Working More Effectively with Different Personalities

Personality assessments

Personality assessments are a tool, not a definition.  Understand your natural tendencies to effectively communicate, lead, and manage.  Regardless of your personality, you can adapt to what your team needs.

When to use personality tests

There is very little link between personality and success.  Start the conversation about personality and perspectives in onboarding.  Build it into your culture by talking openly and often.  Meta-communicate by talking about the way you talk. 

Recognizing the influence of personality

There is power in engaging different perspectives and different personalities.  Differences are powerful together.

Talking about your personality differences

Personality assessments are a starting point for conversations. 

Working with different personalities

Which personality types do you have challenges with?  Don’t just ask how someone likes to be managed, pay attention.  Ask, “what can we do to be most effective?”