1. The Styles - Combination Styles In-depth

2. Combination of Profiles - D
Motivational factors: This person likes freedom, challenges, competition and control and he likes to outdo own former achievements.
Tries to avoid: This person does not like undeserved praise or hidden messages.
The ideal manager: His manager must be a person who sets objectives as well as himself.
Communication Style: He is quite direct even though he is short-tempered. This person likes to express his ideas in brief and does not like to explain of waist time on motivation.
Decision-making: He sees a fast decision-maker as a good decision.-maker. He does not always listen to others.
Strengths: Is determined and likes results
Is not happy if things are at a standstill
Does not cling to individuals
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Does not bother with detail
Does not analyze thoroughly
trusts his intuition
Creates insecurity due to constant changes

3. Combination of Profiles - DI
Motivational factors: This person is motivated by working independently with other people. A person like this is also motivated by popularity, social acceptance and publicity, success and prosperity.
Tries to avoid: Tight rules and regulations and demands of detailed reports.
The ideal manager: This person’s manager must be stronger than him. If this person does not respect the manager he will bypass him.
Communication Style: This person has a special ability to change people’s opinion towards his own - either in a very friendly way or a very dictating way - but without discussion.
Decision-making: This person is ready to take risks and "jump into the deep end".
Strengths:
Is able to bring new ideas
Seeks changes
Wants to be the best
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Concentrates on the fight for power
Manipulates people
Gives responsibility without authority

4. Combination of Profiles - DS
Motivational factors: This person is very loyal, hard-working and takes his work seriously. He is motivated by challenges and the possibility of developing his area of work as long as it happens according to his own plan.
Tries to avoid: This person is not too keen on situations where he may be ridiculed.
The ideal manager: This person needs a rather characteristic manager who knows how to make him go in the right direction at the right speed.
Communication Style: This type of person communicates as a rule in a very systematic, logic and goal-directed way. However he may, now and again, forget that perhaps after all he may not always be right.
Decision-making: This person is a very decisive and also a very serious person, yet he may have very traditional ways of doing things.
Strengths :
Is able to develop things in a systematic way
Takes things seriously
Does not scare people with constant changes
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Does not react on changes in his surroundings
Falls back on old principles
Voices his thoughts unnecessarily intransigent

5. Combination of Profiles - DC
Motivational factors: This person is motivated by challenges, difficult tasks and the possibility of developing himself and his skills. He appreciates working independently, planning, creating ideas, and developing.
Tries to avoid: This type of person normally tries to avoid situations and people who seem too shallow, inaccurate and crude.
The ideal manager: This person’s manager must be able to be a strict person who is in control of his own things.
Communication Style: This type of person is relatively demanding as a communicator. He has a very matter-of-fact way of seeing things.
Decision-making: Even though this person is able to make decisions he can on occasion have a pondering or analyzing way of making them.
Strengths:
Knows where he is going
Finds new solutions
Is able to analyze in depth
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Makes the wrong thing important
Is distant towards others
Is tough and unconditional

6. Combination of Profiles - I
Motivational factors: It is important for this person to be allowed to be with other people in different situations. Tries to avoid: Under no circumstance can this person be described as concentrated or careful.
The ideal manage: One cannot give this person orders all the time, he must be encouraged and motivated.
Communication Style: This person is good at inspiring others and easily gets them in a good mood.
Decision-making: This person sometimes postpones making difficult decisions and especially communicating this decision to others.
Strengths:
Keeping up the positive atmosphere
Encouraging, motivating and inspiring
Continued contact with people
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Delegates possibly without follow-up
Attaches too much importance on good atmosphere and on people
Trusts others too much

7. Combination of Profiles - DI
Motivational factors: This person is motivated by various human factors: popularity, status and a good environment.
Tries to avoid: This person tries to avoid all that is tiring, frustrating and which will demand an ability to concentrate, thoroughness, precision and systematic process.
The ideal manager: This person must be inspired using goals and visions, and not asked for too much detail.
Communication Style: Is often seen as a pleasant partner, even though he can not be bothered to listen to answers given to his own questions
Decision-making: This person likes to make decisions, but often makes them on instinct or on a quick assessment of the situation.
Strengths:
Keeping up a positive spirit through enterprise
Encouraging, motivating and inspiring
Continued contact with different kinds of people
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Is too eager to go along new things/change
Jumps from one task to the next
Things that he is not interested in are drawn out

8. Combination of Profiles - IS
Motivational factors: This person is open, likes people and will actively make contact with others
Tries to avoid: This person does not like aggressive situations or competitive and result seeking organizations where the importance of human growth is forgotten.
The ideal manager: His manager must be easily approachable and a good listener and helper.
Communication Style: This person is a very friendly and pleasant speaker. At times this person may not voice negative concerns even though these should be discussed.
Decision-making: He is considerate in his decision-making. He is unshakable with regards to things which have an emotional effect on him or with regards to things of principle.
Strengths:
Encourages people to participate
Tries to find means to increase job satisfaction
Maintains the good atmosphere
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Does not notice warning signs
Has faith in man
Does not take the bull by its horns

9. Combination of Profiles - IC
Motivational factors: This person is first and foremost motivated by the possibility of creating something together with others or for the delight of others
Tries to avoid: It will seem as a punishment for this person to be totally cut off from other people
The ideal manager: He should have a manager who by means of friendship and encouragement is able to get him started.
Communication Style: This person is good at animating, motivating and building a good environment. Is on the other hand not a person who presents things in detail and does not give orders.
Decision-making: He is not a cold and calculating ’decision-maker’ who only sees facts. Considerations about where things could be improved are often done from a humane point of view.
Strengths:
Makes people happy and cheerful
Also sees the bright side of things
Dose not run unnecessary risks
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Embellishes things
Talks more than he listens
Is too decent and kind

10. Combination of Profiles - S
Motivational factors: This person is motivated by well-defined tasks and responsibility and by getting instructions, while working, on how best to carry out the task.
Tries to avoid: This person is careful not to draw hasty conclusions. He draws back from people who seem dishonest.
The ideal manager: The manager must understand to make the most of this person’s wish to be an integrated part of his group and to do his best for others. The manager must therefore be able to reward this so-called ‘invisible work’ that this person is accomplishing.
Communication Style: This person is very calm and thoughtful in his communications, but should sometimes be a bit more inspiring and outgoing.
Decision-making: With regards to decision-making, he will under normal circumstances emphasize the importance of thorough and detailed thinking which will remove all potentially threatening elements.
Strengths:
Works systematically - is not changeable
Makes small improvements without damaging the existing order
Works systematically
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Gets caught in routines
Only makes small changes

11. Combination of Profiles - ID
Motivational factors: This person is motivated by the knowledge that he is not let down and that he can work confidently for the future.
Tries to avoid: This person would rather not jump from case to case or break his promises.
The ideal manager: It is important that the manager gets to build up respect for himself. He must be ready to help and participate when needed.
Communication Style: He is by no means an outgoing or eager communicator but when he has something to say it is most often said in a very direct way.
Decision-making: If the situation is vague, indistinct and full of risks, he will become thoughtful and therefore use more time making the decision.
Strengths:
Good at finding small errors and faults
Is hard working and concentrates on his job
Good at planning work routines
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Gets stuck in his own habits
Makes only small changes
Makes more of a fuss of people he knows than of strangers

12. Combination of Profiles - SI
Motivational factors: This person is motivated by a safe and known environment. He wishes to plan things long-term. He appreciates perseverance and the ability to keep promises.
Tries to avoid: A person like this normally tries to avoid very aggressive and restless people.
The ideal manager: The manager must be consistent, but at the same time be able to recognize this person’s effort even though he is not looking for praise.
Communication Style: He is a pleasant debater with good qualification both for listening and for participating in a discussion. He is not terribly good at inspiring and motivating others.
Decision-making: This person can be a bit of a careful decision-maker because he wants to show consideration for everyone.
Strengths:
Is always ready to help
Does not emphasize his own resolve in an exaggerated way
Does what he has promised
Stress reactions/areas of development:
A slow and doubtful decision-maker
Mourns on behalf of others
Seeks safety in others opinions

13. Combination of Profiles - SC
Motivational factors: This person would like to concentrate on his own things. It is very important for this person to know what is expected of him.
Tries to avoid: This person avoids forming hasty opinions. He does not want to make hurried decisions and does not want to carry out other peoples hurried decisions.
The ideal manager: He wishes and needs a well balanced manager who is able and willing to take care of his subordinates.
Communication Style: This person’s best side as a communicator is by far his patience to listen and analyze what has been said. He has a calm appearance that seems to inspire confidence.
Decision-making: This person is efficient when making routine decisions as long as there are clear instructions on how to do this.
Strengths:
He will act on prearranged principles
Is able to concentrate on his own task
Does not create rash solutions
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Is inconstant in situations of decision-making
Has difficulties in making up his mind
Take refuge in known solutions

14. Combination of Profiles - C
Motivational factors: This person wants to plan and prepare his tasks thoroughly before he really gets started.
Tries to avoid: He does not like to order others about or decide what they should do. He finds quarrelsome conditions unpleasant.
The ideal manager: The manager should help plan and priorities the tasks but leave the person to sort out the details himself. A comprehensible working structure is important.
Communication Style: He is a composed communicator who expresses himself in a way that makes others feel safe. He does not want to taunt anyone and would never directly attack anyone.
Decision-making: This person is definitely a cautious decision-maker, who does not make unexpected decisions. He still wants to find the best solution based on facts, instructions, standards, and quality.
Strengths:
Strives towards perfection
Finds the errors
Is cautious in a natural way
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Does not function and work independently enough
Forgets to motivate people
Is a stickler for details

15. Combination of Profiles - CD
Motivational factors: This person likes a well structured working environment with the opportunity of doing improvements of one’s own.
Tries to avoid: Even though he likes to examine new things, he is not typically the one to run risks and does not want to feel pressured to do so.
The ideal manager: In a doubtful situation he expects the manager to have the general view which he himself lacks.
Communication Style: He is by no means an open communicator and can even seem brief and reserved when he has to present facts.
Decision-making: He has an inner ambition for efficient and fast decision-making. On the other hand, he also strives to reach the most correct solution.
Strengths:
Finds new ideas
Is able to think creatively in a fresh way
Is goal-directed in his search for solutions
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Forgets to motivate people
Is awkward and stiff in his activities
Does not get properly in contact with other people

16. Combination of Profiles - CI
Motivational factors: This person is motivated by the possibilities of working with people in a positive and varied atmosphere, although this must be organized enough for him to find his own place.
Tries to avoid: Even though this person is accurate and attentive to the last detail, he does not like routine assignments
The ideal manager: The most important task for the manager is to make sure this person has a working environment where he feels at home, can concentrate on positive things and is clear on his role.
Communication Style: This person will address people in a positive and pleasant way and present facts in an interesting way so they do not fall asleep.
Decision-making: This person will address people in a positive and pleasant way and present facts in an interesting way so they do not fall asleep.
Strengths:
Also notices other peoples wishes
Finds faults
Discusses openly with others
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Does not function and work independently enough
Wavers and cannot make up his mind
Possibly forgets the actual task

17. Combination of Profiles - CS
Motivational factors: This person likes a structured working environment where he can carry out his tasks in peace and quiet.
Tries to avoid: This person wants to avoid risky situations and emotional arguments with others.
The ideal manager: The manager must make sure that he get his own ’work space’ where he has the ideal conditions to carry out his work well. The manager must know that this person’s contribution often stems from the details rather than the entirety.
Communication Style: While dealing with other people he is calm and modest. This person will rather answer questions or explain how something works than go out and sell his ideas.
Decision-making: He would rather not make difficult decisions or decisions of which he does not know the consequences.
Strengths:
Accepts the instructions he gets from others
Is good at following the instructions of quality
Has a calm and matter-of-fact appearance
Stress reactions/areas of development:
Is easily trampled on
Is unable to see the wood for the trees
Is doubtful when starting something new