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Personality Tests Help Improve Managing and Hiring

A breakdown in communication between even the most committed colleagues can become a huge barrier to completing goals and work productivity. It has also given rise to a genre of human resource tools used to gauge staff interpersonal skills and association “fit”. Personality and behavior assessment tools, like the Predictive Index, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the DISC, are more frequently used in management development, conflict resolution and even to narrow down job applicants. Across all types of organizations, both for-profit and nonprofit, more than a third formally evaluate a candidate’s workplace style or behavior, according to a survey by the Society for Human… Read More