Your Inner Dynamic

by Eric Sutherland

We may all want to work in dynamic and productive environments, particularly in teams that are committed to supporting each other while they strive to achieve success. So why do so few teams actually make it to the utopia of being this synergistic ideals?The problem is, teams are made up of people, so if you want to understand teams you first need to understand people. In any organisation there are eight roles that are fundamental to creating any business or organisation. These roles are filled by people that have different outlooks and literally different ways of perceiving their surrounding environment and thinking about what it means or what they should do in response to it.Each role brings different strengths to the team and when a role is vacant, someone has to fill in if the team is progress. By understanding which role you are more naturally suited to fill, you will understand how to utilise your natural talents in any team or organisation.In this book you will learn about each role at a level that lets you know what makes them tick. You will gain a deeper understanding about yourself and understand why your talents are not the same as others and where you can best apply them.This book is vital for anyone that manages a team and has been disappointed by traditional team building interventions. If you are involved in team building then get ready to sharpen your saw. It unlocks the personality of your team and shows where you should be utilising their skills.Many profiling tools are based on the Jung factors of Sensing, Feeling, Thinking and Intuiting. But often these may not deliver the results you expect. The reason is simple; many tools treat them as paired opposites when in fact they are complementary neural pathways.It may therefore surprise you that these same functions are at the core of the I Ching; a 5000 year old set of Chinese manuscripts that describe the dynamics of personal flow and define our attitudes. These manuscripts were used to build the Chinese dynasties of the past and are perhaps helping to turn China into the next superpower today. The source of this success has been buried from Western eyes for too long.Translated in partnership with a Chinese master into German in the 1920s and then into English in the 1950s the I Ching has been consistently overlooked as just some form of ancient Chinese divination, but it's much more powerful than that. Today its use is becoming ever more widespread, but who could have foretold that it also unlocks the mysteries of personality and our natural attitudes to what we do.This book connects the Personality Types of Carl Jung with the Ba Gung of the I Ching. In doing so it illustrates eight core attitudes that are encompassed within the eight roles needed for organisational success. But it doesn't map out the 4 letter Jung typologies you may be familiar with from systems such as MBTI. Instead it revisits Jung’s work and proposes a system that should have been developed in the first place. Forget extroversion and introversion. Instead think of Yang and Yin. In place of stereotypes and opposition think of duality and blending.If you have used Jung typologies in the past, prepare to be shocked and amazed when you discover the real meaning of his four primary functions. Learn how they blend to form your true inner dynamic and then put that dynamic to work to drive your success. This book will provide you with a map of human potential. I encourage you to use that map to grow and develop as a person and to apply the lessons to any team and any organisation.

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 25, 2012