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A review of the scores for this five-member internal team reveals some potentially serious problems. Notice especially the range of individual scores. Jonah has a score of 108, while Chris’s score is 68. This indicates a significant degree of difference of understanding and using the Six Partnering Attributes.

Chris’s overall low PQ score coupled with her clear inability to trust indicates that she probably has a number of important issues that have not been resolved or have been resolved in a win-lose manner.

Her somewhat higher rating on Self-Disclosure and Feedback may indicate a willingness to discuss the situation and make a determination about whether it makes sense for her to work hard to improve her role in the team or to seek another solution.

The other four members of the team seem to break into two groups of two. Pat and Janice have some clear trust issues, which, given their higher Self-Disclosure and Feedback scores, they would probably be willing to share in the right context. It would be interesting to understand better how Tom and Jonah feel about the team not working as well given their high Win-Win Orientation scores and how they might contribute to improving the team’s overall Partnering Intelligence.

Sometimes other character defects are disguised as patience. Overly optimistic investors are often mistaken for patient. Investors who rationalize away all negatives or who refuse to accept losses appear to be patient.

Unjustified patience combined with blind loyalty is common among those who bought tech stocks in the bubble only to see them become penny stocks in the tech wreck. Many of these investors loved the product or the idea the company represented. They bought the stock, knowing nothing of stock investing. Patience and loyalty caused them to hang on, until the company’s bankruptcy, if necessary. Many band together in chat rooms and bolster each other’s loyalty during the long decline toward de-listing of the stock.

Your part is the most important aspect of the inventory. The prior steps are designed to break down enough denial so you can look at your own character flaws. When you realize that your happiness and possibly your life are on the line, you will write down, with rigorous honesty, what you did to bring about the resentment, fear, uncomfortable feelings and ideas, impacts on the relationship, and what aspect of character led you to do those things.

If you have difficulty figuring out what your character flaws are, look at the list. Ask if in some way any of these character flaws played even a small part in any investment on your list.

No two investors have the identical list of character flaws. Moreover, identical investments can trigger different shortcomings in each investor. If four employees receive a bonus of 100 identical stock options, each employee may have entirely different reactions. One may fear the options will become worthless; another may be overly confident that the options will soar in value and purchase a new car expecting to pay down the loan with option profits; a grandiose employee may offer to buy the options of the others at a premium to their current estimated value; an employee expecting a cash bonus may be disappointed and encounter trouble at home as the spouse expected a cash bonus for a long awaited vacation. No matter what character trait you experience, write it down.