by Phil Phillips, PhD
Contributing Editor
phillips@chemarkconsulting.net
Whether you are just begin- ning, in the middle or reach- ing back to advise others
that are “climbing” now, it is important to know your type in the process.
Not unlike many of you, I was reading
the many trade journals that I subscribe
to and came across an advertisement
supplement in the Wall Street Journal that
redirected me to the supplements source:
Americas, Universum, and their spread
sheet entitled “What Career Type Are You?
In this brief test they take you through
what challenges your choices. I found a
neat segmentation of seven types of persons and how those types provide some,
if not all, of our vocational choices. The
first one is the ENTREPRENEUR.
1. The Entrepreneur is first and foremost a driven type but certainly
driven by the combination of both
challenging and innovative work.
Organizations that would be attractive to the Entrepreneur are rapid-fire growth companies that also
possess an environment of creative
thinking and visional foresight.
They are also capable of visualizing
change or niche opportunities within stagnate slow-growth industries.
2. The Leader yearns to lead the pack.
This type person wants to move as
quickly as possible to the top of every organization. A Leader can only
remain in the pack until he/she learns
enough to leap into running it. A
Leader must see growth immediately.
3. The Harmonizer is bright and very
eager to be accepted by his/her peers.
Satisfaction is in the team’s success
first. With a Harmonizer, the driver
always remains in the “successful par-
ticipation” orientation within a team
concept. Harmonizers are very im-
portant to successful companies; they
are many times, the “morter” that
indirectly holds the “bricks” together.
4. The Idealist has to be very careful
in his/her career selection, since
they come to the party with strong
convictions that are many times,
immoveable when a strategic turn-in-the-road is merited. However, it
should be noted, Idealists make excellent entrepreneurs when they are
first generational visionaries.
5. Hunters gain and lose interest at the
speed of light. Therefore, an envi-
ronment that has a dynamic of high
growth potential in combination with
constant a intense competitive edge
from both inside as well as outside of
his/her organization, is key.
6. Careerists, as contrasted to Hunters,
are very satisfied with working long
hours within a structured organizational environment with one large
caveat . . . . he/she must “see” a clear-cut career path ahead. Without the
“weeds” trimmed constantly and the
path remains open, the Careerist will
lose directional mortification.
7.The Internationalist covets the
broadest possible global exposure.
This personal type wants to become
“the most interesting man/women
in the world.” The parallel goal is
by becoming this person; he/she has
the perception of greatest control of
not only his or herself but of the organization itself. CW
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