Personal User Guide features

A personal user manual becomes useful when you bring it into a conversation about work. That might happen when two colleagues start a project or a coach prepares to discuss their working styles. This archive explains how Personal User Guide features can support those conversations. The articles describe what an overview shows, how to read the information and which questions you can discuss with it. Examples from everyday teamwork take you through the practical use of each feature covered here.

One of these features is Gap View. It lets team leaders and coaches compare two personal user manuals across the five Big Five dimensions. You can see where preferences are close and where people might need more coordination. The explanation covers planning, change, social energy, directness and responding to pressure. In the article, you can explore the comparison using celebrity profiles. For a conversation within your own team, the starting point is the personal user manuals completed by the team members themselves.

Begin with a work situation that calls for a shared agreement. For example, compare how two people prepare for a meeting or respond to a change in the schedule. Ask each person for an example and discuss an approach that suits them both. The articles are written for team leaders, coaches and colleagues who want to understand and use the features. They explain how to turn information from a personality profile into discussion topics and then into a concrete agreement about communication, responsibilities or the next step in a project.