styles associated with Operators.

Operators at work

Is your Reference Profile an Operator—or do you work with someone who is?

This course will cover everything you need to know about who an Operator is, how they work on a team, and how they lead.

Start by checking out this intro video to understand Operators at a high level.

Introducing the Operator

Strengths
  • Cooperative
  • Introspective
  • Focuses on getting things done right
  • Stable
Working styles
  • Prefer stable environments
  • Enjoys following a process
  • Desires time to reflect on problems
Caution areas
  • Can struggle with constant change
  • Often struggles in ambiguous situations
  • Tend to be extremely cautious

“If I notice our team’s projects or tasks are tornado-like, I jump in to see what I can do to make it more blue skies and sunny days because I want everyone on the team to be happy.”

— Marissa Mias

Understanding the Factors

Although this course won’t require that you understand the science behind what makes these profiles accurate, you should be familiar with the four factors that drive workplace behavior. Use the interactive below to get a definition of each factor and how variations in the factors will affect someone’s personality.

Common pattern of an Operator

Understanding the factors will allow you to better understand the common drives we see in Operators. The image to the right is the most common pattern for Operators, but don’t be surprised if your pattern varies a little bit. That’s OK! Remember, every person is unique.

Now that we have a better understanding about who you are as a Operator, the next section will cover where you fit within a team.

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