Four ways to lead any personality type on your team
As a leader, it's important to know the people you work with. Strong relationships lead to stronger teams, and stronger teams lead to a more productive and more successful company. But getting to know people isn't just knowing their favorite TV show or the name of their spouse. That's trivia. To effectively manage your team, you've got to be aware of and understand your team members' personalities.
There are tons of personality tests out there: Myers-Briggs, Big Five,...
How your personality can work against you in the area of listening
In local government there is a lot of stress on teams to get more done with less. This is also true in private industry, but since local governments literally serve everyone in a community, the pressure to get things done is unique.
Without good listening instructions fall apart, people feel dismissed, mistakes occur, projects fail or are delayed, productivity goes down and frustration pervades.
Your personality plays a role in how well you listen.
- If you’re a dominate or driver style personality, you may have a hard time listening to others because you already know the answer….so why even listen! Strong driver styles are actually often right, so they get impatient with listening, gathering others' input and needless research.
- If you are an inspiring and influencer style personality, you may struggle to listen as your mind can easily get overloaded as you take in the information around you. This personality...
