1. Energy
Group Reflection Questions
Do your scores mirror your roles? - Do the roles interacting with others have the most energy?
Is it more important to ponder, research and explore ideas or is it important to get stuck in quickly and see what happens?

2. Energy
Group Reflection Questions
Do you work in an environment where it is important that they have wide networks of contacts and relationships?
Do you have to self-promote to maintain a high profile for yourself and the team?

3. Low Energy "Like to reflect and understand before acting" Benefits
Quiet
Reserved
Autonomous
Calm
Discreet
Risks
Aloof
Cool
Uninvolved
Insular
Indifferent

4. Frustrations of Low Energy
Being asked to participate in something
which did not appeal
Being put on the spot
Being expected to "join in" all the time

5. Questions for Low Energy
How do you ensure that your ideas are heard
within the team?
How do you feel about meetings as a means of getting things done?
How do you share your ideas with others?

6. Responses Low Energy We put things in writing/ emails
We talk one-to-one to the people we need to
We only bother when it's important to us
If agendas and information are not sent out in advance, we find them frustrating and don't enough time to think.
We may under-contribute and have to find modes of communicating outside meetings

7. Everybody has Low Energy
Group Strengths
A studious environment where people like to concentrate without interference
Deep exploration of ideas and concepts
An intimate, self-contained team with little need for external involvement
Group Risks
Reluctance to move f rom understanding to implementation
A low / invisible profile, may therefore be over-looked
May work as a group of individuals, not as a team.
May appear unwelcoming to outsiders

8. Nobody has low Energy of information are missed Potential Gaps
A lack of deep thinking and reflection
A lack of observation meaning subtle pieces
of information are missed

9. High Energy Benefits Enthusiastic Sociable Animated Inclusive
"Are excitable and like to get things started"
Benefits
Enthusiastic
Sociable
Animated
Inclusive
Energetic
Risks
Distractible
Disruptive
Interfering
Unthinking
Insensitive

10. Frustrations of High Energy
Can become impatient if things do not happen quickly enough
May take on too much, over committing themselves and others
People who don't share their enthusiasm or respond to their ideas

11. Questions for High Energy
Are you aware you may dominate a conversation or group activity?
Do you ever get carried away and bit off more than you can chew?
How do you communicate your ideas to your colleagues?

12. Responses High Energy
It's hard not to join in. We know we should bite our tongues, but it's diff icult to do
We get carried away and enjoy noise
We are always trying to do too much at once
We are easily distracted by somethi ng different I a new challenge
We communicate with enthusiasm but that
can be overwhelming for some

13. Everybody has High Energy
Group Strengths
An enthusiastic, fun team
Emphasis on action
Interests would be wide reaching beyond the team and roles
Their profile is likely to be high, both individually and as a team.
Group Risks
Lack of reflection, meaning mistakes could be made.
May be chaotic, treading on each other 's toes as they pursue what looks most interesting at that moment.
Learning may be superficial

14. Nobody has High Energy
A lack of enthusiasm for getting stuck in: may spend too much time thinking rather than doing
A group that takes a long time to warm up and establish relationships
A low profile in the organisation as a whole

15. Mid-range Energy Benefits Risks
"Like to get involved when it suits them"
Benefits
Outgoing and sociable when the situation requires
Risks
May not seem overly convincing in a group
May wait on others for input, and not take the initiative
Unwilling to get involved in or excited by the ideas
put forward by others
Moderate the impulsive nature of high Energy
Can draw out low Energy ensuring their contribution is not overlooked
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16. Frustrations of Mid-range Energy
When people consistently loud and self promoting
When people are slow to respond or difficult
to engage with
When people are too quick to change their views or won't express their views to the group
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17. Questions for Mid-range Energy
When do you find yourself behaving more like those with higfl Energy?
When do you find yourself behaving more like those with low Energy?
Do you see yourself playinq an arbitrator or
facilitation role in the team?
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18. Responses Mid-range Energy
We are more like high Energy when in social
situations, when we can let our hair down
When meeting new people
We are more like low Energy when we have to do something that requires careful thought or when we don't know what we're talking about: we'll listen then

19. Everybody has mid-range Energy
Group Strengths
Potential exists to adopt whichever approach is appropriate to the context
Reflecting on ideas and encouraging contribution
Show enthusiasm for new
ideas, but with a realistic approach
Group Risks
May be f rustrated / bored if roles involve a lot of thinking without much implementation
Will be f riendly when approached by people but may not reach out to make contacts

20. Nobody has Mid-range Energy
Potential Gaps
A polarisation of the opposite ends
High Energy looks indiscreet, noisy and superficial
Low Energy looks cold, disengaged and
secretive