Workplace Personality Articles and Team Insights

Practical reading on personality types, team dynamics, communication, motivation, and self-awareness at work.

Explore articles that connect personality theory with everyday workplace situations: how people make decisions, handle pressure, collaborate, lead, and understand each other. Start with the latest posts below, or use the personality type profiles and comparison tools to go deeper.

Extravert or Extrovert
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Extravert or Extrovert

We often have people contact us trying to correct our spelling of “Extravert” pointing out that it is in fact “Extrovert.” How did this happen, why and how did the ‘a’ become an ‘o?’ Very strange!

Carl Gustav Jung first coined the terms and he was very clear:


Extraversion [sic] is characterized by interest in the external object, responsivene...

Why is it important to understand personality?
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Why is it important to understand personality?

Well from an academic perspective it is just…well interesting. Oh but from a life perspective it is so much more than that. The better we understand ourselves and other people

What motivates people?
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What motivates people?

of course the honest answer is “it depends who we’re talking about.” We all have different drivers and motivations

Personal Branding: Projecting Authenticity
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Personal Branding: Projecting Authenticity

Personal Branding has become a modern industry, and with so much advice being offered sometimes we might just lose sight of that most important attribute: ourselves!

Blogging for Your Personality Type
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Blogging for Your Personality Type

What kind of blogging is right for your personality type? One of the most widely used personality tests is the Jungian model.

Five Reasons Why It Helps To Know Our Personality Types
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Five Reasons Why It Helps To Know Our Personality Types

It doesn’t matter which profession we’re in, or what skills we possess, we all have a personality, and it comes packed with strengths, weaknesses, and everything in between. Exploring our personal

Does psychometric testing ‘work’?
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Does psychometric testing ‘work’?

Firstly there are so many psychometric assessments around and some are true ‘tests,’ ie ‘pass or fail,’ such as Numerical Reasoning or Verbal Reasoning, and some are ‘assessments,’ ie to b