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Are your workers in the right positions for their personalities, goals, and skill sets? Assess your assignments using these 6 categories of employees.Have you ever interviewed a candidate that seemed well suited for the job, but then hired her and found out that she didn't fit into the position at all? If so, your problem may be with how to place people effectively.In his book, All Hands on Deck: Choosing the Right People for the Right Jobs, author Richard Warner places workers into six categories based on their personalities and skill sets using the analogy that a company is a ship.Using the following six categories when you're hiring new employees will help you to place people where they'll be most effective:The Explorer. Explorers tend to be leaders, not followers. "Explorers feel the most alive when facing the unknown," Warner says. "If you want to develop new ideas and innovate old [...]