IC The IC profile: Influence and Conscientiousness
You want to be liked and to be right.
Your two elevated dimensions are Influence — the drive to connect, persuade and energise — and Conscientiousness — the quiet pull towards accuracy, high standards and careful, independent judgement.
That is a genuinely uncomfortable pairing. Your I wants to be believed and to be liked; your C refuses to say anything you cannot support. Most people carry one of these instincts and build a working style around it. You carry both, and they do not take turns politely. The result is persuasion with evidence underneath it — and a private argument that never quite ends.
What this combination gives you
- You persuade people with evidence they can check
- Your enthusiasm is rarely misplaced, because you checked first
- You make difficult technical material interesting to non-specialists
- You raise the standard of a group without cooling its energy
What it costs you
- People cannot predict which version of you arrives
- Warm in the room and exacting afterwards, so your later correction feels like betrayal
- You delay a decision until you are certain, then oversell it to recover the time that was lost
Characteristics
- Expressive, articulate and quality-conscious
- Persuades with evidence, not enthusiasm alone
- Sociable in public, quietly exacting in private
- Holds high standards, for others too
- Optimistic about people, sceptical about claims and evidence
What motivates you
- An audience that appreciates careful work
- Recognition for precision, not effort
- Time to prepare before presenting
- Interesting problems with clear standards
- Work that is visible and can withstand close inspection
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