Why Personality Assessments Should be Used in the Workplace

Pre-employment assessments specifically designed for the hiring process reduces the number of unqualified potential candidates making it to the interview stage. Hiring assessments foster diversity in the workplace by unbiased assessment intel and ensures new employees are a good fit for the position. 

Understanding one’s personality can lead to increased self-awareness, which improves communication and decision-making capabilities. Employees learn areas where they may need improvement, enhance specific skills, and develop coping mechanisms to better handle stressful situations. 

Employees find common ground with teammates through personality assessments and discussions around communication preferences, decision-making processes, and overall work styles. Through these discussions, managers gain valuable insights on how to lead based on the dynamics of their team. 

Assessments highlight roadblocks that the team may be facing related to communication preferences. Knowing the personalities of the team, managers are able to discover different ways to challenge their employees. Employees become more engaged and productive when they are challenged in a way that focuses on their passions and motivators. 

When employees know they have a career path supported by learning and development training, they are more like to stay and not seek employment elsewhere. Leaders in the organization can coach and mentor employees on career paths that align with their strengths and interests, thus increasing job satisfaction and overall retention for the company. 

Real Colors® is a dynamic workshop experience using a personality type test. The goal is to provide participants with the skills to understand human behavior, uncover motivators specific to each temperament, and to improve communication with others. 

In the Real Colors® workshop, each participant will:

· Gain an understanding of the four colors (each corresponding to a personality type)

· Discover where they fall as an individual on the Real Colors spectrum

· Learn to recognize characteristics of each of the four colors

· Discuss with fellow workshop participants what its like to be each color

In an ideal workplace, leaders are visionaries who inspire their staff to do their best, and to recognize and appreciate each team member. The staff works together without conflict to achieve common goals. People recognize and respect each other’s strengths, support each other, and enjoy coming to work.