Harmonizing (H)

Primary need: Being needed by others

Goal: Security

Pain point: Conflict

Stress relief: Focus switch

Correlations: Steady = Responsive + Friendly environment (DISC), Integrator = Efficient + Long-term (PAEI), Negotiator - Oxytocin/Estrogen (Helen Fisher), Delta quadrant - Internality + Norm-doubting (CPI-462)

Pros:

Flexible, Soft-natured, Observant, Sensitive, Diplomatic, Compromising, Visionary, Compassionate, Harmonious, Attentive. Closeness, Peace of mind. Deep relationships, Sensitivity, Prudence, Softness, Tactfulness, Creating comfort, Attention to nuances and details.

Need, Care, Coziness

Cons:

Hypersensitive, Indecisive, Changeable, Self-sacrificing, Distant. Anxiety, Offense, Pity.

Distant - passive reaction, avoiding the stimulus. Retreat. They keep stress inside, freeze, blush, and let it flow away.

Initial - start tasks easily but quickly lose interest and often switch tasks. They frequently don't complete tasks (focus on the beginning of tasks). Supporting initiatives, rapid and subtle response to changes. Ability to notice fine details and provide timely feedback. Productivity heavily depends on mood, characterized by variability. Works well in a good mood, but may switch off and neglect tasks when in a bad mood.

Connective - respond to the environment, to requests, and read information from it. Adapts to soften the environment.

Group positioning

Behavior

Soft. Smoothing. Good observers. Detached and do what is comfortable and pleasant for them, what they like. Wait long, analyze, notice details. Smooth sharp edges. Track others' emotions. Can approach someone creating conflict (separately), adapt, and shift focus. Can calm and stabilize. Psychologists. At work, they also create an atmosphere that softens situations. Harmonizers try to smooth and prevent conflicts before they reach a critical point. It's bad when relationships are disrupted or there's no sense of security. Very sensitive to situations threatening relationships.

Emotions

Anxiety (something might go wrong).

Communication style

Relaxing, soft.

In foreign territory

Tactful and gentle. They notice beauty and detail.

Important

Harmony, relaxation, satisfaction, self-discovery, feeling others, good relationships.

In Work:

They catch connections between people well, subtly establishing interactions. They know when to approach management at the right moment. They can wait, sometimes even delaying decisions. Harmonics are very sensitive, reading the overall mood finely. They observe the moods and behaviors of others, can anticipate situations, and sense threats. They are very dependent on their internal mood. In a good mood, they are productive, but when they feel bad, it's hard to make them do anything as they are highly influenced by internal fluctuations and emotions. They often have a philosophical mindset, seeking their own balance and harmony. Stability is challenging for them due to hypersensitivity and the inability to not react to external stimuli.

Role: Harmonizer in a team (ability to smooth out conflicts) .

In Relationships:

This is the most sensitive subtype of all four. They are very tactful, sensitive, and delicate in relationships themselves. With harmonics, like with no one else, there's a sense of understanding and complete perception. Perhaps this ideal feeling of 'all-encompassing love' can only be provided by the harmonizing subtype. This effect of involvement in another person's experience allows them to be present and empathize. Thus, in relationships, they tend to idealize and 'merge with the partner', after which a period of alienation and distance follows. They are prone to fluctuations and doubts until they find a partner they can trust. Despite being predisposed to good relationships with harmonizing subtypes, there can be scenarios of a 'victim' needing rescue (often this process is unconscious). Both dominant and creative subtypes are very responsive to this. Mood variability is common. Sometimes there's a period of 'ideal love', and other times the harmonic disappears. Why do they disappear? Since this is the most energetically weak subtype, they often conserve energy. They expend a lot of resources on emotional bonds with people. Compensation involves an internal search for harmony, so they often distance themselves. In the best case, they engage in self-discovery and searching for harmony, and can remain single for long periods.