Personality Types are based on the famous book "Personality Plus" by Florence Littauer. If you want to enjoy it more please go for the personality test questionnaire before knowing all personality types.

1. LEADERSHIP THROUGH PERSONALITY AWARENESS
Understand yourself & Others To Develop Interpersonal Skills
By:
DR MANOJ KUMAR BHAMBU
Associate Professor
GCCBA-50, Chandigarh
mkbhambu@hotmail.com

2. LEADERSHIP DEFINED
 Leaders are dealers in hope.
NAPOLIAN BONAPARTE
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4. PERSONALITY DEFINED
 Personality can be defined as physical, mental, emotional
and spiritual make up of a person.
 Every person has a unique blend of different
characteristics, hence, each one of us has a unique
personality.
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5. TYPES OF PERSONALITIES
Powerful
Choleric
Popular
Sanguine
Perfect
Melancholy
Peaceful
Phlegmatic
Personality
Types
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6. POPULAR SANGUINE:
THE EXTROVERT; THE TALKER; THE OPTIMIST
 Popular Sanguine Emotions:
1. Appealing Personality
2. Talkative, Storyteller
3. Life of the party
4. Good sense of humour
5. Memory of Colour
6. Physically holds on to listener
7. Emotional and demonstrative
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7.  Popular Sanguine Emotions: (cont.)
8. Enthusiastic and Expressive
9. Cheerful and Bubbling
10. Over-curious
11. Good on Stage
12. Wide Eyed and Innocent
13. Sincere at Heart
14. Always a Child
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8. POPULAR SANGUINE AT WORK
1. Volunteers for jobs
2. Thinks up new activities
3. Looks great on the surface
4. Creative and colourful
5. Has energy and enthusiasm
6. Starts in a flashy manner
7. Inspires others to join
8. Charms others to work
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9. POPULAR SANGUINE AS A FRIEND
1. Makes friend easily
2. Loves people
3. Thrives on compliments
4. Seems exciting
5. Envied by others
6. Does not hold grudges
7. Apologizes quickly
8. Likes spontaneous activities
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10. PROBLEMS WITH POPULAR SANGUINE
 POPULAR SANGUINE TALK TOO MUCH
Talk half as much as before
Watch for sign of boredom
Condense your comments
Stop exaggerating
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11.  POPULAR SANGUINES HAVE UNCULTIVATED
MEMORIES
Pay attention to names
Write things down
Do not forget children/friends/things
 REMEMBER
“ Even though you can rationalize why you have a bad
memory, no one wants to hear about it.”
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12.  POPULAR SANGUINE INTERRUP AND
ANSWER FOR OTHERS
Do not think you must fill all the gaps
REMEMBER
“One who interrupts and answers for the others is
rude and inconsiderate, and after a while,
unwelcome.”
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13. o POPULAR SANGUINE IS DISORGANISED
AND IMMATURE
 Pull your life together
 Grow up
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14. REMEMBER
The popular Sanguine needs a Saviour.
Without divine help how can he:
Curb his tongue.
Control his ego.
Not think too highly of himself.
Cultivate his memory.
(the Holy Spirit gives remembrance.)
Concern himself with others.
Look out for others and not for himself.
Count the cost.
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15. POWERFUL CHOLERIC PERSONALITY
THE EXTROVERT THE DOER THE OPTIMIST
 POWERFUL CHOLERIC’S EMOTIONS
 Born leader, Dynamic and Active
 Compulsive need for change
 Must Correct Wrongs
 Strong willed and decisive,
 Unemotional
 Not easily Discouraged
 Independent and Self-sufficient
 Exudes Confidence
 Can run anything
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16. POWERFUL CHOLERIC AT WORK
 Goal Oriented
 Sees the Whole Picture
 Organizes well
 Seeks Practical Solutions
 Moves Quickly to Actions
 Delegates Work
 Insists on Production
 Stimulates Activity
 Thrives on Opposition
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17. POWERFUL CHOLERIC AS FRIENDS
 Has little needs for friends
 Will work for group activity
 Will Lead and Organise
 Is usually Right
 Excel in Emergencies
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18. PROBLEMS WITH POWERFUL CHOLERIC
 POWERFUL CHOLERICS ARE COMPULSIVE
WORKER
 Learn to relax
 Take the pressure off others
 Plan leisure activities
REMEMBER:
You can feel relaxed and need not to feel guilty
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19.  POWERFUL CHOLERICS MUST BE IN CONTROL
 Respond to other leadership
 Do not look down on the dummies
 Stop manipulating
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20. • POWERFUL CHOLERICS DO NOT
KNOW HOW TO HANDLE PEOPLE
Practice Patience
Keep advice until Asked
Tone down your approach
Stop arguing and causing trouble
REMEMBER:
No one likes an impatient, bossy
troublemaker.
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21.  POWERFUL CHOLERICS ARE RIGHT BUT
UNPOPULAR
 Let someone else be right
 Learn to apologise
 Admit you have some faults
REMEMBER:
If only the Powerful Choleric would open his mind to
examine his weakness and admit he has a few, he could
become the perfect person he thinks he is.
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22. PERFECT MELANCHOLY PERSONALITY
THE INTROVERT THE THINKER THE PESSIMIST
 PERFECT MELANCHOLY’S EMOTIONS
 Deep and Thoughtful, Analytical
 Serious and Purposeful
 Genius Prone, Talented and Creative
 Artistic & Musical, Philosophical & Poetic
 Appreciative of Beauty
 Sensitive to Others
 Conscientious and Idealistic
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23. PERFECT MELANCHOLY’S AT WORK
 Schedule Oriented, Detail conscious
 Perfectionist, High Standard
 Orderly and Organised
 Neat and tidy, Economical
 Sees the Problem
 Find Creative Solutions
 Needs to Finish what is Started
 Like Charts, Graphs, Figures, Lists
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24. PERFECT MELANCHOLY AS FRIENDS
 Makes Friends Cautiously
 Content to stay in background
 Avoid Causing Attention
 Faithful and Devoted
 Will Listen to Complaints
 Can Solve other’s Problems
 Deep Concern for Other People
 Moved to Tear with Compassion
 Seeks Ideal Mate
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25. PROBLEMS WITH PERFECT MELANCHOLIES
 PERFECT MELANCHOLIES ARE EASILY DEPRESSED
 Realise no one likes gloomy people
 Do not look for trouble
 Do not get hurt so easily
 Look for the positives
 Read
 Blow Away the Black Clouds
REMEMBER:
Accentuate the positives, Eliminate the negatives
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26.  PERECT MELANCHOLY HAVE LOW SELF-IMAGES
 Search out the source of your insecurity
 Listen for the evidence of false humility
REMEMBER:
Perfect Melancholies have the greatest potential for
success. Do not be your own worst enemy.
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27.  PERFECT MELANCHOLIES PROCRASTINATE
 Get the right things before starting
 Do not spend so much time planning
REMEMBER:
If Perfect Melancholies did not spend so much time in planning,
they would not force the rest of us incompetents to go ahead
without preparation and so notch up intricate work!
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28.  PERFECT MELANCHOLIES PUT UNREALISTIC
DEMAND ON OTHERS:
 Relax your standards
 Be grateful
 You understand Your Temperament
REMEMBER:
Not everything in life can be perfect, so relax.
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29. PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC PERSONALITY
THE INTROVERT THE WATCHER THE PESSIMIST
 PEACEFUL PHELGMATIC’S EMOTIONS:
 Low Key Personality,
 Easy Going and Relaxed
 Calm, Cool and Collected
 Patient, Well Balanced
 Consistent Life, Quiet and Witty
 Sympathetic and Kind
 Keeps Emotions Hidden
 Happily Reconciled to Life
 All Purpose Person
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30. PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC AT WORK
 Competent and Steady
 Has Administrative Ability
 Mediates Problems
 Avoid Conflicts
 Good under Pressure
 Find the Easy Way
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31. PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC AS FRIENDS
 Easy to get along with
 Pleasant and enjoyable
 Inoffensive
 Good listener
 Dry sense of humour
 Enjoys watching people
 Has many friends
 Has compassion and concern
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32. LET’S MOTIVATE PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC
 PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC ARE NOT
EXICITING
 Try to get enthused
 Try something new
 Learn to accept responsibility for your life
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33.  PEACEFUL PHLEGMATICS APPEAR WISHY-
WASHY
 Practice making decisions
 Learn to say no
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34. HOW PERSONALITY AWARENESS GOING TO HELP
YOU
 By Knowing ones own strengths and weaknesses
 By Knowing strengths and weaknesses of People
around you
 By assigning right work to right person
 By empowering your followers by helping them
overcoming their weaknesses
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35. WILL THIS LECTURE IS GOING TO HELP YOU
 Yes
 No
 Do not know
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36. WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT
YOU DESERVE
TO BE RECOGNISED
AS AN EFFECTIVE LEADER
IN YOUR ORGANISATION
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