Note of seminar - What bird are you as an employee?

This is a summary of my training about the employee types in a workplace. How do you know if the work or the position suits you? How to deal with your bosses, colleagues, and customers? I think this would be helpful to reflect what are you and how to improve yourself.

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Which bird are you?

The training groups and symbolizes employees into 5 types of bird. Each has different characteristics, strengths, and concerns.

The birds are falcon, wild goose, peacock, ostrich, and parrot.

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Falcon

A falcon flies high, flies solely, and aims on a healthy prey not a dead one.

If you are a falcon, this is you:

Character	Strengths	Concerns	Suitable works
visionary solo player focus challenger	object-oriented love adventures leadership core concepts, not details	low patience self-centric demanding rather than following arrogance	own a product pathfinding one man show big clear objectives

If you’re dealing with a falcon, a falcon needs these from you:

Communication	Decisions	Expectations
concise briefly	absolute demands quick & on points	tough can-do attitudes

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Wild goose

Wild geese come in a flock. They have the community, respect the rules, and also their own spaces.

If you are a wild goose, this is yours:

Character	Strengths	Concerns	Suitable works
work in team step by step personal space live in groups	professional procedures standards & rightousness laws & rules	strict anxiety faultfinder take times on details	stable & reasonable team player standard & procedures considerate

If you’re dealing with a wild goose, a wild goose needs these from you:

Communication	Decisions	Expectations
straightforward detailed	object-oriented fair & square	procedure-based quality informative

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Peacock

A peacock loves to be in the spotlights to show its beauty and performances. Want to be somebody in its community. Looking good in images yet complicated in thoughts.

If you are a peacock, this is you:

Character	Strengths	Concerns	Suitable works
seeking attentions artistic emotionalism image is the first	connecting with people kind & helpful rhetorical positive environment	talkative emotions over reasons sociable not in details	public relations activity-based charity or celebrity art & design

If you’re dealing with a peacock, a peacock needs these from you:

Communication	Decisions	Expectations
influence & fun open & friendly	emotional-based give opportunities	acceptances optimist

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Ostrich

An ostrich lives in its family together. It is a social animal. High endurance and compromise. When an ostrich is fully grown, it’s become fast runner and aggressive.

If you are an ostrich, this is you:

Character	Strengths	Concerns	Suitable works
endurance compromise proactive adaptive	connecting with people compromising calm & polite simple & stable	dislike pressures avoid arguments slowly change dislike competitions	secure & stable teamwork low pressures work-life balance

If you’re dealing with an ostrich, an ostrich needs these from you:

Communication	Decisions	Expectations
empathy non-bias	safety first people-oriented	reasonable empathy

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Parrot

A parrot adapts with any situations. It follows trends and is a questioner to collect things yet not use them much. Picks up details to connect the dots.

Most of Asians are parrot type.

If you are a parrot, this is you:

Character	Strengths	Concerns	Suitable works
flexible details & analysis skeptical follows the trends	adaptive compromising wide angle view data-oriented	take side on majority requires sufficient data hesitancy	organizing with many parties strategic data-based teamwork

If you’re dealing with a parrot, a parrot needs these from you:

Communication	Decisions	Expectations
centrist overview	last minutes deciding spared plans	workarounds flexible with options

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Diagram

Those can be mapped as the diagram below.

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So which one are you and your people?

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References

Image sources

• Falcon: flaticon
• Wild goose: flaticon
• Peacock: flaticon
• Ostrich: flaticon
• Parrot: flaticon