Happy Dwarf Personality Type
Some Strengths which Happy may exhibit in a Group Meeting:
- Happy is very likable, warm, and energetic
- Happys are supportive of the leader, group members, and task at hand
- Happy responds quickly to request from leader to do an exercise or help out
- Happy promptly completes any assignments given
- Happy nods affirmatively and expresses positive interest
How do you know when you have a Happy in your meeting?
- Happy smiles a lot at everyone, particularly the leader
- Happy frequently tries to catch leader's eye, and tries to maintain eye contact with leader
- Happy takes seat to the leader's right if it is available
- Happy generally agrees with the leader
Some Difficult Behaviors which Happy dwarf may exhibit in a Group Meeting:
- Happy is overly cooperative
- Happy likes everything; gives high ratings all the time
- Happy says, "Yes, I agree, Me, too!"
- Happy tries to guess right answer and complies with imagined correct response
- Happy is focussed on leader vs. materials or others in the room
Assumed Feelings Underlying BOTH Strengths and Weaknesses for Happy:
- Happy has fear of abandonment
- Happy wants to show self as unique
- Happy is terrified of rejection same time
- Happy is afraid to risk loss of love to assert his ideas
How to Leverage Happy dwarf Strengths:
- Happy does best in a fun, whimsical environment
- They respond particularly well to recognition and support
- When needed, Happy loves to help the leader with any task
- Happy-dwarf people are good to call upon first for an answer - they want to please and can be used to model appropriate behavior in the meeting.
Potential Interventions to Diffuse Happy Problems:
- Reconfirm interest in divergent responses - for example: "You can only please me by helping me do my job, which is to ensure that all opinions are expressed. We need the whole picture even if there are some aspects you think might be insignificant."
- Remind group of the value of the individual
- Praise difference of opinion
- Move away from him to give him freedom to disagree
- Maintain approving eye contact
General Description of Happy Personality:
Happy-dwarf people are people persons - they love people. They are warmly interested in others and tend to watch, listen and pick up specific, detailed information about others. They want to like people, and have a special skill at bringing out the best in others. They are extremely good at reading others, and understanding their point of view. Happy's strong desire to be liked and to maintain a pleasant environment makes him highly supportive of others. People like to be around Happy, because he has a special gift of invariably making people feel good about themselves.
Happy takes responsibilities very seriously, and are very dependable. Happy values security and stability, and have a strong focus on the details of life. Happy sees before others do what needs to be done, and does whatever it takes to make sure that it gets done. Happy enjoys these types of tasks, and is extremely good at them.
Happys are warm and energetic. They need approval from others to feel good about themselves. They are hurt by indifference and don't understand unkindness. They are very giving people, who get a lot of their personal satisfaction from the happiness of others. They want to be appreciated for who they are, and what they give. They're very sensitive to others, and freely give practical care. Happys are such caring individuals, that they sometimes have a hard time seeing or accepting a difficult truth about someone they care about or themselves for that matter. That makes it difficult to express a difference of opinion that might be construed as negative by the leader or anyone else in the meeting.
Happy people are focused on reading other people. They have a strong need to be liked, and to be in control. You may observe them changing their own manner to be more pleasing to whoever they're with at the moment.
Happys respect and believe in the laws and rules of authority, and believe that others should do so as well. They're traditional, and prefer to do things in the established way, rather than venturing into unchartered territory. Their need for security drives their ready acceptance and adherence to the policies of the established system. This tendency may cause them to sometimes blindly accept rules without questioning or understanding them.
A Happy who has developed in a less than ideal way may be prone to being quite insecure, and focus all of their attention on pleasing others.
Happys at their best are warm, sympathetic, helpful, cooperative, tactful, down-to-earth, practical, thorough, consistent, organized, enthusiastic, and energetic. They enjoy tradition and security, and will seek stable lives that are rich in contact with friends and family.
OTHER DWARF PERSONALITIES:
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