1. People-data-things Analysis

Jobs are often characterized by the proportions of time spent on people, data, and things. Performance deficiencies are often the result of a mismatch between the nature of a job, and the employee's preference for a focus on people, data, or things. Although most jobs entail that the jobholder work with all three, there is usually one of the three that the job most extensively focuses on. Listing all job responsibilities under one of the three categories will provide information on what major role an employee will be expected to fulfil - a people person, a data person, or a thing person.

The following verbs will help you to properly place responsibility into a category:

• People duties:  advises, administer, briefs, communicates, coordinates, conducts, consults, counsels, critiques, delegates, demonstrates, directs, explains, facilitates, guide discussions, implements, informs, instructs, interviews, manages, mentors, negotiates, notifies, plans, participates, persuades, promotes, provide feedback, organizes, sells, speaks (public), sponsors, supervises, teaches, trains, tutors, welcomes.
• Data duties:  analyzes, arranges, audits, balances, budgets, calculates, compares, compiles, computes, designs, determines, documents, estimates, forecasts, formulates, identifies, lists, monitors, obtains, predicts, prepares, selects, surveys, tracks.
• Thing duties:  activates, adjusts, aligns, assembles, calibrates, constructs, controls, cooks, cuts, develops, disassembles, drives, grows, inspects, lifts, loads, maintains, manoeuvres, monitors, mixes, operates, paints, packs, repairs, services, transports, writes.

A larger and more organized list can be found in the People-Data-Things list.