Personality Matters Blog
Posted 19 December 2022 by
Melissa Summer
Melissa Summer
Inclusive Leadership
Why aren’t leaders as inclusive as they think? Listen to the latest podcast episode from The Myers-Briggs Company featuring Dr. Rachel Cubas-Wilkinson.
Posted 14 June 2021 by
Kevin Wood
Kevin Wood
To build or not to build - Is this the question for team leaders?
Do you know what the difference is between team building and team development? The phrases are often used interchangeably, but they’re not the same. Here’s what HR practitioners and leaders should know…
Posted 10 April 2020 by
Rachel Cubas-Wilkinson, Senior Consultant for The Myers-Briggs Company
Rachel Cubas-Wilkinson, Senior Consultant for The Myers-Briggs Company
For Stronger Workplace Relationships, Use the Platinum Rule
How to do improve relationships - workplace or otherwise? By following this one rule...
Posted 13 March 2017 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
Leadership Development Initiatives 75% More Effective with the FIRO-B Instrument
ALD Corporate Development is a full-service corporate development and management consulting firm that offers three tracks: executive coaching, small business consulting for growth and profit through results-driven actions, and executive leadership training and seminars. And in today's fast-paced business environment, HR and LD managers are often overwhelmed and stretched too thin but still need to continually assess and tweak how leaders are performing and how that affects the company...
Posted 27 December 2016 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
MBTI® Users Conference—“Culture Matters” Panel: Macro and Micro Perspectives
For the second year in a row, I was asked to serve as moderator for the conference-wide panel session. Now that I have a little experience with panels under my belt, I was a bit more open to the idea of being a moderator. It helps to remind myself that the moderator’s key task is to encourage the audience to pay attention to the panelists and not himself. I just had to introduce the topic and the panelists and then keep things moving along. In the end of course, that is all easier said than done...
Posted 07 September 2016 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
Allianz Global Improves Leadership, Teamwork with the FIRO-B Tool
Allianz Global Investors is a leading active investment manager with a strong parent company and a culture of risk management. With 25 offices in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific, they provide global investment and research capabilities with consultative local delivery. Allianz Global has a rich history, started over 125 years ago they now serve over 82 million clients in 70 countries. With over 540 investment professionals in the high-stress position of managing billions in assets, Allianz was l...
Posted 22 July 2016 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
Executive Office of the President Uses FIRO-B for Team Development
To provide the President of the United States with the support that he or she needs to govern effectively, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) was created in 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The EOP has responsibility for tasks ranging from communicating the President’s message to the American people to promoting our trade interests abroad. Overseen by the White House Chief of Staff, the EOP has traditionally been home to many of the President’s closest ad...
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