White - The Peacekeepers
- Model of gentle human dignity
- Quietly move through life with effortless, unruffled style
- Whites are usually challenging to know
- Whites are often lost, inviting others to rescue and protect them in life
- Whites can be timid
- Whites can be challenging to read
- Whites can be very passive
- Whites doubt themselves
- Whites are tolerant of disagreeable behavior regardless of personal discomfort
- Whites are quite impressionable
- Hold their true feelings very close to the heart, safely tucked away from others
- Whites are capable of blending in
- Whites often remain unproductive dreamers
- Highly unmotivated – Until goals and commitment are established
- Capable of being the best friends to all personalities
- Look to others rather than to themselves for excitement – Boring and lazy
- Timid and emotionally unsure
- Gentle and even-tempered
- Whites rarely seek leadership positions
- Whites can be firm and stubborn – Give the silent treatment because they are uncomfortable with confrontation
Personality Type Cross-reference
MBTI / Keirsey - Guardian (SJ - Sensing / Judging)
Enneagram
- Type 1 - The Reformer (All Judging)
- Type 2 - The Helper (ESFJ, ISFJ)
- Type 6 - The Loyalist (All Sensing)
- Type 8 - The Challenger (ESTJ)
Temperaments
Strengths
- Blends into all situations
- Strong empathy skills
- Receptive to suggestions
- Slow to react to anger
- Non-demanding
- Enjoys observing others
- Loyal and committed to relationship
- Quiet, reflective, and peaceful
- Sincere and genuine lifestyle
- Appears to accept life comfortably
- Patient with others
- Kind to animals and people
- Patient and enduring through good and bad times
- Tolerant of unkind behavior
- Supportive and accepting
- Listens with empathy
- Relaxed in most situations
- Likes most people
- Liked by most people
- Compatible with different personalities
- Enjoys observing others
- Non-demanding of friendships
Limitations
- Takes passive approach to life
- Dishonest with feelings - Often agrees only to please others
- Sees goals as demanding and therefore restrictive
- Fears change and risk taking
- Lacks creativity to make suggestions
- Too accommodating
- Boring because detached
- Takes passive approach to life
- Unresponsive or not openly excited about experiences
- Has problems becoming intimate
- Bashful and unsure of self
- Easily manipulated into changing plans
- Ambivalent about direction and goals to pursue
- Often lazy and unwilling to take responsibility for self
- Resists making commitments
- Lacks creativity to make suggestions
- Easily led by others opinions
- Won’t express honest perspective if controversial
- Requests extra protection and a lot of support
- Easily hurt and defeated
How to Develop a Positive Connection
Do’s- Be kind
- Be logical, clear, and firm about the content you present
- Provide a structure (boundaries) for them to operate in
- Be patient and gentle
- Introduce options and ideas for their involvement
- Be straightforward and open
- Acknowledge and accept their individuality
- Be casual, informal, and relaxed in presentation style
- Look for nonverbal clues to their feelings
- Listen quietly
Don’ts
- Be cruel and insensitive
- Expect them to need much social interaction
- Force immediate verbal expressions; accept written communication
- Be domineering and too intense
- Demand conformity to realistic expectations/behaviors
- Overwhelm them with too much at once
- Force confrontation
- Speak to fast
- Take away all their daydreams
- Demand leadership