Significance in a Nutshell
People with Significance want to be known, to make an impact, to leave a mark. They're driven by the desire to be recognised and remembered.
People with high Significance are ambitious. They want their work and their name associated with something meaningful. They're motivated by impact and recognition. They don't want to be invisible.
At their best, people with high Significance drive ambitious agendas. They pursue meaningful work at scale. They inspire others to aim higher. They create legacy, not just tasks.
Your Key Contributions
- Aiming for impact: You steer the team toward work that matters, away from busy-work that wastes effort
- Caring about reputation: You care deeply about reputation, which raises the quality bar for everyone's work
- Seeking bigger rooms: You push the team into bigger rooms, bigger clients, and bigger problems than it would naturally take on
Watch Out For
- Prioritising recognition over what's right
- Difficulty supporting others' success if it overshadows yours
- Becoming bitter if you don't get the recognition you expect
- Pursuing visibility instead of substance
The 2 Sides of Significance
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What Energises You
- Doing work that will be remembered
- Being recognised for your contribution
- Having your name associated with success
- Making a visible impact
- Working on something meaningful and large
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What Drains You
- Doing invisible work or thankless work
- Having your contribution overlooked
- Working in the background supporting others
- Doing tasks that don't matter or leave no legacy
- Not getting credit for what you've done
How Others See You
How to Invest in Significance for Work
If You're high in Significance
- Channel your ambition toward work that genuinely matters, not just visible work.
- Help others achieve significance; it raises everyone.
- Pair with Belief or Futuristic to pursue meaning, not just visibility.
- Know that legacy is built through lifting others, not just yourself.
Managing Someone Who Leads with Significance
- Give them meaningful work and acknowledge their contribution.
- Use them to pursue ambitious objectives.
- Make sure they see the impact of their work.
- Don't hide their success; let them be visible.
Connecting with Someone who Leads with Significance
- Acknowledge the impact of their contribution.
- Don't underestimate their ambition; use it.
- Ask them what legacy they want to build.
- Help them see how their work matters at scale.