Personality Matters Blog
Posted 03 October 2023 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
Why and how innovative organizations welcome conflict
Effective conflict management is a pillar of high-performing organizations.
Posted 09 February 2023 by
Vanessa Bradford
Vanessa Bradford
Measuring the behaviors of successful, inclusive leaders with the FIRO-B tool
Did you know that interpersonal behaviors can be measured in an objective way? Through the FIRO-B® assessment, HR professionals and leadership consultants can check how well a person's behaviors cultivate inclusion and success in the workplace.
Posted 02 January 2023 by
Kevin Wood
Kevin Wood
Introverts in conflict: what we learned in 2022
New research and data shows how different personality types approach conflict. But what does it mean for Introverted types?
Posted 20 December 2022 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
Will Gen Z usher in a new generation of work-related conflict?
Awareness of different approaches to conflict could help multi-generational workforces understand each other and work together better.
Posted 23 November 2022 by
Sherrie Haynie, Sr. Director of Professional Services at The Myers-Briggs Company
Sherrie Haynie, Sr. Director of Professional Services at The Myers-Briggs Company
Are personalities permanent? Can your personality type change?
Humans learn and grow all the time. But what about someone’s personality? Can your personality type change?
Posted 08 November 2022 by
Kevin Wood
Kevin Wood
Use conflict as a health check for your team
Is lack of conflict a sign of dysfunction? And what do people feel about conflict today?
Posted 14 October 2022 by
Melissa Summer
Melissa Summer
The New TKI® Team Report
The easiest way to run a conflict management workshop for a team is now here. Meet the new TKI® Team Report.
Posted 07 October 2022 by
Kevin Wood
Kevin Wood
What are the new sources of conflict at work?
Learn the types and causes of conflict to be better prepared in how you manage conflict
Posted 05 October 2022 by
Kevin Wood
Kevin Wood
Get the latest research on conflict at work
Conflict can be positive. New data and tips help you learn how to manage it.
Posted 04 October 2022 by
Kevin Wood
Kevin Wood
Conflict at work: What are your options?
If conflict management is something you dread, here’s how to start turning it around.
Posted 08 May 2018 by
By Mark Taylor
By Mark Taylor
Effects and Causes of Conflict Among Employees
This article originally appeared in HRZone. You may read the same article on the original publishing website here. Do you know what it takes to create a productive team? According to research published in the Harvard Business Review, a workplace characterized by positive and “virtuous” practices is able to form a productive team. Such practices, the report went on to say, include caring for your colleagues as friends, treating one another with gratitude, respect, trust and inte...
Posted 03 May 2016 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
UMMS Professionals Give Patients Top Care While UMMS Cares for Professionals with FIRO-B
"The purpose of a doctor, or any human or general, should not be to simply delay the death of a patient, but to increase the quality of life." - Patch Adams (1998) The University of Maryland Medical System is a national and regional referral center for trauma, cancer care, neurocare, cardiac care, women's and children's health and physical rehabilitation. It has evolved from its beginnings as the nonprofit University Hospital in 1984 into a multi-hospital system with academic, community an...
Posted 21 April 2016 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
Farming, Leadership Development and the TKI Tool
“Farming is a profession of hope.” ― Brian Brett [Author] In 1919, a small group of farmers from 30 states gathered in Chicago. Their goal – speaking for themselves and representing the needs and issues of fellow farmers through their own national organization. Not long after that initial meeting, the American Farm Bureau Federation became the voice of agriculture at the national level. “The purpose of Farm Bureau is to make the business of farming more profitable, ...
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