I + C · one of the twelve blends

Ic personality type (The Polished Performer)

The Polished Performer inspires a room and can back up every claim.

The Polished Performer is creative and careful, and backs each idea with evidence.

Ic is one of the twelve blends in the WiredType model. Influence leads, and Conscientiousness is close behind. People also write this blend as IC or I/C. The Ci blend, in which Conscientiousness leads, is a different type. This page describes the Polished Performer. If the Polished Performer is your type, you will likely recognize yourself in it. If you live or work with a Polished Performer, it shows what the Polished Performer is wired to do and how to work well together.

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Traits of the Polished Performer

This section covers what drives the Polished Performer and what the Polished Performer works to avoid, then the Polished Performer's main strength, main weakness, motto and signature animal, from WiredType's profile of the Ic type.

What drives the Polished Performer

  • The Polished Performer wants each coworker to leave a conversation convinced, so while they talk, they keep the source for their main number open on their phone.
  • They want their toast at the bakery's 10th anniversary staff party to get a laugh, so they check the year the bakery opened twice the night before.
  • They want the group chat to light up over an article they share, so they read the whole study before they post the link.
  • The Polished Performer spends a free Saturday reading everything on one topic, so next time it comes up they can explain it in two easy minutes.
  • They want people to call them brilliant, and they want every fact they gave those people to hold when it gets checked later.

What the Polished Performer works to avoid

  • The Polished Performer can dread the one day they leave the source for their number at home, because that is the day a coworker asks where it came from.
  • They can fear someone at a holiday dinner catching a wrong date in a family story they just told so well.
  • When a friend says the Polished Performer's book club pick had "great energy" and nothing more, they can worry the friend found them charming and empty.
  • They can worry that a whole evening of checking footnotes for their own project has buried the idea that excited them at breakfast.
  • A week after they speak, the Polished Performer can fear it was forgettable, and the hard moment comes when nobody has quoted a single line back.

Superpower (main strength)

When the Polished Performer explains something, people enjoy it and believe it. A day later those people repeat the point to someone else and name where the Polished Performer's fact came from.

Kryptonite (main weakness)

The Polished Performer holds back a good story to check one more detail, and by the time they are sure of it, everyone has already decided without it.

Motto

“Give me ten minutes to check that number. Then I will tell you the whole story.”

Signature animal

The hummingbird is lively to watch and precise in every movement.

How the Polished Performer works with each style

Each section describes what tends to happen between the Polished Performer and a colleague of one style, and gives a line the Polished Performer can say. If you are that colleague, read your own style's section.

DIc and D (Dominance)

A D-type colleague checks the Polished Performer's enthusiasm for substance first. When the Polished Performer pitches without a source, the D-type asks, "Where is that number from?" When the source is on the slide, the D-type leans in and starts deciding. After a few meetings, the D-type learns the Polished Performer's energy comes with homework and gives the Polished Performer the floor sooner.

What the Polished Performer can say to a D-type colleague: “Here is what I want to do, and here is the one fact behind it. I will check one more number and tell you by 5 today. Does that work for you?”

IIc and I (Influence)

The Polished Performer and an I-type colleague both love the brainstorm and the big idea. At 4 p.m. the I-type posts a new statistic in the team Slack channel, and the Polished Performer opens the source before replying. The Polished Performer wants the idea to win and needs it checked first. That habit makes the two natural partners, and some days it slows the fun.

What the Polished Performer can say to an I-type colleague: “I love this as much as you do. Give me 30 minutes to check one thing, and if it holds, we tell everyone.”

SIc and S (Steadiness)

An S-type colleague lets the Polished Performer show imperfect work. The Polished Performer hands over a draft, and the S-type calmly says, "This is ready." The Polished Performer believes the S-type and skips the fourth rehearsal. The Polished Performer's fast pace and detail checks can overwhelm the S-type. It is hardest when the Polished Performer rehearses out loud at the S-type's desk and expects the S-type to match that energy.

What the Polished Performer can say to an S-type colleague: “I sent you three versions this week, and that was too many. Take the time you need. I will send nothing new until Monday.”

CIc and C (Conscientiousness)

The Polished Performer and a C-type colleague both want every number right. The Polished Performer also wants the work engaging, and the C-type wants it accurate first. On Monday the Polished Performer forwards a finding with the note "This could open the client deck." On Tuesday the C-type replies asking for two more weeks of data. To the C-type the finding is early. To the Polished Performer, that reply stalls a good idea.

What the Polished Performer can say to a C-type colleague: “I trust your checking completely. Tell me the facts you are sure of by Thursday at noon, and I will start with those. You will see my draft before anyone else does, so you can check every number.”

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