Steadiness

Steady Style

Steady traits...
Conservative
Loyal
Cooperative
Predictable
Deliberate
Passive
Patient
Systematic
Reliable
Steady Style people are Slower-paced, People-oriented, stable, and predictable.

They emphasize cooperating with others to carry out a task and prefer being part of a team rather than working alone.

They are even-tempered, friendly, sympathetic with others, and very generous with loved ones.

They are motivated by...
  • Safety and security.
  • Feelings of self-worth and respect.
  • Shown recognition and appreciation.
Things that annoy them...
  • Pushiness, instability, inflexibility, anger, disloyalty, insensitivity, pride, discrimination, and unfairness.
Under pressure, they may become...
  • Fearful, insecure, subservient, and withdrawn.

When communicating with...

When you’re Communicating with Steady People
  • Try to be kind, but don’t overdo it.
  • Be strong, if necessary, but be sensitive.
  • They are often quiet and seldom initiate conversation.
  • ​And they tend not to make quick decisions.
When Steady People Communicate with Dominate Style People
  • Be confident and sure of yourself.
  • Challenge them, but not too hard.
  • They like to debate.
When Steady People Communicate with Influence Style People
  • Be interested and enthusiastic about what they are saying.
  • Share your thoughts and concerns.
When Steady People Communicate with Compliant Style People
  • Be ready for questions and try to give concrete answers.
  • Don’t condemn their doubts.
  • They will pressure you with logic.

Team Value

  • They are instinctive relaters and make others feel like they belong.
  • They buy into team goals and identify strongly with the team.
  • They provide stability and specialized skills and consider the elements of a total project.
  • They are sincere, practical, realistic, dependable, loyal, and even-tempered.
  • They are focused and intuitive about people and relationships.
  • They show patience with others and strive to build relationships.

Weaknesses

Steady people like to get into a secure routine and stick with it, resulting in opposition towards change.

Because they are passive and avoid conflict, they may also hold grudges when they experience frustrations and resentments instead of facing the issue head-on.

They strive for positive environments and relationships and can be especially sensitive regarding criticism.

They want to please others and may struggle to say “No” or establish priorities.

Because they strive for stability, peace, and safety, they fear security loss through change.

Ideal Environment

Steady people want to avoid conflict and exist in peaceful environments and around groups that are in harmony.

They flourish in a team environment when working with others and getting along.

They enjoy people but prefer individuals and groups they trust and feel comfortable around.

They like environments with little change or surprise and little to no conflict.

They like tasks that can be completed at once or seen through from beginning to end and enjoy practical procedures and systems.

They adjust best when given a long enough period to adapt to change and require an explanation of why the change occurs.

Leadership Traits

They tend to take a “participatory” approach emphasizing delegation, listening, and support.
  • People who seem shy but demonstrate a tremendous ability to influence others.
  • They tend to be soft-spoken and easygoing.
  • They don’t like to offend anyone and work very hard at keeping everyone happy.
  • But their sensitive leadership skills cause them to be very effective at getting groups to move out in unity.

Follower Traits

  • Do not make quick decisions.
  • Like leaders who are understanding and gentle.
  • They want to establish a relationship with a leader who will be around for a long time.
  • Concerned about service and stability.
  • Sensible and slow judgment is their trademark.
  • Like familiar and low-key environments.

Teaching Styles

  • They like to teach steadily, step-by-step.
  • They are thorough explanations.
  • Their simple but insightful instruction often lacks excitement.
  • They need to be more animated.
  • They are systematic researchers.
  • They are concerned about harmony and accuracy.
  • They can be too sweet and slow to share why something is true.
  • They should strive to be more interested in results than relationships and revelation.

Learning Styles

Kinesthetic Learner
  • Wants to FEEL comfortable and secure as they learn.
  • Responds best to status-quo-type learning without surprises or challenges.
  • Desires that everyone is learning harmoniously and together as a family.
  • Needs to feel the lesson personally and privately.
Visual Learner
  • Wants to SEE the lesson through the presenter's life.
  • Learns best by visualizing the study as part of a small group rather than having to be upfront presenting.
  • Desires steady and stable visual environments.
Auditory Learner
  • LISTENS best to sweet and soft presentations.
  • Doesn't like solid or fast-paced communication.
  • Responds best to supportive and security-oriented words.
  • Desires to hear lessons in small groups.
  • Wants to listen to words that make the lesson kind, friendly, and caring.

Personality Type Cross-reference

MBTI / Keirsey - Artisan (SP - Sensing / Perceiving)
Enneagram
Temperaments