Anyone who has ever worked or lived with a High S person knows they can be hard to read. They’re usually quiet, steady, supportive, patient, and more likely to listen than to say too much too fast. They don’t tend to make a big fuss or rock the boat. And because of...
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How to Communicate with a High Influence Person When They Are Emotional
Anyone who has ever worked or lived with a High Influence person knows they feel things out loud. They’re expressive, people-oriented, optimistic, persuasive, and usually pretty easy to read. When they’re happy, everybody knows it. And when they’re upset ... everybody...
How to Communicate with a Dominant Person When They Are Angry
Anyone who has ever worked or lived with a High Dominant person knows they want results. Quickly. They’re direct, fast, decisive, impatient with delays, vague answers, and long explanations. And when stress is high, that intensity can come across as anger (although...
TriMetrix Tales: When Experts Ignore Their Own Hiring Benchmark
There’s an old line about the cobbler’s children having no shoes. I’ve always liked it because it’s a good reminder and annoyingly true. The people who know better are not, in fact, immune to doing worse. This TriMetrix Tale is one of those stories. We were hiring for...
TriMetrix Tales: The Performance Review That Saved a Great Employee
A long-time client reached out with that familiar, pre-review dread — the feeling leaders get when they know the conversation might drift into territory they can’t budget for, can’t justify, and can’t wiggle out of without disappointing someone important. The client...
Elphaba or Glinda? What Your Witch Type Says About Your Leadership Style
With Wicked: For Good flying into theaters this Friday, it's the perfect time to ask: 🧹 Are you more Elphaba… or Glinda? No matter which side of the broomstick you ride, your personality has power — and just like the witches of Oz, your unique strengths (and blind...
TriMetrix Tales: When the Data Predicted Disaster (and Got Love Instead)
My husband and I met at a TriMetrix training.I know – it sounds too ironic – but it’s true. Back in 2013, both of us were sitting in a TTI class learning how to debrief the TriMetrixHD – the very model that would one day reveal our supposed “incompatibility.”We didn’t...
TriMetrix Tales: When the Recruiter Overrode the Red Flags
Hiring a General Manager should have solved problems — not created new ones. Yet this fourth-generation, family-owned company learned the hard way that when culture and motivators collide, even a résumé full of wins can turn into a costly mismatch. The SearchMy client...
TriMetrix Tales: The “Perfect” Business Manager Hire
The Situation When I first sat down with the owners of a family-owned commercial refrigeration company, they were at a crossroads. The husband-and-wife team was ready to retire, but they didn’t have anyone in place to carry the business forward. They had great people...
TriMetrix Tales: When Sales Swagger Isn’t Enough
The Sales Candidate Who Seemed Like a Sure Thing Every hiring manager has had that moment: the candidate walks in and immediately fits the mental picture. The handshake, the confidence, the energy. That was this candidate. He was a sales consultant (and owned his own...










