The Counselor ({Pattern})
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Counselors are particularly effective in solving people's problems.
They impress others with their warmth, empathy, and understanding.
Their optimism makes it easy to look for the good in others.
Counselors prefer to deal with others by building long-standing relationships.
As a good listener with a willing ear for problems, a Counselor offers suggestions gently and refrains from imposing their ideas on others.
Counselors tend to be overly tolerant and patient with non-producers.
Counselors may be indirect when issuing orders, making demands or disciplining others.
By adopting the attitude that "people are important," Counselors may place less emphasis on task accomplishment.
They sometimes require assistance to set and meet realistic deadlines.
Counselors often take criticism as a personal affront but respond well to attention and compliments for completed assignments.
When in a position of responsibility, Counselors tend to be attentive to the quality of working conditions and provide adequate recognition for members of their group.
Counselors could increase effectiveness with more attention to realistic deadlines; the initiative to complete the task.