Tools To Determine What Personality Your Team Has

As a leading staffing services firm serving Kansas City, Morgan Hunter knows that in an ideal world, all your team members would get along and work together seamlessly to get the job done. In the real world, though, that’s typically not the case. In fact, in most offices, some personalities seem to be constantly in conflict with others on a regular basis.

So how can you overcome your struggles to communicate and build harmony?

By identifying the different personality types on your team. Doing so will offer insight into why individuals work the way they do and improve everyone’s understanding of one another’s differences. With this newfound knowledge, you can also help enable your team members to learn how to get along better with each other.

To help you test your team’s personality, here are a few tools to put to use:

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

This test is based on the work of Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist who studied personality archetypes. Katherine Briggs and her daughter, Isobel Briggs Myers, expanded on Jung’s theory to identify a total of four pairs of opposing psychological elements:

  • Introversion OR Extroversion
  • Sensing OR Intuition
  • Thinking OR Feeling
  • Judging OR Perceiving

According to the theory, everyone has a preference for one of the characteristics within each pair. People use that preferred approach most of the time in perceiving the world and making decisions. The MBTI is not meant to categorize someone’s entire personality; but rather to determine unique ways in which an individual communicates, interprets information, and views the world around them.

DISC Personality Assessment Test

DISC is a personality assessment tool used to improve productivity, teamwork and communication. It gives insight into how people make decisions and what their tendencies are by measuring four primary behavioral traits:

  • Dominance (D)
  • Influence (I)
  • Steadiness (S)
  • Conscientious (C)

While DISC won’t guarantee a successful team, it is a good indicator for the proper fit when hiring, determining how to best communicate with your staff, and building a strong team.

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

The MMPI is one of the most frequently used tests for employers who want to screen potential employees for positions involving the handling of large sums of money or public safety. For instance, it’s believed the CIA, Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration all use the MMPI. It was originally designed to distinguish individuals with different psychological problems; but since then has become a popular means of attempting to identify personality characteristics of people in many every-day settings.

If you need help conducting personality tests on your team members – or on potential new hires – call Morgan Hunter, a leading staffing services firm serving Kansas City. We have the knowledge, proven processes, and years of experience to help you hire and retain the employees you need, with the right skills and personalities. Contact Morgan Hunter today to learn more.