Characteristics

"An extremely extroverted general manager tends to drive a very exotic, costly, or flashy car and often tries to dominate and intimidate subordinates. An extremely introverted Program Director tends to drive a very low status car and is unable to articulate the reasons for his or her programming strategies, working them out through intuition and what feels right. These may be the the right to things to do, but the Program Director cannot defend them with logic, which serves as evidence to the general manager that they haven't been thought through and are probably wrong.

Another characteristic of the extremely introverted program director is that he or she doesn't expect to be given respect and obedience by the staff and may act dictatorial, arbitrary, and unfeeling toward subordinates in an effort to establish and maintain authority. Needless to say, tyranny is counterproductive. Although this type of person may not believe it, all airstaffs (indeed, all teams of any sort) seek a leader and will automatically grant respect to their new PD right from the beginning, until he or she forfeits their respect through such conduct.

The moral is to never command through fear but rather to lead by example. If you have doubts about your course of action, don't reveal them to your airstaff; all teams want an assured leader. If you make a mistake, admit it; no team expects infallibility, and all respect honesty and openness in a leader. Just continue to lead with decisiveness after making any necessary course correct.

From this quick psychological overview of these types of personalities, I'm indebted to John G. Kappas at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Van Nuys, California (818-344-4664), to whom I direct you for more discussion on this subject. His book, Your Sexual Personality, is the most accurate and valuable work on human psychology that I've seen. It's applicable to everyone, not just those seeking success in romance. If you are interested in going into much greater depth on this psychological study, I suggest you obtain and read this book."

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