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Working With Me, Minus the Memoir
Share a few practical work preferences your teammates can actually use—without writing a personality manifesto.
25–35 min3–24 peopleIndividual
Better Than BingoActivity slides
Better Than Bingo · Activity Slides
Working With Me, Minus the Memoir
Share a few practical work preferences your teammates can actually use—without writing a personality manifesto.
25–35 min3–24 peopleIndividual
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Facilitator prep · Do not project yet
Set the room up for success.
Materials
- One-page field-guide template or shared document
Before you begin
- Choose six practical prompts and mark every prompt optional
- Decide where shared guides will live and who can access them
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What to say
“This is a practical field guide, not a diagnosis or autobiography. Answer only what would help a teammate work with you more effectively. You may skip anything.”
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Facilitator notes · Do not project yet
Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Allow speech-to-text, typing, or dictation.
- Make every prompt and all sharing optional.
- Do not ask about diagnoses, trauma, family circumstances, or personality labels.
Watch out for
- Preferences are requests for understanding, not unlimited accommodations or permanent rules.
- Do not use the guide in evaluation or treat it as a fixed personality profile.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
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Give participants ten quiet minutes to complete four to six optional prompts.
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Ask them to mark each response private, partner-only, or team-shareable.
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In pairs, read only the approved items and ask one clarifying question.
- 4
Invite participants to revise anything that sounded different aloud than on paper.
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For the group
Keep going.
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Store only team-shareable responses with consent.
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Revisit the guides after the team has worked together for a month.
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Prompt 01
The best way to reach me for something urgent is…
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 02
I do my clearest thinking when…
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 03
Feedback is easiest for me to use when…
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 04
A sign I may need clarity is…
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 05
One thing teammates can count on me for…
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 06
After tension, a useful repair move is…
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Wrap it up
One last thought.
- Which preference will be easiest to honor immediately?
- How can we ask rather than assume when preferences conflict?