Managing Style Differences - Strengths to Excess

Accommodating / Harmonizing

Clever
Sympathetic
Flexible
Affectionate
Innovative
Tricky
Fickle
Inconsistent
Fawning
Changeable
Deceptive
Wishy-washy
Unreliable
Groveling
Erratic

Achieving / Directing

Lead
Challenge
Stimulate
Self-assured
Eager
Dominate
Argue
Jar
Unsympathetic
Impatient
Oppress
Fight
Overwhelm
Ruthless
Driven

Analyzing / Preserving

Reserved
Careful
Even
Cautious
Systematic
Guard
Inflexible
Unfriendly
Pessimistic
Ritualistic
Unresponsive
Obsessive
Rejecting
Defeated
Compulsive

Affiliating / Perfecting

Responsive
Concerned
Innocent
Hopeful
Contemplative
Critical
Fussy
Gullible
Disillusioned
Defensive
Righteous
Furious
Victimized
Despairing
Martyred

For more on the four communication styles listed above see:

Style Profile for Communication at Work: Gilmore & Fraleigh. Friendly Press, Eugene Oregon (1992)