- Middle managers caught between worker and management preferences and expectations.
- Reluctant changers who are trying to join in, but may not yet be fully committed.
- Flexible thinkers who can see their situations from a range of perspectives.
- Fast adopters who embrace new technologies and new ways of doing things.
- Shy, taciturn people reluctant to speak their mind.
- Dug in firm resistors who are willing to circumvent any attempts at change.
- Overt wear my life on my sleeve types who are difficult to shut up.
- A grieving person who just lost a significant person in their life. They are bereft and there is probably nothing you can do.
- Genuinely psychologically disturbed people who do not see reality in the way others do.
- "The Boss" who may or may not be able to hold back until others have had their say.
- Frustrated facilitators who would rather have your role and be in control.
- Analytical, scientists or engineers who crave factual information and tangible reality.
- Distracted mobile device users who are only here in body while texting and tweeting.
- A person who was told by their boss/colleague to attend, but has no idea about the topic.
- Know-it-alls who (maybe correctly) believe that they have all of the knowledge they need on a topic.
- Fatigue affected exhausted people for whom this seems a distraction from their real work (or sleep).
- Caffeine and nicotine junkies who are twitching externally or internally awaiting their fix.
- People with legitimate reasons to leave before you are finished, whether or not you finish when you said you would.
- Reflective people who need to think things through before they respond. They are slow to participate, but are not necessarily reluctant.
- Evangelists who have a message to share, which is not necessarily useful,
- Someone who rushed in late, and missed the introduction, but really needed to be there for it.
- Technical, concrete thinkers unwilling to engage in 'what if' and other conceptual discussion.
...Geoff
www.performancepeople.com.au
