{"id":14897,"date":"2020-09-22T09:53:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T13:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=14897"},"modified":"2020-09-25T19:38:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T23:38:40","slug":"how-to-deal-with-different-personalities-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-deal-with-different-personalities-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deal With Different Personalities at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you want to know how to deal with different personalities at work? Can a different personality make it challenging to work in teams?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning how to deal with different personalities at work can help you learn how to succeed in a team environment, and how to better collaborate with others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to learn how to deal with different personalities at work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-c1ccbb82-5db0-4fb1-9636-c4600772b875\">How to Deal With Different Personalities at Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-65093695-2521-44dd-af13-70bc9c916ff8\">A key part of working with others is figuring out how you all behave and think differently.&nbsp;And knowing how to deal with different personalities at work can lead to great results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-17d11c49-af40-4524-9d78-562444c1c3a0\">Through a combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/environment-and-genetics\/\">genetics and environment<\/a>, people come to think in very different ways. <strong>People who think very differently have trouble understanding each other<\/strong> and often ignore the value of what they don\u2019t have. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-fef0d215-8026-497e-a09e-dcabd9db82f4\"><li>Abstract thinkers think literal people have no imagination. Literal people think abstract people are pedantic philosophers.<\/li><li>Extroverted people love talking out ideas. Introverts prefer thinking privately and sharing after they\u2019ve grappled with a problem. They often misunderstand each others\u2019 intentions in meetings\u2014extroverts can think introverts are unopinionated and passive; introverts may think extroverts are loudmouths and ramble too much.<\/li><li>Planners like sticking to a plan, but they can be seen as rigid and slow to adapt. Perceivers change direction often based on new information, but they can be seen as impulsive and unpredictable.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-b14750c1-99f3-4d1a-b64b-9088f5537c7f\">It\u2019s hard enough to know what type of person everyone else is. Compounding this problem, <strong>people often don\u2019t know which type of person <em>they<\/em><\/strong><strong> are themselves<\/strong>. This leads to all sorts of misunderstandings and conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-2400eb64-6b5c-4894-8a5c-6ed75fdc884e\"><strong>Figuring Out People Types<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-17cb25b0-7ffe-4734-ba76-1c82f77e9f61\">To learn how other people think and behave, you need to adopt the right mindset. <strong>Be curious: you should <em>want<\/em><\/strong><strong> to understand how people who see things differently came to see them that way<\/strong>. Instead of getting frustrated with people and the choices they make, realize they aren\u2019t intentionally acting in a counterproductive way\u2014they\u2019re simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/sound-judgment\/\">making the best decisions<\/a> they can based on how their brains work. If you had exactly the same brain and the same set of experiences as the other person, you would probably believe in the same things and behave the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d93f87d7-0635-4200-94cc-c5ea101026c6\">Next, <strong>understand the strengths and weaknesses of yourself and other people to get the best results out of everyone. <\/strong>People with complementary strengths do better work together than separately. For example, a visionary and an executor can accomplish more together than each can individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-24603e1c-20e2-4d37-99e5-4059d81593c0\"><li>Managers who don\u2019t understand people\u2019s thinking styles won\u2019t understand how their team will behave in different situations. This is like a construction foreman not understanding how his equipment works.<\/li><li>Instead, see yourself as the conductor of an orchestra. You bring in people at the right moments and in the right balance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-execute-your-vision\/\">execute your vision<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-2224529c-0d47-4f78-a5ef-3a66956d2bec\">How do you actually figure out people\u2019s personality types? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/who-is-ray-dalio\/\">Ray Dalio<\/a> is a big fan of <strong>personality assessments<\/strong>. Here are the assessments he mentions in <em>Principles<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-de93cdf7-94d0-4290-a06f-77be570e58c9\"><li>Myers-Briggs Type Indicator<ul><li>This assesses a person\u2019s position along four axes: Introversion\/Extraversion, Sensing\/Intuition, Thinking\/Feeling, and Judging\/Perception.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Big Five<ul><li>This assesses a person\u2019s position along five factors: Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Workplace Personality Inventory<ul><li>This assesses traits of persistence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/maturity-continuum-7-habits\/\">independence<\/a>, stress tolerance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/analytical-way-of-thinking\/\">analytical thinking<\/a>, achievement orientation, and concern for others.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Team Dimensions Profile<ul><li>This categorizes people into different profiles: creators, refiners, advancers, executors, and flexors.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Stratified Systems Theory<ul><li>This studies the level of complexity at which people perform best. Some work best in transactional roles, focusing on executing daily items and acting in the present. Others work best on high-level strategy over long time horizons and deal with high uncertainty. Others work best in between at a supervisory level, developing the plans that the transactional levels execute.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-e392861f-3c8c-478a-a0b6-f37c8433fb64\"><strong>Understanding People With Their Types<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-b14f0f4a-b7b2-4c84-80d9-c4d8a3d6b76e\">Taking the results of a person\u2019s personality assessment, you could then <strong>combine traits to form an archetype about the person<\/strong>. This might include the head-in-the-clouds Visionary, the impractical Artist, the tidy Perfectionist, the Wise Judge, the reliable Bedrock, and so on.&nbsp;But do you actually know how do deal with different personalities in life? And what does it take to learn how to deal with different personalities at work? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-0196ad58-5162-4bae-8e99-2f5df8833c61\">Ray Dalio takes archetypes a step further with his baseball cards tool, which describes at a glance how a person thinks and behaves. Each baseball card assigns attributes like \u201cconceptual,\u201d \u201ccreative,\u201d and \u201cdetermined.\u201d It also assigns tendencies for behavior, like \u201cholds others accountable\u201d and \u201cpushes through to results.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-b89a7702-db17-4f42-920a-bef3568ed8b6\">Combined with the person\u2019s archetype and personality assessment, the baseball card gives a clear narrative of how the person will behave, and how they fit into a team. For example, a person might have a Myers-Briggs type of S (for Sensing, meaning more concerned with concrete details) and a J (for Judging, meaning more structured and orderly). She might also have an \u201cexecutor\u201d archetype. It\u2019s then clear what this person is best suited for\u2014conscientious execution of detailed plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c40c8c32-fe50-47fd-acba-8cf7f3f45454\"><strong>Once you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-understand-yourself\/\">understand yourself<\/a> and other people to this level of detail, you can form a dream team of people with complementary strengths.<\/strong> (Shortform note: Dalio does not go so far as to describe the ideal composition of a team, or how different people of different types should work with each other. This level of detail might have been out of scope of this book.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-d42e9cb2-1c45-4268-b613-5114161127b4\"><strong>Characteristics of Shapers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-dcbd30a0-dd16-46fa-87b0-e247ace347cf\">In the book, Dalio describes in detail one particular archetype that he believes he fits into: the \u201cshaper.\u201d The shaper comes up with unique and valuable visions and builds them out, despite the doubts of others. You&#8217;ll need to know about shapers to know how to deal with different personalities at work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-be9a44f9-5b7e-4902-8e04-40d73b8158c1\">Dalio realized his archetype when he was transitioning out of his CEO role, and he asked his lieutenants what his unique skill was. They answered it was \u201cshaping.\u201d He also believes other founder-entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk fit this archetype. You may not be surprised to learn that learning how to deal with this type of personality can also help you deal with different personalities in life, especially strong personalities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-5b77b8f2-6ca4-4438-b24d-10b24000b80f\">Shapers have these qualities in common:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-b229769c-fbc1-4cc0-9ba8-2df5d0b69a81\"><li>Their baseball card reads: Visionary + Practical Thinker + Determined&nbsp;<\/li><li>They are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/independent-thinkers\/\">independent thinkers<\/a> verging on rebelliousness.<\/li><li>They don\u2019t let anything stand in the way of achieving their goals.<\/li><li>They are resilient and gritty. Their need to achieve is stronger than the pain they experience.<\/li><li>They have strong mental maps of how things should be done.<\/li><li>They test their mental maps and change them to make them work better.<\/li><li>They have a wider range of vision than most, seeing both big picture and granular details.<\/li><li>They are assertive and open-minded at the same time. They are creative, systematic, and practical at the same time.<\/li><li>They are intolerant of people who work for them who aren\u2019t excellent.<\/li><li>Nothing ever feels good enough, and this gap is both a tragedy and a constant source of motivation.<\/li><li>They generally have low ranking on \u201cconcern for others\u201d\u2014largely because when faced between achieving their goal and pleasing others, they choose their goal every time.<\/li><li>They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/sustain-success\/\">sustain success<\/a> over decades with continuous innovations and successes, rather than selling their company once for a lot of money (Dalio calls these \u201cinventors\u201d) or entering existing organizations and leading them well.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7b984fd5-c188-4f90-b64c-1b09376025e5\">So are some personalities better than others? And how do you deal with different personalities at work? Dalio doesn\u2019t have any value judgment on whether shapers are more important or valuable than other types. He just classifies himself as one and believes other founders of large companies tend to be them too. And of course, knowing how to deal with different personalities at work can help you learn how to deal with different personalities in life\u2014all in all, making you a more cooperative person. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to know how to deal with different personalities at work? Can a different personality make it challenging to work in teams? Learning how to deal with different personalities at work can help you learn how to succeed in a team environment, and how to better collaborate with others. 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