XAVIER Leadership CENTER

Xavier Consulting Group                                 Williams College of Business

     
   
Understanding and Managing Personality Differences

Using cross-functional teams seems at the core of how effective ‘learning organizations’ conduct business, develop products, and solve problems in today’s ever intensifying competitive environment. Having high technical skills is, however not sufficient to solve problems and improve processes. More and more organizations are learning that emotional intelligence (the ability to understand and control your own emotional states, along with the ability to sense and adapt to the emotional states of others) is perhaps the major determinant of success in human interactions.

This workshop will introduce participants to emotional intelligence (EQi) concepts and they will be given an EQi assessment to measure their own skill in this area. The session then examines the basic differences in personality styles and groups will explore the nature of things that invigorate, stress, frustrate and produce joy for each personality group. Learning to tap into these insights altering your own communications styles and approaches can dramatically improve interpersonal interactions and group / team performance.
We will see some examples of CEO’s who have adapted their leadership styles (and even built their company cultures) around their own personality styles.

Who Should Attend

HR professionals, managers, and people who routinely lead (or participate in) cross-functional teams.

Participants will learn:

  • each major personality type and understand their innate strengths and weaknesses
  • strategies for dealing with others that are likely to produce better results
  • how different people are motivated, and achieve job satisfaction
  • how they might create more effective teams by thoughtful team selections
  • consider how to develop strategies to motivate and provide incentives that impact people in more successful ways

 

Program Outline

  • Understand the differences among IQ, personality style and emotional intelligence
  • Separate the role from identity
  • Find the benefits of introversion and extroversion
  • Determine your color
  • Discuss the full spectrum of personalities
  • Take your understanding to the next level
  • Enhance everyone's self-esteem
  • Make way for self-actualization
  • Nurture natural gifts and talents
  • Identify typical stressors per personality style
  • Bring the full spectrum together
  • Develop successful working and playing environments

 

 

 
 
 

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Dates
Oct. 14, 2008

Time
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Fee
$249.00

Attend "Understanding and Managing Personality Differences" and "Dealing with Difficult People" for $449!

 

Faculty

Tammé Quinn Grzebyk is president of VerbalWise, LLC, (an Organizational Development consulting firm specializing in improving group dynamics to aid in more effective problem solving and process improvement initiatives). Ms. Grzebyk works specifically with corporate clients to affect the way their audience feels, thinks and acts. She also helps companies develop strong internal communications networks. She has served in technology and marketing roles for various industries and has presented to thousands of professionals and college students. Ms. Grzebyk’s undergraduate studies in communications and foreign languages are complemented by a master’s degree in management. She has also served as the marketing, public relations & alumni relations manager at the University of Michigan’s Tauber Manufacturing Institute.

 

 

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