Everything you need to know about an Adapter

Your Reference Profile tells you about not just who you are, but also the unique work styles that you contribute to a team. The PI Science team conducted research to link the four framework quadrants below to the four drives measured by the PI Behavioral Assessment™. Each individual on your team will be plotted according to a four-quadrant framework based on their behavioral pattern. Below shows each of the profile types and where they land.

Now that we know which Reference Profiles fall into which quadrants, we can start talking about Team Types. The PI Behavioral Assessment™ provides a deep look into an individual’s workplace behavior by understanding that person’s motivations and needs. However, most of the time, work happens via teams. So it’s important to understand the overall behavioral makeup of a team.

Team Types provide a simple approach to understanding behavioral data at a team level. PI has defined a number of Team Types based on the collection of personalities on a team and where they fall within the four quadrants we mentioned earlier.

Adapter’s Team Type

It depends!

Adapters will vary between the quadrant they fall into. For example the individuals plotted in this image are all Adapters in various quadrants. This means that depending on how strongly they express certain behaviors, they’ll impact a team’s make up differently.

There are many team combinations that can occur, so how do Adapters make an impact?

The activity below shows not only the different Team Types associated with other quadrants, but also some tips on how Adapters can leverage their unique strengths to help balance a team.

Keep in mind: We’ve only mentioned four Team Types throughout this course, but there are actually nine in total. You’ve already learned the different types of team work styles based on the four quadrants, plus some tips on how to “flex” for each. Based on what you know about Adapters, are there other ways you can stretch to accommodate the additional work styles? What team style do you think you’re a part of?

Next, we’ll cover how Adapters will act as leaders and share ways to maximize their effectiveness.