Personality Characteristics: Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated.

SPECIALISTS are dedicated individuals who pride themselves on acquiring technical skills and specialised knowledge. Their priorities centre on maintaining professional standards and on furthering and defending their own field. While they show great pride in their own subject, they usually lack interest in other people's. Eventually, SPECIALISTS become experts by sheer commitment along a narrow front. There are few people who have either the single-mindedness or the aptitude to become first-class SPECIALISTS

SPECIALISTS have an indispensable part to play in some teams, for they provide the rare skill upon which the firm's service or product is based. As managers, they command support because they know more about their subject than anyone else and can usually be called upon to make decisions based on in-depth experience.