People high in Arranger achieves efficiency and completes tasks through other people. What are some of the needs for an Arranger to be effective?
Theme Description
Here’s the description of the StrengthsFinder Arranger Theme from the Gallup Business Journal:
You are a conductor. When faced with a complex situation involving many factors, you enjoy managing all of the variables, aligning and realigning them until you are sure you have arranged them in the most productive configuration possible. In your mind there is nothing special about what you are doing. You are simply trying to figure out the best way to get things done. But others, lacking this theme, will be in awe of your ability. “How can you keep so many things in your head at once?” they will ask. “How can you stay so flexible, so willing to shelve well-laid plans in favor of some brand-new configuration that has just occurred to you?” But you cannot imagine behaving in any other way. You are a shining example of effective flexibility, whether you are changing travel schedules at the last minute because a better fare has popped up or mulling over just the right combination of people and resources to accomplish a new project. From the mundane to the complex, you are always looking for the perfect configuration. Of course, you are at your best in dynamic situations. Confronted with the unexpected, some complain that plans devised with such care cannot be changed, while others take refuge in the existing rules or procedures. You don’t do either. Instead, you jump into the confusion, devising new options, hunting for new paths of least resistance, and figuring out new partnerships — because, after all, there might just be a better way.
Theme Insights
People high in Arranger achieves efficiency and completes tasks through other people. The Arranger theme is about multiplicity, managing many things at the same time, yet not necessarily getting in-depth with every task. They can sometimes give a “touch-and-go” feel to other people because of it.
People with high Responsibility or high Focus may have some challenge understanding how an Arranger functions and accomplishes things, and that can sometimes cause some frustration. But these people make great complimentary partners for someone high in Arranger.
Because someone high in Arranger accomplishes things through others, he would need
- A Team
How can a high Arranger accomplish tasks through other people if he doesn’t have anyone to work with? - People who are committed to the tasks and complete them as arranged
Just like how the conductor of the orchestra needs each player to be competent and committed to play their respective roles, high arrangers need people whom they can trust to get the job done to maximise overall effectiveness. This is one reason why people with high Responsibility and high Focus can be good complimentary partners for getting things done.
Reflections
If you are high in Arranger
- Are you aware how you best accomplish things and achieve efficiency?
- Who are the people whom you can surround yourself with, to support you in the way you work?
- How can you help other people to understand that having many things to manage, without necessarily being the one to personally complete each task, is what energises you?
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