Notes #34: Know thyself: StrenghtsFinder & conclusion

As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of leadership that is too often overlooked.   Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are?  Are you an extrovert or an introvert?  Do you like working with people or with things?  Are you more a thinker or a doer?  Have you put any thought into the fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different traits?  This is usually all lumped into the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here are many models.   While many people may get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school, not everyone gets the chance.

In the final in this series of articles we look at another assessment tool: StrengthsFinder

Notes #33: Know thyself: Social Styles

As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of leadership that is too often overlooked.   Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are?  Are you an extrovert or an introvert?  Do you like working with people or with things?  Are you more a thinker or a doer?  Have you put any thought into the fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different traits?  This is usually all lumped into the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here are many models.   While many people may get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school, not everyone gets the chance.  

In the next in this series of articles, we look at another assessment tool, Social Styles

Notes #32: Know thyself: DISC

As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of leadership that is too often overlooked.   Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are?  Are you an extrovert or an introvert?  Do you like working with people or with things?  Are you more a thinker or a doer?  Have you put any thought into the fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different traits?  This is usually all lumped into the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here are many models.   While many people may get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school, not everyone gets the chance.

In the next in this series of articles, we look at another assessment tool, DISC.

Notes #31: Know thyself: Intro & Myers-Briggs

As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of leadership that is too often overlooked.   Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are?  Are you an extrovert or an introvert?  Do you like working with people or with things?  Are you more a thinker or a doer?  Have you put any thought into the fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different traits?  This is usually all lumped into the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here are many models.   While many people may get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school, not everyone gets the chance.

I should say that I am not a psychologist, and I have no training in this field.  I have been exposed to some of these concepts, and have spent some time doing further research for these articles, and so I encourage those who have an interest to seek out some of the resources I mention and take this further if they want to learn more.  This will be the first of a series on this topic.