The Four Types Of Productivity Styles (And How/Why They Clash)
Per here, the four types of work productivity styles are:
- Prioritizer: Logical, analytical, fact-based thinking is preferred.
- Planner: Organized, sequential, planned, detailed thinking is preferential.
- Arranger: Focus is on supportive, expressive, and emotional thinking.
- Visualizer: Holistic, intuitive, and integrated thinking is key.
There are no doubt a lot of buzzwords above, and the four listed probably don’t even fully capture the range of productivity styles at your office. (I’d argue the range is far greater at most places I’ve worked.)
If I had to slot myself into one of these, I’d probably be an arranger, although I think maybe with a 10–20% slice of prioritizer and planner. (Again, this isn’t a hard-and-fast thing like Meyers-Briggs where you get a four-letter combination; I’m sure everyone is a mix of these things on different projects.)
Regardless of whether you believe the four categories above, you can see what it leads to, right? Basically on different projects, people are different aspects of the above. So if you’re a “prioritizer,” and you’re on a team with a lot of “visualizers,” frustration could potentially…
