1. Subject Title:

Personality Profile: Understanding Behavior

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2. Description/Definition:

A personality profile is a knowledge management tool used to provide an evaluation of an employee's personal attributes, values and life skills in an effort to maximize his or her job performance and contribution to the company.

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Personality Profiling explores and reveals your behavioral tendencies under certain situations—how you and others tend to communicate and behave under stress, in a team, with conflict, and problem-solving; along with strategies to increase interpersonal effectiveness.

Advocates of personality profiling claim that it's a valuable reality check when viewed in the context of an employee's job performance.​ People who understand their strengths and limitations are able to adapt to the needs of others and their environment in ways that lead to maximum effectiveness.

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3. Objectives (& Application):

Questions in a personality profile test, which can be taken traditionally or online, are designed to seek out information about an employee's temperament, decision-making methods, communication style and general attitude towards work and recreation.

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There are two generally accepted categories of personality profile tests, trait and type.

• Trait: The goal of the test is to document the employee's characteristics and match the characteristics to appropriate roles within the company.

• Type: The goal of the test is to identify the category the employee belongs to, share the information, and build team skills by having team members become aware of the talents associated with each category.

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4. Application:

The information is used to match the right employee to the right project or task, especially when group work or telecommuting is involved.

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Personality Profiling is commonly used in:

• Recruitment

• Staff Appraisals

• Coaching and Development

• Team Development

• Customer Engagement

• Sales Training

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5. Competencies: Foundation Competency, supports or compliments:

• Leading Change-Adapatability, Flexibility, Resilience.

• Leading People-All categories.

• Results Driven-All categories.

• Business Acumen-Human Capital Management

• Building Coalitions-Name & link all categories

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6. Track:

• Talent Development

• Leadership

• Organization

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7. Learning Approach: Experiential Learning

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8. Target Audiences: Based on Leadership Level

• Core Staff (Organization Alignment)

• Aspiring Leadership (Core Competency)

• New Leadership (Transitional Development)

• Executive Leadership (Transformational Development)

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9. Training Tools & Models: (Handouts/Materials)

• DiSC Personality Profile

• Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator

      http://mentalfloss.com/article/65218/10-myers-briggs-type-charts-pop-culture-characters 

Personality Profile tools a fundamental in Emotional Intelligence.

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10. Delivery Methods:

• Classroom Training with Instructor

• One-on-One Tutorial

• Lecture/Demonstration

• E-learning, Facilitated

• E-learning, Self-paced

• Self-paced Learning, Non-electronic

• Blended Learning