This character study was designed to help me practice the skill of personality assessment and the concept of developing a diverse team.

1. Characters in Teams
By: Jessica Desouza

2. My DiSC
I have a strong inner
motivation to
influence people and
circumstances. I
thrive on competitive
situations and
challenging
assignments.
The stresses and
pressures of everyday
work and life are
unlikely to reduce my
effectiveness and
enthusiasm.

3. Angelina Jolie
• Project Role:
Marketing
• Decisive, Organized
• Blunt, Results-
Oriented
• Confident
“I never felt settled or calm. You can't really commit to life when you feel that”
-Angelina Jolie

4. Strengths
• Advocates
for Freedom
• Can easily
Multitask
• Natural
Leader
"I love being alive. And I love feeling free. If I can't have those things then I
feel like a caged animal. ... I'd rather be dead."
-Angelina Jolie

5. Weaknesses
• Not considerate of
others opinions
• Oversteps
Authority
• May not manage
people’s emotions
I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse.”- Angelina Jolie

6. How Do I Help?
• Help her relax and truly
understand the scope of
her work. Lead by example
showing support to all team
members.
• Show appreciation of
others feelings.
• Use logic and reason to
defend business choices
• Don’t make her handle HR
issues

7. Nick Cannon
• Project Role: Public
Relations
• Impressionable
• Involved
• People Orientated

8. Strengths
• Enthusiastic
• Persuasive-
Great
Negotiator
• Great Sense of
Humor
I tell people 'America's Got Talent' is the best summer job you could have - you get to
watch people strive for their dreams all summer long. So when you see me rooting for
these people or dancing on the side of the stage, that's what I'd be doing if I was watching
this show at home!

9. Weaknesses
• Too concerned with popularity
• May lose concentration on
details
• Not always logical
I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves

10. How Do I Help?
• Not make his job too
restrictive
• Create incentives
• Give social time for
networking and new
connections
• Show the team is
committed to him.
I'm not geeky but I have my geeky, corky moments, and then I've got some aspects of cool
in me, I guess.

11. Anderson Cooper
• Project Role
Editing
• Cautious
• Determined,
Decisive
• Serious, Principled,
Skeptical
• Critical
If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

12. Strengths
• Steady
• Compliant/Loy
al
• Focus on High
Quality and
Detail
“I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very
closely and holding people accountable.
Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm
for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible”

13. Weaknesses
• Secretive – Doesn’t
always express
thoughts and
feelings
• Sensitive
• Not adaptive
“Our skin is very thin. It doesn't take much for
us to jump off a ledge or to kill one another. It
can happen very, very quickly. “

14. How Do I Help?
• Structure work with
clear descriptions,
proposals and
expectations
• Be patient
• Give a timeline
• Be careful with
criticism
“The world reacts very strangely to people they see on
TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters
are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to
being treated as though you're special and begin to
expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death.”

15. Tony Stark
• Project Role: IT and
Web Development
, Equal parts influencing &
Dominant
• Demanding, Decisive
and Determined
• Outgoing,
• People and task
focused
SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA RUN BEFORE YOU CAN WALK.” (IRON MAN)

16. Strengths
• Seeks
Authority in all
Realms
• Value the Real
Answers
• Innovative
“HAVE YOU EVER TRIED SHAWARMA… I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I WANNA TRY IT.”
(THE AVENGERS)

17. Weaknesses
• Ignores
Potential Risk
• Argumentative
• Dislikes
Routine
I TOLD YOU. I DON’T WANT TO JOIN YOUR SUPER-SECRET BOY BAND.” (IRON MAN 2)

18. How Do I help?
• Reward hard
work,
• Provide explicit
intellectual
property
agreements
• Build trust

19. Team Building Activity
• SCAVENGER HUNT
– Create a set course with a series of clue using
text messages ,riddles, websites, QR codes and
email addresses with auto-responses to
provide clues
– The activity provides rewards and incentives
to collaborate. Its fun and unusual something
that Nick Cannon ,Angelina Jolie and Tony
Stark would need
– Tony Stark and Anderson Cooper can impress
the team with the innovation and problem
solving skills
– It’s a new challenge for Dominance Oriented
personalities, but it focuses on details which is
something Cooper could enjoy