Birth Order:

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Birth Order

• How Your Family Birth Order Determines Your
  Kitchen
• Personality Type

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Why is it Important to Understand the
Characteristics of Family Birth Order?

• Better understanding of interpersonal
  relationships (youll get along better)
• Better communication
• Important to have different personalities working
  on the same team
• A diverse group will improve the work process

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Functionality

• Spacing of births is important as is gender
  consideration
• Large gaps of years between siblings changes the
  characteristics of the personality type as it
  pertains to birth order

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How ManyFirst Borns in theAudience?
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First Born Child

• Natural leadership abilities
• Ambitious, responsible, take charge,
  self-sacrificing
• Motivated
• Logical and straight thinkers
• Organized- good planners and goal setters, make
  to do lists
• Energetic

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First Born Child

• Respectful, compliant
• Good team player, understands goals and
  objectives
• Does things right (the first time)
• Good problem solvers, intuitive, analytical
  thinkers
• Reliable- will take on any task
• Serious, conservative

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First Born Child

• Scholarly, high achievers
• Strong concentration abilities
• Hates surprises
• STRUCTURED
• Perfectionists neat dressers, everything matches
• Follow the rules- Law and Order!

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First Born Child

• Protectors and guardians
• Strong willed, all or nothing, black or white- no
  gray
• Assertiveor aggressive
• Will take it, then explode all at once
• Can procrastinate if fearful of not being perfect

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How Many First Borns?How Many are in a
Supervisory or LeadershipCapacity?
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How ManyAre anOnly Child?
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An Only Child Has Many of the Same
Characteristics as the First Born Child
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Only Child

• Little adult by age 7
• Thorough, deliberate
• High achiever
• Self-motivated
• High expectations of self and others
• Cant stand failure or mistakes in self or others

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Only Child

• Black and white thinker, no room for gray area
• Exactly, precise
• Rigid, cautious
• Dependable, responsible

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Only Child

• Somewhat sheltered
• Somewhat self-focused

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How Many Only Childs?How Many Only
Childsare in aSupervisory or
LeadershipPosition?
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How ManyLast Bornsin theAudience?
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Last Born Child

• Spoiled- the baby
• Charming- a real sales person
• LOVES to be the center of attention and the class
  clown
• Precocious, engaging
• Affectionate- Likes to give (and get) strokes
• LOVES surprises

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Last Born Child

• Mischievous
• Little show-off
• Playful, fun to be around
• Creative and entertaining
• Great sense of humor
• Caring and lovable
• Likes to help others

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Last Born Child

• Relaxed- No stress
• Genuine
• Trustworthy

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How Many Last Borns?How Many Last Borns are in
a Supervisory or Leadership Position?
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How Manyare aMiddle Child?
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Middle Child A Real Paradox

• Good mediator, compromiser
• Diplomatic, a peacemaker
• Avoids confrontation at all cost
• Balanced, can see both sides
• Has many, rather than fewer, friends
• Unspoiled and realistic

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Middle Child

• Independent, mentally tough
• Loyal to friends trustworthy- Can keep secrets
• Quiet, appears to be shy
• Introspective, analytical thinker
• Impatient, easily frustrated
• Maverick or rebel- may leave home first

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Middle Child

• Free spirit
• Laid back- or assertive
• Good team player- Understands goals and
  objectives
• Good mental coping skills
• Faithful in relationships
• More accepting of diversity

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Middle Child

• Understands life isnt fair
• Balanced
• Comfortable with change, may even thrive on
  change
• Scholarly

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How Manyare a Middle Child?How Many are in
aSupervisory or Leadership Position?
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So What Does All This Mean as it Comes to Working
With One Another?
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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First Born

• Great leadership ability, but may be seen as over
  bearing or overly assertive
• Perfectionism may cause frustration on the part
  of the subordinates cant meet high expectations
• Need for organization may be viewed as
  inflexible may miss seeing the big picture

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First Born

• Getting organized may get in the way of DOING
  things
• Being logical may come across as being
  self-righteous
• Making lists may get a lot done, assuming there
  are followers who will actually do the work
• Being a cheerleader may be annoying to some

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First Born

• Sharks will eat you alive If you stick your neck
  out, someone will gladly chop it off and deliver
  it on a platter
• You will have your own cheering section- YOU DO
  IT! Go ahead! Were behind you all the way!

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Only Child

• Confidence may be viewed as cockiness
• Serious nature may be seen as uptight
• Perfectionism will get the job done right the
  first time and might be envied by those who cant
  meet those standards
• Inability to see both points of view may cause
  some tensions

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Only Child

• Intense thinkers may be able to analyze a
  situation, but it may be from a solitary point of
  view
• Strong motivation may cause others to become
  frustrated with the strong drive

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Middle Child

• Friendly relationships are important, but may get
  in the way of using good or fair judgment
• Putting oneself in the middle of dissention could
  cause the mediator to get burned
• Peace at any price might cause some to take
  advantage

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Middle Child

• Independence may be construed as being cold or
  aloof
• Independent thinking may be construed as
  arrogance or stubbornness
• Unspoiled may mean intolerance for those who HAVE
  been spoiled

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Last Born

• Charming may be construed as manipulative or
  flaky
• Affectionate may be construed as gullible
• Attention seeking may be construed as
  self-centered and spoiled, and undisciplined

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The Synergistic Effect

• Having opposite personalities in a kitchen really
  does work!

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The Warpath Effect

• Too many Chiefs and Not Enough Indians
• Too Many Cooks Will(you know the rest)