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“You can train a person and give them experience, but you can not change who they are, so hire the personality that is best for the job and fits your organizational culture.”

- Joan Bolmer

 
     

 

Hire Better People and Build Better Teams

Hiring the right employees, managing a staff and building teamwork is so much easier when you understand personality styles, the strengths and weaknesses of each and how they influence work habits and behaviors.

There are four basic styles, Action, Analysis, Expression, and Harmony. The higher the score (40+) in a style the more it dominates the personality. Most people have at least two dominate styles, a few people have three dominate styles and some people have almost even scores in each area.

The subtle combinations of these scores can have a significant affect on how the person interacts with others and performs work tasks. The more you understand these differences the more successful you will be in hiring the right person for a job and the more easily you will be able to grow, lead and build a team. Click here to print the “Understanding Style Tendencies” graphic.

A highly functional work team has a balance of all four styles. Because it takes practice and experience to interpret the scores quickly and easily it can save you time and money to use a coach or consultant who is well versed in the profile to assess the best scores for a particular job and your company's culture.

To access in depth Personal Styles Indicator (PSI) profiles for yourself and your staff click here. Shifting your style slightly to more powerfully engage people of other styles can have a huge pay off in effectiveness, cooperation, teamwork and productivity. Teaching your staff to understand style differences, the assets each person brings to the team and how to work together more effectively can greatly improve communication and tolerance for each others idiosyncrasies.

Want to hire better sales people? Click here for the Sales Styles Indicator (SSI).

For a free presentation to your business organization on Hiring Better People and Building Better Teams or to set up a coaching session on you and your staffs profiles please give me a call at 281 293-8864. Learn what style combinations to look for in hiring for specific jobs.

Copyright (c) 2003, by Joan Bolmer, all rights reserved. Contact Joan Bolmer by e-mail at joan@bolmer.com or telephone 281.293.8864. Website: http://www.bolmer.com. Permission is granted to reproduce, copy or distribute this article so long as this copyright notice and full information about contacting the author is attached.