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Working Styles and Team Dynamics

What Looks Like a Team Problem Is Usually a Perception Problem, and It’s Costing You

When a team starts to lose its edge, the instinct is to look for someone or something to blame. Leaders pull up performance reviews. They scan for obvious errors. They try to trace where things went off track. Most of the time, there’s no single moment and no single person at fault. That’s because the real problem isn’t a breakdown. It’s a misread. Someone decided a quiet colleague was disengaged. A manager read a direct communication style as arrogance. A team member assumed a cautious decision-maker was stalling. None of those reads were malicious. Most weren’t even conscious. But all… Read More »What Looks Like a Team Problem Is Usually a Perception Problem, and It’s Costing You

What Is We? The Self-Led Development Platform Built on the WorkPlace Big Five Profile®

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What if understanding your personality wasn’t just a one-time revelation, but an ongoing resource you could return to throughout your career? That’s where personality insights become powerful—when they’re applied. When people connect what they’ve learned about themselves to how they communicate, collaborate, and lead every day. That belief inspired the creation of We, the WorkPlace Big Five Profile® Experience.  Built on the same trusted science, We makes personality development practical, personal, and accessible through a self-led, digital experience that evolves with you.  It’s a space where reflection meets real work—an interactive platform people can explore, revisit, and apply as their… Read More »What Is We? The Self-Led Development Platform Built on the WorkPlace Big Five Profile®

Why the WorkPlace Big Five Profile® is the Key to Better Conversations at Work

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Only 16% of employees say their last conversation with their manager was meaningful (Gallup). Even well-intentioned conversations can miss the mark when there’s no common language to describe how people work. Great conversations build great teams, but to make that possible, managers need a common framework to discuss behavioral differences—one that strengthens understanding, alignment, and performance across the team. Why Conversations About How People Work Are Difficult—Even for Great Managers Most managers can easily describe what needs to be done. The challenge begins when they need to discuss how someone approaches their work. What they may recognize intuitively is often… Read More »Why the WorkPlace Big Five Profile® is the Key to Better Conversations at Work

Why Managers Struggle to Coach—and How Personality Insights Help Fix That

Why Managers Struggle to Coach—and How Personality Insights Help Fix That

Managers hear it all the time: You need to coach more. You need to coach better. But while many try, their efforts often fall flat. They either default to advice-giving, get stuck in surface-level conversations, or avoid it altogether, saying they don’t have the time, the skill, or the confidence to do it right. The problem isn’t that managers don’t care. It’s that most were never set up to succeed. They were promoted for being strong individual contributors and given tools for performance tracking. But tools for people development? Nothing. And they’re navigating all of this in environments that demand… Read More »Why Managers Struggle to Coach—and How Personality Insights Help Fix That

How to Strengthen Your Team through Personality Insights: Lessons from the Five Dysfunctions & the WorkPlace Big Five Profile®

This was the team that was supposed to turn things around.  The struggling business had restructured the organization to unite several talented individuals to lead the transformation as a team. Each member brought an impressive résumé and a wealth of experience. They also had a history of working well cross-functionally.  Objectives of their new project were clearly stated, and everyone seemed to be on board with the same vision. But as their work began, something wasn’t working.  Meetings ran long. Progress was slow. People hesitated to speak up or to speak directly. Difficult topics were punted to the next week… Read More »How to Strengthen Your Team through Personality Insights: Lessons from the Five Dysfunctions & the WorkPlace Big Five Profile®

Self-monitoring Psychology 101: Finding a Balance Between Adaptability and Authenticity

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Imagine yourself at a job interview, and the interviewer asks you this question: “At our organization, we rely on daily, in-person meetings to check in on tasks and progress. How does that align with your style?”  The truth? You prefer asynchronous, email check-ins to daily, in-person meetings.  So, how do you respond?  Do you say that style works for you because you need the job and you are willing to adapt to the new situation? Or do you answer honestly and say that is the opposite of what you prefer?  Your response in this situation speaks to a subtle yet… Read More »Self-monitoring Psychology 101: Finding a Balance Between Adaptability and Authenticity

Is Personality Nature or Nurture: Understanding the Layers of Personality

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“Does nature or nurture determine your personality?” This is one of the most commonly asked questions in the personality assessment industry.  To answer that question, let’s talk about cake. If we whisked only eggs and flour together, can we call it cake? No, because there’s still a lot missing—butter, spices, milk, and flavors. These ingredients are mixed together to give us a full representation of the cake, and many of them add to the full cake experience.  It’s the same with your personality.  Based on experience and research, we believe it’s incredibly helpful, yet incomplete to define personality based on a… Read More »Is Personality Nature or Nurture: Understanding the Layers of Personality

Can You Really Change Your Personality? Understanding the Three Factors That Can Shift Your Personality

Everyone remembers Bill Murray’s character, Phil Connors, in the movie “Groundhog Day”. Phil finds himself trapped in a time loop; he’s forced to relive the same day – February 2 – repeatedly. Over the course of the time loop, and movie, Phil transforms from self-centered and cynical into a more empathetic and proactive person, ultimately making a life decision that Phil, at the beginning of the story, would probably have never made. Although life is never like it is in the movies, there’s a larger question at play – do our personalities change over time? Or even – do we… Read More »Can You Really Change Your Personality? Understanding the Three Factors That Can Shift Your Personality