Order

Reiss Motivation Profile®

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Order is the basic desire for structure. It motivates people to plan, schedule, and organize. Satisfaction of this desire produces a sense of comfort, whereas frustration produces feelings of discomfort.

People with a STRONG BASIC DESIRE FOR ORDER are organized.  Tidiness and punctuality are very important to them. Typically, they pay attention to details, rules, and schedules, and they may be comfortable with predictable and relatively unchanging situations. They tend to embrace rituals. Personality traits that may describe them include careful, inflexible, methodical, neat, organized, orderly, precise, prepared, punctual, thorough, and tidy.

People with a WEAK BASIC DESIRE FOR ORDER are flexible. They may have a high tolerance for ambiguity. Typically, they dislike structure and hate following rules and schedules. They often change their mind or their plans. They focus on the “big picture” to the extent of perhaps missing key details. Personality traits that may describe them include disorganized, flexible, follows nose, hates planning, keeps options open as long as possible, spontaneous, tardy, and untidy.