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Personality Differences and Work Styles

Personality Differences and Work Styles. Today’s Class. Turn in Homework Compare Class Personality Types (5 min) Listen to presentation on differences in personality (5 min) Work in teams to identify personality differences (20 min) Share results with the class (20 min).

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Personality Differences and Work Styles

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  1. Personality Differences and Work Styles

  2. Today’s Class • Turn in Homework • Compare Class Personality Types (5 min) • Listen to presentation on differences in personality (5 min) • Work in teams to identify personality differences (20 min) • Share results with the class (20 min)

  3. Class Personality Types • What type is the most prevalent in the class? • What type is the least prevalent? • What do you think is a “typical” personality type for: • engineers? • salespeople? • managers?

  4. Personality Differencesadapted from –Judd Adams, Team Training Consultant • We all have different personalities. • Conflict can occur between personalities. • More people get fired because of personality conflicts then deficiencies in technical ability. • Understand your work style and those of your co-workers to minimize personality conflicts.

  5. Personality Tests • Myers-Briggs personality Type Indicator (MBTI) is the most popular • It identifies our general preferences for relating to people on four scales

  6. MBTI Identifies: • Where we get our energy • outer world of people and things (Extraverts) • inner world of ideas (Introverts) • Our orientation to information • Practical Sensors • Visionary iNtuitives • Approach to making decisions • Dispassionate Thinkers • Warm and friendly Feelers • How we structure our lives • Very orderly Judgers • Spontaneous Perceivers

  7. Example:of how to use your knowledge of work styles • You want to discuss an idea with your supervisor • What’s an effective way to do this? • If your supervisor is an: • Introvert, then write a memo and request a follow-up meeting • Extrovert, then request a meeting and follow up with a memo confirming the results

  8. Team Exercise • Find a team corresponding to one of your MBTI types (E, I, S, N, T, F, J or P). • Chose a recorder. • List characteristics that you like about your team type. Refer to you homework. (5 min) • List characteristics that you don’t like about the opposite type (e.g. “I” for the “E” team). (5 min)

  9. Team Exercise –cont’d • Combine with the team corresponding to your opposite MBTI types (E with I, S with N, T with F, J with P). • Chose one recorder. • List possible conflicts between the teammates with opposite MBTI types. (5 min) • List strategies for preventing the conflicts. (5 min)

  10. Share Results • Team “E” shares results on likes and dislikes. (1 min) • Team “I” shares results on likes and dislikes. (1 min) • Team “E-I” share results on possible conflicts between E’s and I’s. (2 min) • Repeat for S, N; T, F; J, P

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