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Personality Assessments Unlock Team Engagement

People disengage when their work doesn't align with their personality type, doesn't create meaningful value, and isn't challenging enough for their skill level. To re-engage someone — or hire better in the first place — start with personality assessments: Myers-Briggs, the scientifically-validated Big Five, the Enneagram, the Kolbe, or DISC. Help them understand their unique gifts, teach them how your business creates value and where they fit, and give them work that's more challenging rather than easier. Ask three questions of the people you work with: What are your biggest challenges? What's making your work difficult? What are your biggest opportunities for growth? Those answers tell you where to focus. Matching the right person to the right challenge is how you build a team that stays.

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People disengage when their work doesn't align with their personality type, doesn't create meaningful value, and isn't challenging enough for their skill level. To re-engage someone — or hire better in the first place — start with personality assessments: Myers-Briggs, the scientifically-validated Big Five, the Enneagram, the Kolbe, or DISC. Help them understand their unique gifts, teach them how your business creates value and where they fit, and give them work that's more challenging rather than easier. Ask three questions of the people you work with: What are your biggest challenges? What's making your work difficult? What are your biggest opportunities for growth? Those answers tell you where to focus. Matching the right person to the right challenge is how you build a team that stays.

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    Three Steps From Disengagement to Fulfillment at Work

    The three steps are: 1) Know yourself better through personality tests like Myers-Briggs or Big Five, 2) Learn to create more value by asking others about their challenges and opportunities, and 3) Increase the level of challenge and complexity in your work to match your skill level.

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    Help Quiet Quitters Through Assessment and Challenge

    Help them take personality assessments to understand their unique gifts, teach them how your business creates value and where they can contribute, and give them more challenging work that aligns with their personality type rather than easier tasks.

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    Misaligned Work and Low Challenge Cause Disengagement

    People become disengaged when they're doing work that doesn't align with their personality type, doesn't create meaningful value, and isn't challenging enough for their skill level. This leads to emotional exhaustion and checking out.

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    Ask Three Questions to Find Where You Create Value

    Ask the people you work with or want to work with three key questions: What are your biggest challenges? What's making your life hard and work difficult? What are your biggest opportunities for growth?

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    Five Personality Assessments for Understanding Unique Gifts

    He recommends the Myers-Briggs test, the Big Five test (scientifically validated), the Enneagram, the Kolbe assessment, and the DISC model for understanding your unique personality type and gifts.

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