Employee Training Presentation

[Virtual Presenter] Cracking the code of personality in the workplace can revolutionize organizational dynamics, fostering a deeper understanding of team behaviors and interactions..

[Audio] Have you ever wondered why do you often choose to listen rather than speak up in meetings, while your colleague always seems ready to voice their thoughts?.

[Audio] Or Why do some colleagues handle conflict differently from others?.

[Audio] Hello, Every One Welcome to Group 2 Cracking the Code: Understanding Personalities for Workplace Success Workshop..

[Audio] In this workshop we will look at What is personality and why understand it in the workplace? Common Personality Traits Tools that can be used to identify different personalities. Personality Assessment Tool: DISC Profile How you can leverage your knowledge of personalities in the workplace.

[Audio] So, what is personality and emotional intelligence?.

[Audio] According to the Dictionary of Psychology: Personality is the unique combination of traits, behaviors, and characteristics that shape how we adjust to life. It influences our actions and is studied in psychology to understand its structure, development, and impact on behavior..

[Audio] While Emotional Intelligence or EQ is understanding and managing emotions to improve relationships and achieve goals. It helps with stress relief, effective communication, empathy, and problem-solving. EQ connects with your feelings, drives action, and guides decision-making..

[Audio] Why is it important to understand personality attributes in the workplace, including emotional intelligence? Well, understanding personality can have a big impact on both individual performance and team dynamics in the workplace. By aligning our strengths, preferences, and values with suitable roles and industries, you can find fulfillment and success..

[Audio] Coupled with Emotional Intelligence one can understand your own natural mindset and other mindsets which can improve communication, teamwork and productivity and promote a positive work environment..

[Audio] Did you know that there are 2 common personality traits? Introvert and the Extrovert.

[Audio] According to Raja et al, 2020 and Structural Learning, an introvert is a person who display key characteristics of being reflective and thoughtful, quietly reserved, solitude seeking, deeply focused, introspectively engaged and emotionally self-aware.

[Audio] As such Raja et al, Noman and Korn in the workplace introverts may prefer to sort and plan scheduled activities in an alone hour before starting their day, may work slowly and methodically planning and sorting out work alone, thoroughly analyze problems and prefer to observe rather than speak preferring small groups to large ones.

[Audio] An extravert according to Raja et al and Structural Learning is an individual who displays the inverse characteristics of an introvert, as they are socially enthusiastic outgoing and talkative and energy seeking, adventure-loving, assertively confident and group-oriented.

[Audio] Therefore, in the work place they may tend to complete work promptly and may be quick to make decisions. More likely to meet people before starting work their day enhancing collaboration, openly and freely discuss problems and questions and are usually active in meetings and confidently speak and participate in group settings.

[Audio] Now that you have a gist of personality traits and how they may present in the workplace here is our first Activity of this workshop, please take 3 minutes to scan the QR code on the screen and answer a few self reflection questions. These questions are designed to help you think about your own personality traits and how they present in the workplace. Let's Pause for a few minutes..

[Audio] Great! Now that we've reflected on our own traits, let's explore tools to deepen our understanding of personalities. Reflecting on our own traits is just the beginning. These tools will help us to enrich our interactions and empower us to navigate diverse personalities with insight and empathy..

[Audio] Before we share a few of those tools lets talk about some key points about these tools. personality testing and assessments are used to measure psychological traits, interests, and values and identify personal behaviour characteristics. It is believed that knowing personality types and traits also includes personal habits, thought processes and behaviours that facilitate the maximum effectiveness in a team. Personality Assessments/Tests do not measure all aspects of personality or completely describe an individual. Personality Assessments should be used as a guide..

[Audio] There are several Personality assessment tools, but we will talk about 4: There is the Myers-Brigs Type Indicator or MBTI that is used to categorize individuals into one of 16 personality types based on selected preferences for extraversion or introversion and provides insights into perception decision-making. Then there is the Big 5 Personality Model that is based on 5 dimensions Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism which provides a framework for understanding personality traits and behaviours providing insights into individual tendencies. Then the Enneagram assigns a set of nine distinct personality types numerically denoted on the Enneagram, peacemaker, challenger, reformer, helper, achiever, individualist, investigator, loyalist, enthusiast..

[Audio] For this Workshop we have chosen to look at the DISC behavior assessment tool. This tool categorizes behavior into four primary traits: Dominance (D), Influence (I), Steadiness (S), and Conscientiousness (C). Participants answer questions to assess their behavioral preferences and tendencies. provides a simple framework for understanding behavioral style, communication preferences, and strengths/areas for development. It's widely used for improving teamwork, communication, and leadership effectiveness. No one style is better or worse than the next.

[Audio] According to DiscProfile.com, everyone has a mixture of each style. However, most people may display characteristics that may fall into one or 2 main DISC style quadrants. The DISC model was proposed by a psychologist William Moulton Maston who focused on directly observable and measurable psychological phenomena. As you see on the slide each DISC quadrant has different characteristics. For example, the Dominance quadrant highlights that people with this style may be Direct, Results-Oriented, Firm, Strong-Willed Forceful or a person whose style is in the S quadrant may be accommodating, patient, humble, tactful, even-tempered..

[Audio] Would you like to know your DISC style? Well, here is your chance as we are now in our second activity. You have an opportunity to be complete a preliminary assessment which should take you no longer than 3 minutes. Note you will be asked to provide your email address for a sample report. So take a minute to know what your dominant style is. You will note that these styles exhibit one of the 2 personality traits. Let's Pause for a few minutes..

[Audio] Great! What was your DISC level? Do you think your results match your personality Do you think you understand yourself ? Do you understand what your core strengths are? How would you apply the information in your life? Do you think understanding others personality will help you? Remember! No profile is better than the other as each one has its unique characteristics. And the DISC Profile like other personality assessment are guides and will not denote every single aspect of your behaviour..

[Audio] Thank you for making it this far into our workshop, we trust that so far it has been meaningful. Now let's transition into how leveraging knowledge of your personality and others can be useful..

[Audio] Now Let's look at a real-life impact of understanding behavior in the workplace. The account of Sophie. You can read this account at www. gleac.com. under the title "Leveraging Personality Styles for Team Success with Sophie Barcant. Sophie stated that she worked in a company where team members had a challenge interacting with their boss. However, after understanding the dominant style of their leader this allowed them to adjust their communication style and approach. This led to more productive interchanges.

[Audio] How can you leveraging your personal strengths knowledge of personality behaviours Well it is a great way to enhance your personal and professional growth, understand the impact of personality and enhance your emotional intelligence, help to find suitable roles in your industry that can benefit, Use the knowledge of personality to put together teams that can harmonize together to achieve success, Understanding the skills that are required to create supportive environments and promoted effective conflict resolution.

[Audio] So, we have come to the end of the workshop, and we hope you found the information meaningful. We spoke the basics of personality which included emotional intelligence, common personality traits, identifying personality using the tools especially the DISC and leveraging your strengths. Remember self-awareness is the first step towards effective communication and collaboration. Take these newfound insights with you and delve deeper into how understanding personalities coupled with emotional intelligence will enhance your organizational behaviour. about We have equipped you with a downloadable workbook for you to journal your knowledge and we encourage you to take the full DISC assessment,.

[Audio] Thanks for listening, before you go please take a few minutes to conduct the feedback survey of this workshop.

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