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When building a team, understanding personality types and the traits of a good team member should be front of mind.<\/p>\n
Skillsets, experience, and competency are all obvious considerations in a new hire but understanding the personality types at work and the personality mix of your team are often overlooked elements which should be prominent considerations.<\/p>\n
Which personality type is predominant in your work culture? What are the traits of a good team member? Who is a better fit? Which personality types and traits would bring cohesion to your team?\u00a0Which one are you and who do you best collaborate with?<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s important not to rely fully on profiling types of personalities at work, these methodologies do offer a valuable extra set of criteria you can use to maximise your team\u2019s cohesiveness and work efficiency.<\/p>\n
This is particularity salient for managers and business owners, who will benefit enormously from understanding their teams better.<\/p>\n
So, whether you\u2019re hiring a new employee or looking to better understand the motivations and working patterns of your existing staff, it\u2019s great to learn the four personality types.<\/p>\n
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The \u2018analytical\u2019 personality type is often known as a fact-based introvert.<\/p>\n
The \u2018driver\u2019 personality type is often known as a fact-based extrovert.<\/p>\n
The \u2018amiable\u2019 personality type is often known as a relationship introvert.<\/p>\n
The \u2018expressive\u2019 personality type is often known as a relationship extrovert.<\/p>\n
Employees are generally a mix of the different traits, but if you listen and observe close enough, you\u2019ll see their main personality type. Go ahead \u2013 can you spot yourself and your team member\u2019s personality types?<\/i><\/p>\nThe 5 qualities of a good team member<\/h2>\n
After we\u2019ve delved into personality types in your team, whether new or existing, there are a few key personality traits or qualities that should be prominent in any good team member.<\/p>\n
TIP<\/i><\/b>: When interviewing, on top of core competencies, make sure you create questions and ask for examples that unearth the following traits of a good team member.<\/i><\/p>\n Openness, honesty, integrity, and forthcoming attributes are a fundamental necessity in any employee. You\u2019re trusting this person with your business; their honesty is essential.<\/p>\n You\u2019re trusting your businesses\u2019 future to these people. They need to show up and perform. Be sure you\u2019re hiring someone reliable.<\/p>\n A positive attitude breeds positive results. Team cohesiveness, great work attitude and a drive to succeed all stem from a positive outlook. Nobody wants a negative, low energy downer on the payroll.<\/p>\n The ability to empathise with clients, team members and the public is paramount to a business and is absolute gold when it comes to customer service and communication.<\/p>\n Roles change, new tasks appear, and different directions can crop up in any business model. You\u2019re going to need flexible team members that can go with the flow and adapt to changing conditions and responsibilities.<\/p>\n It\u2019s obvious why you need to identify the above traits in a team member \u2013 who wants a dishonest, unempathetic, inflexible, and negative employee? Anybody?<\/p>\n When you\u2019re hiring for and building a team, pay close attention to the traits of a good team member and the types of personalities at work. It\u2019s not just about experience.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][ba_social_share icon_bg=”#03002e” icon_padding=”10px|12px|10px|12px|true|true” layout=”classic” show_text=”off” btn_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” btn_bg_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”50px||||false|false” custom_padding=”25px||||false|false” custom_css_before=” content: %22SHARE THIS%22;|| font-size: 16px;|| font-weight: 700;|| line-height: 22px;|| letter-spacing: 0em;|| text-align: center;|| color: #ff5447;|| margin-bottom: 10px;|| display: inline-flex;|| position: absolute;|| margin-top: 10px;” border_width_top_main=”1px” border_color_top_main=”#e4e4e4″ border_radii_icon=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_before_last_edited=”off|desktop”][ba_social_share_child _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/ba_social_share_child][ba_social_share_child network_type=”facebook” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/ba_social_share_child][ba_social_share_child network_type=”linkedin” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/ba_social_share_child][ba_social_share_child network_type=”email” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/ba_social_share_child][\/ba_social_share][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When building a team, understanding personality types and the traits of a good team member should be front of mind. Skillsets, experience, and competency are all obvious considerations in a new hire but understanding the personality types at work and the personality mix of your team are often overlooked elements which should be prominent considerations. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":272850,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"sbh_category":[205],"class_list":["post-270315","sbh","type-sbh","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sbh_category-hiring-staff-process"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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