Behavioral understanding
Behavioral understanding involves learning more about yourself and your colleagues. You will gain an increased knowledge of your behavior, what it entails, and what it means for your relationships, and how you can use your acquired knowledge in your everyday life.
A little deeper about behavior
We all have the qualities we need to thrive and develop in our working lives. At its core, it's about trust, safety, and wanting the best for each other - even on the busiest days with big challenges.
By being aware of your own behavior and your own impact on your surroundings, it will be easier for you to meet the challenges that may arise in the workplace. Identifying and focusing on your strengths can bring engagement and wellbeing on a personal level, but it will also have a positive impact on your collegial community.
With awareness of your own behavior, you can;
Recognize and leverage your strengths and weaknesses
Gain a greater appreciation for the strengths and weaknesses of others
Learn to communicate in a way where you "speak the recipient's language"
E-stimate and behavioral profiles
Watch the video to the right where founder, Jørgen Friis, talks about E-stimate and behavioral profiles. In the video, he explains how they can be used as a tool to get to know yourself and your colleagues on a deeper level, which can have a positive impact on the way you approach your collaboration (the video is in danish).
Or click the link below to read more about E-stimate on their website (English website)
One of the most powerful elements to thrive in collaboration with each other in the workplace is your awareness of your own and others' strengths!
We work very differently, which makes awareness of the way we approach tasks important for your engagement and overall well-being. Being aware of this knowledge also contributes to tolerance for behavior and reaction patterns that are different from your own.
Your natural behavior often comes out when faced with your opposites, where you can easily become irritated and react unintentionally, which can make it difficult to collaborate.
Excusing draining behavior with an explanation like "it's just the way I am" ignores the responsibility you have for your own behavior and impact on those around you. A lack of awareness of your own behavior and reactions can drain others of energy and create conflict.
The behavioral profiles and their characteristics
There are four behavioral archetypes. It is important to know that we contain a little bit of each profile, but often we recognize ourselves in one particular profile. Especially in challenging situations!
One of the most important contributions to this is awareness of our own and others' strengths. It turns out that identifying and focusing on our strengths can bring engagement, well-being, and joy.
Both in yourself and in others.
THE RED PROFILE
Is ambitious and performance-oriented
Is purposeful
Likes to be the leader in the front
Seeks full influence on things
Is quick to punish and reward
Their big weakness may be that they want to do everything themselves and therefore find it difficult to collaborate. They may find it difficult to accept other people's methods.
THE YELLOW PROFILE
Outgoing and full of energy
Not afraid to take a risk or seize an opportunity
Likes the freedom to create
Their big weakness can be unpredictability. Because he or she often thinks fast and changes his or her mind at the same speed. Can be way ahead of everyone else.
THE BLUE PROFILE
Is detail-oriented
Is logical and sensible
Is persistent and strong-willed
Appreciates routines and procedures
Afraid of making mistakes
Very interested in the facts
Their big weakness can be a lack of courage - the fear of making mistakes. They want to have everything under control.
THE GREEN PROFILE
Is caring and helpful
Is friendly and well-liked by others
Sensitive to the feelings of others
Not afraid to help others
Is collaborative
Their big weakness is that they are easy to bully, as they can be a bit reserved. Can be unenergetic and hide it behind pseudo-humanity.
A theory that sheds light on how to become more aware of yourself and your behavior is Daniel Ofmann's Core Quadrant theory.
The Core Quadrant is a simple tool to help you become more aware of how you affect others with your behavior. This tool can help you increase your self-awareness and self-knowledge. Furthermore, it can be a great tool to explore which individual path is best for you. What development opportunities do you each have and how do you achieve this?
At the same time, you'll also become more aware of why there are some personalities or personality traits that you react to more strongly than others. The theory is based on 4 elements that are interdependent and contribute to a specific behavior in a specific situation. We all have qualities that we need to learn to use in the most optimal way.
The best outcome will be to gain an awareness of your own qualities and not be reticent in your interactions with opposite personalities with opposite personality traits.
Watch the video below to gain a deeper knowledge
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Sit back and listen to a podcast on the topic of behavioral understanding!
Your behavior affects your communication and the way you generally communicate often ends up being either Reactive or Proactive in nature
Reactive behavior is typically expressed by:
How you are often affected by your physical surroundings
That if you feel unfairly treated, you tend to become withdrawn and defensive.
That your emotional life is based on how other people act and behave
Individuals who tend to react reactively often don't acknowledge responsibility, but let the environment determine the outcome!
Proactive behavior is typically expressed by:
Recognizing your responsibility
Not blaming the environment, living conditions, or your upbringing
Your behavior - is typically a product of a conscious choice based on your values - not based on emotions alone.
Individuals who tend to react proactively, acknowledge their responsibility, and don't blame anyone or anything!