Personality Style at Work: The Secret to Working with (Almost) Anyone

INTRODUCTION

Have you ever wondered why it is that you seem to get along with some people and not with others? Or why it is that you can inspire and motivate one person so easily, yet you just can’t seem to get through to another? The answer lies in your personality style, a predictable set of behaviors that defines how others see you as you go about doing what you do. Your style—a preference for behaving one way rather than another—governs the way you lead others, participate in teamwork, communicate, make decisions, and manage change; it even governs the way you learn. Personality style influences the type of work you enjoy and the people you like to be around. But when people with diverse personality styles have to work together, well, that ...