Working in a group, by definition, means involving others. But the four Styles vary in why and how enthusiastically they embrace others.

Generally, groups put together by Dominant Styles will be smaller and have shorter meetings than those set up by people with other Styles. Often, the Dominant Style will want the group to make some key decisions on key issues, and then delegate the rest of the work to individuals or subcommittees.

Influencing Styles are more inclined to favor a group for the group’s sake. They like others to be involved in the give-and-take. Not everyone who’s put on a committee by a Influencing Style will have a logical role there but, in the Influencing Style’s mind, that person is further seasoning for the soup, if not necessarily a main ingredient.

Steady Styles also are innately attracted to groups. However, instead of using meetings for presentation of reports, they prefer to work toward consensus as they collect information from many sources.

Conscientious Styles, too, involve others in groups to get information from a wide variety of sources. However, the Conscientious Styles are just less comfortable operating in groups. So they prefer to have much of the group work done behind the scenes by sub-groups or individuals. The Conscientious Style especially likes to be the only one who knows how all of the parts of the group’s task puzzle fit together.