Personalities at Work

Personalities at Work is a one-day program that enables groups to improve communication and cooperation, reduce conflict, and increase appreciation for diversity by exploring the nine personality types found in the workplace.

Part One: The Nine Personality Styles

During the first phase of the program, participants learn about their personality style through the combination of a written assessment, small-group exercises, and an introduction to the Enneagram model of personality styles. This session focuses on the motivations and typical behaviors of each personality type, along with topics such as what each type likes and dislikes in others, how they approach problem solving, how they frustrate other people, etc. Participants also learn about typical performance roadblocks for their personality types and learn strategies for overcoming them.

Part Two: Improving Relationships

The second part of the program focuses on applying the understanding of the personality styles to interactions with others. Blind spots and defensive routines of each personality type and their impact on work relationships are identified, and simple exercises for overcoming these problems are conducted. Techniques for effectively communicating to the nine personality types and guidelines for building cooperation among team members are provided.

Personalities at Workis based on the groundbreaking book, Awareness to Action: The Enneagram, Emotional Intelligence and Change by Robert Tallon and Mario Sikora and has been used by Motorola CHS to replace the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) in its Leadership Essentials executive-development program.

This program is ideal for any group that wants to increase its ability to work and communicate together effectively.

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