Myers-Briggs
The Myers-Briggs® system consists of four preference pairs that reflect different aspects of personality—opposite ways to direct and receive energy through Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I), take in information with Sensing (S) or Intuition (N), come to conclusions using Thinking (T) or Feeling (F), and approach the outside world through Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).
ISTJ
Quiet, serious, earn success by being thorough and dependable. Practical, matter-of-fact, realistic, and responsible. Decide logically what should be done and work toward it steadily, regardless of distractions. Take pleasure in making everything orderly and organized—their work, their home, their life. Value traditions and loyalty.
ISFJ
Quiet, friendly, responsible, and conscientious. Committed and steady in meeting their obligations. Thorough, painstaking, and accurate. Loyal, considerate, notice and remember specifics about people who are important to them, concerned with how others feel. Strive to create an orderly and harmonious environment at work and at home.
INFJ
Seek meaning and connection in ideas, relationships, and material possessions. Want to understand what motivates people and are insightful about others. Conscientious and committed to their firm values. Develop a clear vision about how best to serve the common good. Organized and decisive in implementing their vision.
INTJ
Have original minds and great drive for implementing their ideas and achieving their goals. Quickly see patterns in external events and develop long-range explanatory perspectives. When committed, organize a job and carry it through. Skeptical and independent, have high standards of competence and performance—for themselves and others.
ISTP
Tolerant and flexible, quiet observers until a problem appears, then act quickly to find workable solutions. Analyze what makes things work and readily get through large amounts of data to isolate the core of practical problems. Interested in cause and effect, organize facts using logical principles, value efficiency.
ISFP
Quiet, friendly, sensitive, and kind. Enjoy the present moment, what's going on around them. Like to have their own space and to work within their own time frame. Loyal and committed to their values and to people who are important to them. Dislike disagreements and conflicts; don't force their opinions or values on others.
INFP
Idealistic, loyal to their values and to people who are important to them. Want to live a life that is congruent with their values. Curious, quick to see possibilities, can be catalysts for implementing ideas. Seek to understand people and to help them fulfill their potential. Adaptable, flexible, and accepting unless a value is threatened.
INTP
Seek to develop logical explanations for everything that interests them. Theoretical and abstract, interested more in ideas than in social interaction. Quiet, contained, flexible, and adaptable. Have unusual ability to focus in depth to solve problems in their area of interest. Skeptical, sometimes critical, always analytical.
ESTP
Flexible and tolerant, take a pragmatic approach focused on immediate results. Bored by theories and conceptual explanations; want to act energetically to solve the problem. Focus on the here and now, spontaneous, enjoy each moment they can be active with others. Enjoy material comforts and style. Learn best through doing.
ESFP
Outgoing, friendly, and accepting. Exuberant lovers of life, people, and material comforts. Enjoy working with others to make things happen. Bring common sense and a realistic approach to their work and make work fun. Flexible and spontaneous, adapt readily to new people and environments. Learn best by trying a new skill with other people.
ENFP
Warmly enthusiastic and imaginative. See life as full of possibilities. Make connections between events and information very quickly, and confidently proceed based on the patterns they see. Want a lot of affirmation from others, and readily give appreciation and support. Spontaneous and flexible, often rely on their ability to improvise and their verbal fluency.
ENTP
Quick, ingenious, stimulating, alert, and outspoken. Resourceful in solving new and challenging problems. Adept at generating conceptual possibilities and then analyzing them strategically. Good at reading other people. Bored by routine, will seldom do the same thing the same way, apt to turn to one new interest after another.
ESTJ
Practical, realistic, matter-of-fact. Decisive, quickly move to implement decisions. Organize projects and people to get things done, focus on getting results in the most efficient way possible. Take care of routine details. Have a clear set of logical standards, systematically follow them and want others to also. Forceful in implementing their plans.
ESFJ
Warmhearted, conscientious, and cooperative. Want harmony in their environment, work with determination to establish it. Like to work with others to complete tasks accurately and on time. Loyal, follow through even in small matters. Notice what others need in their day-to-day lives and try to provide it. Want to be appreciated for who they are and for what they contribute.
ENFJ
Warm, empathetic, responsive, and responsible. Highly attuned to the emotions, needs, and motivations of others. Find potential in everyone, want to help others fulfill their potential. May act as catalysts for individual and group growth. Loyal, responsive to praise and criticism. Sociable, facilitate others in a group, and provide inspiring leadership.
ENTJ
Frank, decisive, assume leadership readily. Quickly see illogical and inefficient procedures and policies, develop and implement comprehensive systems to solve organizational problems. Enjoy long-term planning and goal setting. Usually well informed, well read, enjoy expanding their knowledge and passing it on to others. Forceful in presenting their ideas.
source: https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/the-16-mbti-personality-types/
Love Languages
This model identifies five primary ways people express and receive love:
- words of affirmation
- quality time
- acts of service
- gifts
- physical touch
Nine Enneagram Types
Decision-Making Styles Of The Enneagram Types
The decision-making process varies depending on the personality types at work. However, each enneagram type can be categorized as making decisions through their head, heart, or gut.
Going With Your Gut
Personalities that go with their gut tend to be instinctive. They want to be in control and have authority, respect, and power. “Personalities in this category really don't like to be told what to do,” said Copley, “which has a clear implication for team decision-making.” This workplace personality likes to be in charge because they like to make decisions, and they're good at it. But to put it bluntly, they're often also control freaks.
Reformer
The Reformer is driven by perfection and the desire for personal growth. They expect themselves and others to be their best at all times. But under stress, they start nitpicking. They don't like to decide with incomplete information, and their quest for perfection causes damaging delays.
Challenger
The Challenger is strong and action-oriented. The good news is that you have a lot of forward momentum and are energized by vibrant debate. You are confident and decisive. However, in stressful times you may move so fast that you don't get proper input from others. This fast pace may result in you misinterpreting silence as agreement and running right over less forceful dissenters.
Peacemaker
If you are a Peacemaker, you crave control because you want to ensure that everyone is happy. You bring people together, and synthesize perspectives across the team. But when stressed, you can be so hyper-focused on harmony that you may avoid conflict, gloss over important disagreements and make the wrong decision just to keep everyone happy.
Straight From The Heart
Of all the personality types at work, the heart types are the most driven by how other people perceive them. “They care about what people see in them, and what impressions their decisions will make on other people,” said Copley. The good news is that this need for validation drives a quest for achievement and a desire for feedback. The bad news is that heart types can be driven by appearances instead of results.
Helper
The Helper is extremely tuned into the morale of an organization. You are that bright-eyed co-worker who is always making direct, warm eye contact and involving everyone. The Helper knows how to read people and has high emotional intelligence. This is great, except when you are a leader who needs to make a decision that will affect people negatively. Preferring to be liked, you'd rather avoid hard but necessary decisions.
Achiever
The Achiever is also focused on other team members, but you are also looking for admiration. You are self-confident and extremely success-oriented. This makes you methodical in decision-making, because you want to win. But you run into trouble when a decision reflects badly on you - you hide the bad news or distance yourself from the problems.
Individualist
The Individualist tends to be highly creative, with a deep appreciation for beauty and aesthetics. They tend to be introspective with high levels of self-awareness. You like to work alone to design elegant solutions. You love to say, “I think there is a totally different way to look at this.” This is highly valuable for a team, but under stress you may disrupt discussion with a disdain for the mundane, demanding elegance over all else. This may make you appear self-absorbed.
It's All in Your Head
The head triad is driven by their focus on what is going to happen in the future. “They want to get things moving towards a better tomorrow," said Copley. They are always playing out future scenarios in their heads and want to be ready for what's coming one, two or ten steps ahead. But they can also ignore the here and now, becoming overly confident that their vision of the future is real.
Investigator
Investigators play out mental scenarios and like to have a ton of data. Characteristically, you are the person on the team who will read not just the full report but the footnotes and references, too. You are highly analytical, objective and rational, but when stressed you get too hung up on research to make a decision, and have a blind spot for important emotional factors.
Loyalist
The Loyalist thinks a lot about security and wants to know that the future will be OK. You have a lot of skepticism and you squelch this by working through scenarios extremely carefully (especially worst-case scenarios). You are a clairvoyant planner and very loyal, but your focus on obstacles can cause your team to dismiss your worries and miss your insights.
Enthusiast
The fun-loving Enthusiast is all about finding joy in life and work. Their optimistic energy is contagious. Always bold and innovative, their peers would describe them as agents of change. They're a quick study and see opportunity everywhere. But Enthusiasts often struggle to meet deadlines. Additionally, under stress they blow off objections and shrug off problems, believing things will work out even when they probably won't.
source: https://www.cloverpop.com/blog/personality-types-at-work
Hippocrates' Four Temperaments
This ancient theory divides personalities into four types, associated with different body fluids.
- choleric
- melancholic
- phlegmatic
- sanguine
The Hire Success® System builds on this historical foundation, with the belief that each person is a unique combination of all four personality types. It gives the four types a simple A-D nomenclature to avoid assigning descriptive labels to people
source: https://www.hiresuccess.com/help/understanding-the-4-personality-types
DISC Personality Types
D: Dominance
A person with a D style is an ambitious go-getter who loves to take on challenges and achieve results. They’re direct, determined, assertive, driven and self-confident – but can sometimes be too quick to act or overlook the needs of others.
I: Influence
A person with an I style is sociable, and motivated by recognition, relationships and fun. They are eager to network, express enthusiasm, and work well collaboratively. These individuals tend to be quite charming and persuasive – however they may lack follow-through at times, due their impulsiveness or lack of structure.
S: Steadiness
A person with an S style is all about building relationships, supporting others, and maintaining stability. They are fiercely loyal, reliable, and driven by cooperation rather than competition. However, because they tend to be slower paced, they can resist change or making quick decisions.
C: Conscientiousness
A person with a C style is the ultimate perfectionist, taking their time to make sure everything is up to the highest standards of quality. They have an impressive attention for detail and a thirst for knowledge and accuracy; however, they can get bogged down by overly analytical tendencies or fear of mistakes.
source: https://kariekaufmann.com/disc
Birkman Colors
- Red: represents action, energy, likes practical results
- Green: represents persuading and communicating with people
- Blue: represents innovation, creativity, and working with ideas
- Yellow: represents order, repeatability, procedures, and systems
source: https://birkman.com/resources/articles/birkman-colors
True Colors Intl.
- Orange – Action-Orientated
- Gold – Organized
- Green – Analytical
- Blue – Relationship-Oriented
Orange Personality Types
Action-Oriented Orange personality types look for adventure and fun at home and in the workplace. They are hands-on learners who are typically quick-witted, innovative and playful. Orange types will use their charming personality to become natural negotiators. They are competitive risk-takers who can sometimes be impulsive in their actions. Orange personalities cheer others on to achieve success and they love tangible rewards for their efforts. To perform well, Orange personality types need freedom and mobility.
Gold Personality Types
Organized Gold personality types are extremely detail-oriented, practical and precise. Managers appreciate Gold personalities for their strong work ethic, and co-workers can count on them to follow the rules and complete their tasks on time. To perform well, Gold personalities need to feel prepared for their responsibilities. They like to start off with a realistic plan so they can enjoy a sense of completion when they finish the task.
Green Personality Types
Green personality types are highly analytical and curious about the world. They are logical thinkers who like to see the big picture and sometimes come across as intellectual. Green personalities hate repetition and redundancy. They are often the creative problem solvers in the organization. To perform well, Green personalities need the freedom to think independently.
Blue Personality Types
Blue personality types are extremely relationship-oriented. They crave harmony in the workplace and they appreciate the opportunity to connect with others in teams. Blue personality types value friendships and they are genuinely caring. To perform well, Blue personality types need to find acceptance within the group and enjoy a feeling of belonging. In fact, they are happiest when everyone gets along with each other.
source: https://www.truecolorsintl.com/tciblog/what-are-the-four-common-personality-types
Clarity4D
source: https://www.veterinarywoman.co.uk/2023/04/colour-personality-profiling-as-a-leadership-tool/
Insights Discovery
Insights Discovery is a psychometric tool based on the psychology of Carl Jung, Insights Discovery is built to help people understand themselves, understand others, and make the most of the relationships that affect them in the workplace.
The Insights Discovery methodology uses a simple and memorable four color model to help people understand their style, their strengths and the value they bring to the team. We call these the color energies, and it's the unique mix of energies, which determines how and why people behave the way they do.
- Fiery Red
- Sunshine Yellow
- Earth Green
- Cool Blue
source: https://www.insights.com/us/products/insights-discovery
The four main colour energies branch out into a mix of eight personality types listed below.
Based on Carl Jung’s psychological theory, each type is a mix of: introversion, extraversion, thinking, feeling, sensing or intuition. The eight types are defined in the following manner:
Insight Discovery eight types descriptions
source: https://wearebowline.com/blog/8-personality-types-a-deeper-dive-into-insights-discovery/
Cattell's 16 Personality Factors (16PF)
- Abstractedness: Imaginative versus practical
- Apprehension: Worried versus confident
- Dominance: Forceful versus submissive
- Emotional stability: Calm versus high-strung
- Liveliness: Spontaneous versus restrained
- Openness to change: Flexible versus attached to the familiar
- Perfectionism: Controlled versus undisciplined
- Privateness: Discreet versus open
- Reasoning: Abstract versus concrete
- Rule-consciousness: Conforming versus non-conforming
- Self-reliance: Self-sufficient versus dependent
- Sensitivity: Tender-hearted versus tough-minded
- Social boldness: Uninhibited versus shy
- Tension: Inpatient versus relaxed
- Vigilance: Suspicious versus trusting
- Warmth: Outgoing versus reserved
source: https://www.verywellmind.com/cattells-16-personality-factors-2795977
Work It Daily Personas
BUILDER
Executes on a plan, managing all aspects, keeping it on time and under budget.
EDUCATOR
Closes gaps in knowledge and to ensure staff is clear in their roles and goals.
MENTOR
Coaches performance and helping others develop their own skills.
OPTIMIZER
Assesses, analyzes, and maps out improvements that directly save or make money.
RESEARCHER
Gathers data and information to assist in better designs and decisions.
SUPERCONNECTOR
Builds relationships with all types of professionals to improve business.
VISIONARY
Thinks big-picture and conceptualizes ideas to motivate others to action.
WARRIOR
Goes the extra mile and volunteers for the tough work when things are challenging.
source: https://workitdaily.lpages.co/work-it-daily-decoder-results, https://www.workitdaily.com/career-decoder,
Career Decoder Quiz
