48 Motivational Traits

F4S measures 48 different traits that influence your energy levels and motivation for certain tasks.

Action Level

Self-starter

A self starter and proactive personality is especially helpful for starting new projects and businesses, initiating tasks and conversations, and turning ideas into action.

Analytical Thinking

Analytical thinking is especially beneficial for positions that involve a lot of research and strategic thinking.

Action Direction

Goal Oriented

Being goal-oriented is especially helpful for inspirational leaders, starting your own business or making changes in your current company.

Problem Solving

Problem solving refers to your level of energy and interest in predicting, preventing or solving problems, business challenges and difficulties.

Authority Reference

Internal Frame of Reference

Internal frame of reference is especially helpful for situations and projects where you need to take the lead and make quick decisions.

External Frame of Reference

External frame of reference is especially beneficial in roles like technology design, marketing, customer service, sales, and research.

Task Attitude

Lateral Thinking

Lateral thinking means you can see possibilities that others can't, and you're motivated to find the alternative path around each challenge.

Methodical

Being methodical shows an affinity for following step-by-step processes, scripts or methods of best practice.

Task Scope

Big Picture Thinking

Big picture thinking is helpful for tasks that don’t require concrete specifics, such as visioning and brainstorming.

Attention to Detail

Attention to detail is especially helpful for projects and tasks that offer a lot of concrete information and require a sequential approach.

Communication

Affective Communication Style

Affective communication style describes the importance you place on nonverbal communication and body language.

Neutral Communication

Having a neutral communication style means using written or spoken language to communicate with people in clear, precise terms.

Environment

Extroversion

Extroversion is especially beneficial for any situation where you need to be in a group setting, from social events to brainstorming sessions.

Work Independently

If you like to work independently you'd be great at staying motivated when working on projects and tasks that don’t require other people in your work environment.

Responsibility

Sole Responsibility

Accountability and reducing role ambiguity are especially helpful for setting up satellite offices, creating new products, pioneering new regions and for being a sole founder of business.

Sharing Responsibility

Sharing responsibility at work is especially useful for collaborating effectively with others. It can also be helpful for those who plan to co-found a business.

Change

Status Quo Bias

Status quo bias means you prefer to keep things as they are and maintain consistency.

Incremental Change

Incremental change means you prefer making adjustments over time rather than up-front or all at once.

Pioneering

Pioneering is all about driving innovative ideas and leaping fearlessly into new environments.

Work Approach

Use

A motivation for use is especially helpful in startups, where there’s limited time and resources available.

Conceptual Thinking

Conceptual thinking is particularly helpful for positions like consulting, business modeling, communications, policy, and research.

Need for Structure

A need for structure is particularly beneficial in functional roles that require strategic thinking and planning.

Time

Learn from the Past

Learn from the past means the level of your desire to use your past experience and learnings and those of others in your work.

Pragmatism

Pragmatism means you live in the present moment and make decisions based on what’s happening right now.

Long Term Thinking

Long term thinking means making decisions in light of their future consequences.

Influence

Need for Power and Control

Need for power and control means you thrive in positions where you get to take charge, such as leading a business, project, or a team.

Belongingness

Belongingness is especially beneficial in situations and positions where there’s a lot of emphasis placed on relationships, such as selling, coaching, and social media.

Achievement Motivation

Achievement motivation is especially helpful in results-based cultures or work environments that use performance-based pay.

Rules

Assertiveness

Assertiveness means having a strong hold on rules and principles, as well as guiding others towards upholding them too.

Out of the Box Thinking

Out of the box thinking means doing things differently, not caring what others think, and marching to the beat of your own drum.

Compliance and Responsiveness

Compliance and responsiveness are all about following accepted codes of conduct and adhering to existing values.

Open-mindedness and Tolerance

Open-mindedness and tolerance mean you appreciate and accept styles, values and rules that are different to your own.

Decision Inputs

Visual Learning Style

Visual learning style is especially helpful in situations where you can observe presentations, watch demonstrations, and work with visual stimuli.

Hearing Learning Style

Hearing learning style is particularly useful in positions with a lot of oral presentations, such as leadership, selling, customer service, and coaching.

Read/Write Learning Style

Read/write learning style is especially helpful in situations involving a lot of facts and data, including research, analysis, strategy and writing.

Kinesthetic Learning Style

A kinesthetic learning style is especially beneficial for projects and tasks where you can roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty, rather than observing at a high level.

Decision Process

Evidence Based Decision Making

Evidence based decision making is great for coaching, science, research, quality control, and any position that requires you to find patterns and trends.

Intuitive Decision Making

Intuitive decision making is especially beneficial in entrepreneurship, ideation, creativity, and selling.

Skepticism

Skepticism is especially beneficial in operational roles, quality assurance, and in problem solving.

Period of Time

A focus on period of time is especially beneficial in research, accounting, induction, and pattern recognition amongst various other aspects of business.