Prior to the introduction of Microsoft Teams, choosing a mode of communication within a team was relatively easy. Beyond phone calls and face-to-face meetings, email was basically it. We used email to share and discuss documents and information and to communicate with multiple people at...
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How Understanding Your MBTI Type Can Make You A Better Leader What makes a great leader? That really depends on the definition you read. Some will say that a great leader inspires those around them. That leadership is action, not position. A great leader will show...
It can be intimidating to sit before a multiple-choice test that is asking questions about yourself, especially if you feel like it’s a test examining your abilities. It's important to understand that the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is not a ‘test’ in the sense that...
Does this sound familiar? You’re having a conversation with someone, or perhaps you are in a meeting, and someone says something that really gets under your skin. Before you realise it, you respond: maybe a little angrily or perhaps you say something that you later...
Communicating more effectively using your MBTI Type Part 2 So in my previous article, I highlighted how understanding your Myers Briggs preference for either Sensing or iNtuition can affect the way you communicate with others. If you have not read the first article, you can do that...
Communicate effectively using MBTI Personality Type When we think of improving communication using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), most people immediately think of how differences in Introversion and Extraversion can affect how we communicate effectively with others. People don't immediately think of how the second set...
Good Coaching Questions for Managers to use with People If you are managing and leading people, learning the art of asking good coaching questions is a highly desirable and I’d say, an even necessary skill. Coaching someone to discover the answer rather than telling them the answer...
4 Unique communication styles of Introverts and Extroverts To be different is to be human. If we were all the same, it would be pretty boring after a while. Having said that, differences in personalities and communication styles can and do cause problems at work and...