Alphabet Confusion
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Although there is a benefit to the detailed personality survey, when it comes to incorporating it into your everyday work day, it can lose its value. How often do you sit around and think, “Wow, that person is a INTJ, no wonder I can/can’t relate to him.” And yet, that is exactly what we do in our office on a daily basis.
At The Grant Company, our personality survey is only 25 simple questions and takes less than 5 minutes to complete. When you are done, you get a result of one of 4 styles; Bridge Builder, Bottom Liner, Energizer or Thinker; along with a brief description of how to apply it. For the visual learner, it’s also color coded. It’s easy to remember.
I can tell you, without looking at my results that I am an Energizer/Thinker (green/blue). I scored equally on both these styles. This means that I am creative (Energizer) but organized and detail oriented (Thinker). I can’t make a decision until I have checked all the facts and considered all the options. That’s pretty much me to a “T”.
A Bridge Builder (yellow) is someone who is more interested in team success and making sure others are happy than in personal gain. A Bottom Liner (red) is concerned about the end result, not so much how you got there. He doesn’t need to do a lot of research before making a decision.
Our personality descriptions make sense and are easy to remember. The description on your result is more detailed than what I described above, but this simplified version helps you remember your results without having to refer back to the detailed description. With some additional consultation from our office, you can start using this information immediately to improve work relationships and increase productivity.
Debbie, this does sound like a very easy to use version of the endless tests. Personality tests can be helpful in organizations as it can illuminate natural work styles and encourage better team work when everyone understand the “why” behind someone else’s thinking.
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Karen, I couldn’t agree more. Ever since I started working here it’s become so much clearer why I just didn’t get along with some coworkers in the past. Of course, I always kind of knew, but the survey spells it out so much more clearly and makes me wonder how things might have been different if we had applied this philosophy when creating some of our teams at work.