#10 Profiling — Reading People Without Putting Them in a Box
You already know what profiling is. You've seen it on television.
A detective stares at a wall of photographs and works out who the culprit is — not by catching them in the act, but by reading the pattern. How they operate, what they choose, what they avoid. From that pattern, the profiler predicts the next move and gets there first.
Business profiling works on the same logic, minus the crime. You use a model to build a quick read of how someone ticks, then adapt how you work with them. Not to manipulate — to communicate better, reduce friction, and get further together. And once you can do it, you start to see your whole working life differently.
This is the tenth part of my weekly walk through the Digital Leader Canvas — Profiling, field ⑨ — and after last week's edition on reading a room, it's the natural next step: from sensing what's in front of you to making sense of it.
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Profiling im Leadership nutzen! 🫶📈
Profiling „It’s a Match!“ 🫶📈
Hast du dich schonmal gefragt was Casting-Shows, Recruiter und Online-Dating Plattformen gemeinsam haben? Im Kern geht es darum, die 1 Person zu finden, die am besten ins Team passt. Team Beziehung oder Team Business, es geht darum den größten Match für sich und sein Team zu finden.
Gar nicht so einfach, denn das gesamte Persönlichkeits- und Leistungsspektrum eines Menschen ist riesig und beim ersten Kennenlernen oder beim Durchlesen eines CV’s auch gar nicht so leicht greifbar.
Bleiben wir beim Business: Viele Unternehmen besetzten ihre Positionen nach fachlichen Fähigkeiten, Soft Skills, Motivation & Team Fit. Es macht aber auch Sinn sich zu überlegen, wie Entscheidungsfreudig jemand ist, ob die Energie stimmt und inwiefern deren Art zu denken und zu arbeiten ins Team passt! Denn natürlich zeigen sich alle von ihrer besten Seite. Wie können wir aber hinter die „Fassade“ blinzeln und verhindern, den Richtigen oder die Richtige zu übersehen? Wie kann ...
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