Your Personality at Work
Does this sound like you or your employees?
If your coworkers and/or your job are driving you crazy, a simple personality assessment is a powerful tool to uncover the root of the problem.
It’s obvious that we are not all the same. We have different personalities, histories, skills and experiences, values, and beliefs.
The way we think is so natural and intuitive to us, that we usually don’t realize when our thoughts and tendencies are holding us back from greater satisfaction, engagement, and productivity at work. Your personality can be both your superpower, and your kryptonite, when you clock in.
The Workplace Big Five is designed to give you both a high-level overview of your 5 supertraits and a deep dive into 26 subtraits that explain why you approach tasks, projects, and people the way you do. Using this understanding, you not only have greater insight into yourself, but can develop into the best leader, collaborator, and employee you can be.
“Why should I sign up for a Workplace Big Five assessment rather than take a free personality test online?” you may ask.
Several reasons!
The Big Five is the only evidence-based personality and trait assessment. It is the gold standard used in psychological research by scientists and practitioners alike and are normed against the larger population.
Although tests like the Myers Briggs are widely used, the reality is they have low test-retest reliability — meaning, if you take the test several times, you’re likely to get different results. (And, what is the point of spending time and money on a test that’s fluctuates with your mood?)
On the other hand, your Big Five scores are stable and consistent. Researchers have found these traits to be consistent across your lifespan. They’re consistent enough that you can legally use the Big Five to create ideal candidate profiles and make hiring decisions.Our Workplace Big Five assessment provides you with a comprehensive report of the 5 supertraits (need for stability, originality, accommodation, extraversion, and consolidation), plus 26 subtraits. This gives you both a high-level overview and a nuanced look at your response to different situations.
We provide a customized debrief of the results, specific to your organization’s mission, operations, and organizational hierarchy. Not only do you receive the personality report, but also a debrief with Dawn Sipley, who completed an examination and multi-week training process under Dr. McClure of Paradigm Personality Labs. Dawn is a certified administrator of the test and will review your results with you so that you can apply this new awareness to improve your relationships at work and success on the job.
Completing the test alongside your team and sharing results helps reduce misunderstandings. “Ah, I see, Suzy is an extravert and having her cubicle near the entrance of the office means she talks to every single person as they enter and exit, which is why she’s struggling to complete her tasks on time.” Little insights like these arise as your team comes to understand each other better. When your employees take the assessment as a team and debrief together, they can take their new understand to reduce misunderstands and conflicts down the road.
