Personality Diversity - An Overview
"All animals are equal," wrote George Orwell, "but some are more equal than others." That may or may not apply to animals, but it definitely applies to human beings:
| The world needs all types of people. |
| But in a given work role, some types are definitely preferable to other types. |
Want to learn more about why personality diversity is your workplace's hidden asset... and how you can maximize that advantage? Read on.
First, a quick overview of the five basic ways people differ:
Can you spot yourself? Studies of corporate hiring practices clearly indicate two fundamental realities:
| Every HR director denies hiring people who are just like her/him. |
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But in fact this is a nearly universal practice! Why? Because those who are like us seem like normal folks, the salt of the earth. |
In other words, each of us tends to view ourselves as benchmarks of normality... sometimes with disastrous results.
How can you go beyond that to take optimal advantage of the fact that people differ from one another? Stay tuned... some very practical suggestions will follow over the next few weeks!