Beaver

Beaver - Doers

  • Beavers strongly need to do things right by the book.
  • They are the kind of people who read instruction manuals.
  • They are great at providing quality control in an office and will provide quality control in any situation or field that demands accuracy, such as accounting, engineering, etc.
  • Because rules, consistency, and high standards are so important to beavers, they are often frustrated with others who do not share these characteristics.
  • Their strong need for maintaining high (and often unrealistic) standards can short-circuit their ability to express warmth in a relationship.

Personality Type Cross-reference

MBTI / Keirsey - Guardian (SJ - Sensing / Judging)
Enneagram
Temperaments

Recognized by

  • Serious, sensitive nature, well-mannered approach
  • Self-deprecating comments
  • Meticulous and well-groomed looks

Basic Disposition

Works with Existing Circumstances to Promote Quality/Service
  • Slow-paced
  • Task-oriented

Decision Making

Reluctant
  • Avoids making decisions
  • Needs lots of information before they will make a decision

Motivated by

  • To be right
  • Maintain quality

Desires

  • Have it right!
  • Clearly defined tasks that require precision and planning
  • Stability
  • Low risk

Greatest Needs

  • The beaver needs security
  • Gradual change and time to adjust

Greatest Fears

  • Criticism of Work or Performance
  • Making Mistakes

Strengths

  • ​Accurate
  • Analytical
  • Detail-oriented
  • Thoroughness
  • Industrious
  • Orderly
  • High standards
  • Intuitive
  • Discerning
  • Controlled
  • Accurate
  • Precise
  • Methodical and exhaustive
  • Focuses on quality control

Weaknesses

  • Perfectionist
  • Too hard on self
  • Too critical of others
  • Too picky
  • Too controlling
  • Overly sensitive
  • Overly cautious
  • Won’t make decisions without “all” the facts
  • Pessimistic of new opportunities

Get depressed when...

  • Life is out of order, standards aren’t met, and no one seems to care.

As leaders

  • They organize well, are sensitive to people’s feelings, have deep creativity, and want quality performance.

Work Valuabity

  • For a sense of detail, love analysis, follow through high-performance standards, and compassion for the hurting.

In Pressure or Tense Situations

  • The beaver tries to avoid pressure or tense situations.
  • They can ignore deadlines.

Recovery

  • Private Time

Time Management

  • Beavers work slowly to ensure they are accurate.

Communication Style

  • Beavers are good listeners
  • Communicate details
  • Are usually diplomatic

Communicating with...

Wants You to Be:
  • accurate and precise
Provide them With the following:
  • evidence
  • information on how they can logically justify
  • systematic plans
  • progress reviews
General Strategies:
  • be thorough and well planned
  • support their thoughtful approach
  • demonstrate through action rather than words
  • be exact
  • be organized
  • be prepared
  • give them time to verify your words
  • don’t rush decision making
  • avoid gimmicks
  • provide evidence that what you say is true and accurate

Like people

  • Who are serious, intellectual, and deep and will carry on a sensible conversation.

Dislike people

  • Who are lightweights, forgetful, disorganized, late, superficial, and unpredictable.

Tend to marry

  • Popular sanguines for their personalities and social skills, but soon try to shut them up, get them on a schedule, and become depressed when they don’t respond.

Actions to improve

  • Understand that total support is not always possible
  • Don't take life quite so seriously
  • Don't insist others be perfectionists