Personality Assessments to Foster Team Trust
Suggested Strategy: Personality tests can be a double-edged sword -
they can serve as helpful tools to understand each other, or they can
serve as wedges that can drive people apart after they’re put into boxes.
Use these tools to serve as a conversation piece to build trust as a team
and highlight any potential mental blocks teammates have with each
other.
Suggested Questions:
→ Rating Question: On a scale of one to six, with six being you
understand your teammates personalities and how they interact with
trust, and one being you don’t see the connection between personalities
and team trust, where would you rate yourself and why? What Activities
or Learning Projects would facilitate better understanding?
→ Risk Question: What risk do we, as a team, have by not understanding
each other’s personalities better?
Suggested Activities:
→ Define & Coach: For everyone to be on the same page with using
personality assessments for the better, have your employees define
what a personality test is and how they think it can benefit the team.
Then, use that as a tool to coach to their definitions, or lack thereof, and
discuss the benefits and pitfalls of relying on personality tests.
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