Wilson's Writings

I don’t know about you, but the velocity of time, information, and opportunity just seems incredible to me these days. Can you believe we’re already entering the last quarter of 2008?  With the change of seasons comes a serious “back to work” feeling, and we sense our clients working hard to get a few more proactive, Covey Quadrant II activities squeezed in before busy season comes again.

We’ve been having a lot of fun so far this year exploring the power of personality and its role in our ability to lead, manage, and motivate team members. Great leaders appeal to many different personality types and preferences and they “get over” the little irritants that personality quirks can create.  Knowing this and doing it are two different things, which is why we have dedicated this issue of Coaching Concepts to the study of personality differences and their role in your organization.

In Leadership Lessons, we’ll explore the value of really understanding your personality type and that of your team members, and in Practice Perspectives we’ll discuss one tool, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and learn how it can enhance communication and build increased understanding and empathy of your team members’ work styles, approaches to decision making, and other team dynamics.

Don’t miss this issue’s New News, where you’ll learn about a number of new initiatives we’re launching including our corporate blog, Inspired Ideas (http://blog.convergencecoaching.com). We’ll post weekly musings on issues and ideas intended to inspire you to take action on whatever moves you. Please join us in this online dialogue by visiting and posting your thoughts, too!

Enjoy the autumn!

This Quarter's Articles: (simply click on the title to access)

Leadership Lessons
Practice Perspectives
New News

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Leadership Lessons
Managing Diverse Personalities on Your Team

With increasing diversity on your team, it’s important to understand the uniqueness of your team members and how to best utilize their strengths.  In previous editions of Coaching Concepts, we have explored gender and generational differences.  In this issue, we will focus on the personality differences of your team members.  In Leadership Lessons, we’ll explore the value of learning more about your personality type and those of your team, and in Practice Perspectives we’ll look at how one tool, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, can help your team enhance communication and build increased understanding and empathy of each other’s work styles and approaches to decision making and other team dynamics.

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Practice Perspectives
Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Understand Your Team Members’ Personalities

Have you ever wondered why you act (or react) the way you do or why others act (or react) differently than you do? Many contributing factors affect our unique approach to life, work, and relationships, but one of the most powerful factors is our inherent personality. Understanding your personality and how it relates to others will enable you to build empathy in your teams and develop communications and processes that best fit the unique differences that exist. In this article, we will explore the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tool as a means for you to gain insight about the information you can expect from conducting a personality assessment and some ideas about how to use it to enhance team communications and effectiveness.

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