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A Guide For Reading Your Team’s Personalities

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You know what would be ridiculously useful? If you could “read” other people.

If you predict how a co-worker would make decisions. If you could predict what they would do…maybe even before they knew it themselves.

How great that would be, right?

Well, below is a free guide that will get you started, and help you begin to understand the different communication styles of everyone on your team. Click the link at the bottom of this post to access the information in the chart.

Personalities

We affectionately call this a “cheat sheet,” because it’s an immediate reference guide for anticipating how people will respond in various situations.

Print this free guide, and use it with your partner, your team, and your entire business.

(And if your group hasn’t done the Fascination Advantage® assessment yet, you can do that right here.)

In our research with hundreds of groups, we’ve seen that the top teams aren’t built around similarities, but around differences. Once you identify the most valuable differences of each individual, your group becomes stronger as a whole.

Start applying this free guide with your group. Start to see how those different communication styles balance each other, and improve results.

Viva la difference!

This post is adapted from Sally Hogshead’s original post “How To Read People (A Free Guide For Teams).”

About the Author: World-class branding expert Sally Hogshead is the creator of The Fascination Advantage™: the world’s first personality test that measures what makes someone most engaging to others.

 

Career Personality Perspective: What’s Your Angle?

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I’ve probably taken close to a dozen personality tests over the years. In just a few minutes, you get a trendy acronym or entertaining epithet to hang your hat on.

While I have found value in these assessments, I also see risk in becoming attached to the alluring labels: we can become quite fascinated with ourselves and our newly branded personalities.

I’m all for opportunities enabling personal growth and learning. The knowledge gained from these assessments can create a healthy balance of self-confidence and humility.

Personality tests can also encourage us to adopt a near-sighted view of ourselves. We think we know who we are.

So when I was approached to experiment with yet another personality test, I wondered what “angle” this one was working.

I jumped into the test. Short and sweet.

And surprising.

Sally Hogshead turns the predictable personality test upside-down. She has spent over two decades of research to develop The Fascination Advantage. It’s the world’s first personality test that shifts the perspective from how you see the world to how the world sees you.

This test challenges us to be the observer and the observed.

Understanding ourselves and how others perceive us is the winning combination for personal and professional success. Seeing yourself from the world’s perspective gives you the ability to fine tune your message to others. What you say may sound crystal clear to you, but your listener may hear nothing but static.

When you understand your fascination advantages and how they are perceived by others, you can dial-in those qualities for clear and concise communication.

Now you’re ringing your true cowbell: effectively communicating your “unique value proposition.”

The Fascination Advantage helps individuals find their unique “cowbells” and effectively communicate their workplace value. Brands can develop a signature story to attract, nurture, and maintain top talent.

For career and brand success in the Social Age, we must consistently demonstrate our value across generations, time zones, and cultures.

The ability to be the observer and the observed is a powerful soft skill to have in your reputation management and brand building toolkit.

Are you ready to learn about “The Fascination Advantage?”

We’ve taken the test here at the TalentCulture #TChat Show and it’s pretty awesome. My assessment results were spot-on!

We’re giving you the opportunity to take the test as well:

Go to HowToFascinate.com/YOU

Use code TCHAT and start your assessment!

Fascinate us and share your experiences with the #TChat community!

About the Author: Jessica E. Roberts is the Community Manager for TalentCulture and The World of Work Community. 

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#TChat Preview: How To Become Workplace Fascinating

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The TalentCulture #TChat Show is back live on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, from 7-8 pm ET (4-5 pm PT). The #TChat radio portion runs the first 30 minutes from 7-7:30 pm ET, followed by the #TChat Twitter chat from 7:30-8 pm ET.

Last week we talked about whether or not HR should be split into two branches.

This week we’re going to talk about how to become workplace fascinating.

Of course there are plenty of personality assessments that tell you how you see the world. But how does the world see you? What makes you or your company’s brand most fascinating, and most valuable, to the people around you?

You’re all about to find out. Over the past two decades of research on communication, this week’s guest found seven different ways to communicate and add value to your “audience.”

We’ve taken “The Fascination Advantage” here at the TalentCulture #TChat Show. It’s pretty awesome. And now we’ll give you the opportunity to take it as well!

The Fascination Advantage

Most personality assessments tell you how you see the world. Only one measures how the world sees you.

Here is your code to get your FREE assessment, and find out how the world sees you:

1. Go to HowToFascinate.com/YOU
2. For the access code, enter TCHAT

The Fascination Advantage is the first marketing-based personality assessment. Answer just 28 questions, and you’ll find out how others perceive you. Created by Sally Hogshead and based on results of 500,000 participants, this test will reveal the very best of how the world sees you.

Join TalentCulture #TChat Show co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we we learn about how to become workplace fascinating with this week’s guest: Sally Hogshead, creator of The Fascination Advantage™: the world’s first personality test that measures what makes someone most engaging to others.

Sneak Peek:

We hope you’ll join the #TChat conversation this week and share your questions, opinions and ideas with our guests and the TalentCulture Community.

#TChat Events: How To Become Workplace Fascinating

TChatRadio_logo_020813#TChat Radio — Wed, February 11th — 7 pm ET / 4 pm PT Tune in to the #TChat Radio show with our hosts, Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman, as they talk with our guest: Sally Hogshead.

Tune in LIVE online Wednesday, February 11th!

#TChat Twitter Chat — Wed, February 11th — 7:30 pm ET / 4:30 pm PT Immediately following the radio show, Meghan, Kevin and Sally will move to the #TChat Twitter stream, where we’ll continue the discussion with the entire TalentCulture community. Everyone with a Twitter account is invited to participate, as we gather for a dynamic live chat, focused on these related questions:

Q1: How do you get a good read on personality traits when screening future hires? #TChat (Tweet this Question)

Q2: How can job ads and employer brand attract desired talent? #TChat (Tweet this Question)

Q3: What are the advantages in knowing what makes your brand more fascinating? #TChat (Tweet this Question)

Until the show, we’ll keep the discussion going on the #TChat Twitter feed, our TalentCulture World of Work Community LinkedIn group, and in our new TalentCulture G+ community. So feel free to drop by anytime and share your questions, ideas and opinions. See you there!!

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