Corporate Leadership Tools: Personality Assessment Tests

Corporate teams like yours look for every way possible to understand team members when assigning groups and positions. Even as part of the hiring process, personality assessment tests can help you make the best decisions for your organization. The most well-known of these is the Myers-Briggs Type-Indicator, but there are many different ones available – you can find them with a simple Google search.

These corporate tools assess new and existing team members’ strengths, limitations, self-understanding, critical thinking skills, and social skills. Its results can help team members and leaders understand what makes them tick. The benefits of these tests and assessments include:

• Conflict management and elimination
• Effective, productive team communication
• Empathy and understanding of each other
• Discovery of like-minded, compatible coworkers

How team members take personality assessment tests is as important as taking them in the first place. A test is only as effective as its taker, so the first thing you should do is encourage your team members to be unerringly honest when taking the test. They should take their time and answer each question with thought, self-knowledge, and personal awareness. Provide a quiet, comfortable place to work and avoid hovering while team members complete the assessment.

The more team members learn about each other, the better they are able to collaborate and work together. That benefits everyone from the newest team members to the highest-level corporate officer.  Tests like these can also help your corporate leadership appropriately assign leadership roles and positions.

At Grupo Events, we know the benefits of personality assessment tests and how they help team members understand themselves, each other, and the best ways to work together. Tests like these can be effective team building tools. Your team can also learn effective techniques and tools on one of our team adventures in Mexico. Contact one of our team members to start planning a retreat for your team today.