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Personality ³Persona", ³Mask¶¶

The word µpersonality¶ derives from the Latin word µpersona¶

which means µmask¶. Personality is the study of µmasks¶ that people wear.

These are the personas that people project and display,

Includes the inner parts of psychological experience which we

collectively call our µself¶.



Benefit of learning about personality

Better understanding of strengths and weaknesses.

Improve interpersonal relationships

Realign expectations towards each other

An understanding of indirect influence on performance



OBJECTIVE

TO DEVELOP AN INSIGHT FOR UNDERSTANDING --

THE IMPACT OF TRAITS,& TYPES OF PERSONALITY

IN REFERENCE OF PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND

PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT



A P A¶s

DESCRIPTION

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of the AmericanPsychiatric Association (APA)

define personality as

Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking aboutthe environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide rangeof social and personal contexts

a) traits are relatively stable over time

b) traits differ among individuals (e.g. some people are

outgoing while others are reserved) c) traits influence behavior.



Personality Defined

Characteristics, pattern of T houg ht, Emotion and Behaviour t hat define a person¶s style and influence

interactions wit h t he Environment.

P = BXE

Personality can also be understood as unique and relatively stable pattern of behavior over time



DETERMINANTS OF PERSONALITY

Personality gets shaped by²

1- Heredity

2- Society3-Culture

4-Situation

Heredity an individual is born with

Society,culture,situations are made, maintained and canbe modified by humanbeing



FRIEDMAN¶S CLASSIFIC ATION

Characteristics of-- Type A

Severe sense of time .

Relaxation gives a feeling of guilt

Over achievers,Move eat and walk fast

Stressed, overwhelmed by

the amount of tasks ..

Competitive and has a highchallenging spirit.

ex ± repeatedly looking at the

watch while giving exam

or waiting for an appointment



TYPE B

Type B opposite of Type A.

An easy going

Relaxed by nature and no sense

of time urgencyNo problems relaxing or sitting

without doing anything

Don't get stressed by delay

ex ±for exam they work hard

score above average

celebrate an keep

performance consistent



Openness to Experience:

The tendency to be imaginative, independent, and interested in

varietyvs.

Practical, conforming, and interested in routine.

Conscientiousness

The tendency to be organized, careful, and disciplined

vs.

Disorganized, careless, and impulsive.

Lewis Goldberg¶s

BIG F

IVE



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Extraversion

Tendency to be sociable, fun-loving, and affectionate

vs.

Retiring, somber, and reserved.

Agreeableness:

Tendency to be softhearted, trusting, and helpful

vs.

Ruthless, suspicious, and uncooperative.

Neuroticism

Tendency to be calm, secure, and self-satisfied

vs.

Anxious, insecure, and self-pitying



MYER¶S BRIGG TRAIT INVENTORY:

Extroverts Introverts

Interested in surrounding

Open and often talkative

Compare own opinions withother¶s

Like action and initiative

Easily make new friends or

adapt to a new group

Easily break unwantedrelations

Interested in own thoughts andfeelings

Need to have own territory

Often appear reserved, quiet and

thoughtful

Usually do not have many friends

Have difficulties in making new

contacts



Sensing Intuition

See everyone and sense

everything

Live in here and now

Quickly adapt to any situation

Like pleasures based on physical

sensation

Practical and active

Realistic and self-confident

Mostly in the past or in the future

Worry about the future more than

the present

Interested in everything new andunusual

Do not like routine

Attracted more to the theory than

the practice

Often have doubts



Thinking Feeling

Interested in systems, structures,

patterns

Expose everything to logical

analysis

Relatively cold and unemotional

Evaluate things by intellect and

right or wrong

Have difficulties talking about

feelings

Do not like to clear up arguments

Interested in people and their

feelings

Easily pass their own moods to

others

Pay great attention to love and

passion

Evaluate things by ethics and good

or bad

Can be touchy or use emotional

manipulation



Perceiving Judgingct impulsively following the situation

Start many things at once withoutinishing them properly

Prefer to have freedom from

obligations

Curious and like a fresh look at things

ork productivity depends on their

mood

Often act without any preparation

Do not leave unanswered

questions

Plan work ahead and tend to

finish it

Do not like to change their

decisions

Relatively stable workability

Easily follow rules and discipline



Personality And Communication

For leaders and managers it is essential to understand

Basics of communications

Own communication styles

Role of emotional intelligence

the impact of all of this on their co-workers and their

organization:



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People who choose to move ahead in lives, relationship

or career, need to train themselves to become more

effective, interpersonal communicators and these

individuals succeed with their goals every time.



PERSONALITY VS

WORLD OF WORK

Personality influences individual's

leadership ability and style

team performance

Organizational effectiveness.

Management asses personality suitability

at the time of

selectionevaluation

rejection

training people.



JOB FIT

Person-Environment Fit:

Looks at person and job fit in organizational environment.

Optimum performance and more job satisfaction

Holland has given a broad choices about

Personality and Congruent Occupations««.



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2) A warm smile is almost always returned.

3) Be empathic listener and enthusiastic to meet people.

4) Address the person with the same level of respect as you wishto be addressed.

5)Project the qualities you would like the person to show you inreturn.

Following are few general steps to practice««

HOW TO DEVELOPDESIRED TRAITS

1) Meet people in a positive state of mind .

First impression is the most important.



INTROSPECT

Understand your strengths and

weaknesses and get connected to your

true self.

Maximize your full potential as a person.



LISTEN

Be an emphatic listener.

People are attracted to someone who listen.

The easiest way to gain other people¶s confidence is to hear

them out



SMILE

Smile and laugh a lot.

Doses of smile and laughter inspire us, improvehealth, and benefit both the giver and receiver.

A smiling person attracts people



HELP

Always be glad and ready to lend a helping hand. A person¶s actions mirror the contents of his heart.

Find every opportunity to help others.

Helping somebody brings about good feelings and paves the

way for the receiver to like and respect you in return.



COMPLIMENT

Be profuse with giving compliments.

Tongue has the power to heal or destroy and curse or

bless someone.

Every human being is dying to hear good things about

themselves



POSITIVE PERSONALITY

Positive personality is oriented towards

creativity,hope,wisdom and spirituality and less

concerned with aggression,weakness and

pathology.



THANKSPersonality and performance are intricately linked, and personality has

proven to have a direct influence on an individual's leadership

ability and style, team performance, and overall organizational

effectiveness. In Personality and t he Fate of Organizations, author Robert Hogan offers a systematic account of the nature of

personality, showing how to use personality to understand

organizations and to understand, evaluate, select, deselect, and

train people.



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I know I can't expect you to want the same things that I want.We are not the same person, so we will not always see things

the same way.

I have my own Thoughts and my own ideas

that may or may not fit into your vision of who I should be. But I want for us to understand each other, and communicate well,because we

live in same world.

By learning more about my own Personality, and about other Personality Types,I can come to a better understanding of my strengths and

weaknesses.

I can improve my interpersonal relationships, realign my expectations towardsothers,and gain a better self-knowledge that will help me define and achieve goals.



Person-Environment Fit: Looks at if the person and job are suited toone another and at how well the individual will fit in the overallorganizational environment.

The Organisational Competencies are Denifed in order to look at therequirements of the company which an individual is applying to. The

Individual is then Assessed on these competencies and thecompetency fitment between the individual and the company isfound out.

The Competencies can be assessed using various tools likePsychological Tests, Competency Based Interview, Situational Analysis, Etc.

If the Individual is found out to be good on competencies defined for the company using the various tools, we can say that the Individualwould be able to adjust in the company environment and workculture and would be able to perform at his Optimum level, takingthe performance to maximum level when required.



Type A Personality

The following are the characteristics of the type Apersonality

Type A¶s has got a severe sense of time urgency. They

are always running and can hardly relax. If they satwithout doing something useful they may end up feelingguilty

Type A¶s are over achievers, they usually get themselvesinvolved in many different unrelated activities andperform well in them all.

Type A's biggest problem is stress, they are usuallyoverwhelmed by the amount of tasks they have to do.These tasks are usually a huge list that they planned for themselves.

Type A is usually competitive and has a high challenging

spirit.



Type B Personality

Type B personality is almost the opposite of Type A.This type of person is relaxed by nature and has nosense of time urgency

Type Bs have got no problems relaxing or sitting withoutdoing anything

Type Bs may delay the work they have to the lastmoment and they usually don't get stressed that easily.

TypeB

could be an achiever too but his lack of sense of time urgency helps him much in not feeling stressedwhile doing his tasks.



Openness to Experience: the tendency to be imaginative,independent, and interested in variety vs. practical,conforming, and interested in routine.

Conscientiousness: the tendency to be organized, careful, and

disciplined vs. disorganized, careless, and impulsive.Extraversion: the tendency to be sociable, fun-loving, and

affectionate vs. retiring, somber, and reserved.

Agreeableness: the tendency to be softhearted, trusting, andhelpful vs. ruthless, suspicious, and uncooperative.

Neuroticism: the tendency to be calm, secure, and self-satisfiedvs. anxious, insecure, and self-pitying

Lewis Goldberg

BIG FIVE



Underlying all these typologies are four personality traits(functions):

Extroversion (E) --- Introversion (I)Do you recharge your energy via external contact &

activity (E

xtroversion) or spending time in your inner space (Introversion)?

Intuition (N) --- Sensing (S)Do you rely on your inner voice (Intuition) or observation(Sensing)?

Thinking (T) --- Feeling (F)When making decisions, what do you rely moston? Your thoughts or your feelings?

Judgement (J) --- Perception (P)Do you tend to set schedules and organize your life(Judgement), or do you tend to leave the options open

and see what happens (Perception)?



Personality Types:

1 Reformer

2 Helper

3 Motivator

4 Romantic5 Thinker

6 Skeptic

7 Enthusiast

8 Leader

9 Peacemaker

JUNG¶S CLASSIFICATION P li



JUNG¶S CLASSIFIC ATION Personality

Types:

Extroverts Introverts

interested in serrounding

open and often talkative

compare own opinions with

other¶s

like action and initiative

easily make new friends or

adapt to a new group

say what they thinkinterested in new people

easily break unwanted

relations

interested in own thoughts

and feelings

need to have own territory

appear reserved, quiet andthoughtful

usually do not have many

friends

difficulties in making newcontacts

like concentration and quiet

work well alone



Relations

hips

among

Occupational

Personali

ty Types

E X H I B I T 4-4



Personality And Communication

Interpersonal communication is one of the most

challenging and important aspects of a

successful career. It is essential for leaders andmanagers to understand the basics of

communications, their own communication

styles, the critical role of emotional intelligence,

and the impact of all of this on their co-workersand their organization:



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communication ³intake´ modes come from our ³inborn preferences´ that are part of our personality type . Some people are moreenergized by talking and interacting; others aremore comfortable reading and then thinking itover. One preference is not better than the other

± they are equally valid ways of receivinginformation. If you wish to be effective in your

communication with employees, peers, clients or the boss ± remember to use both forms of expression!

Learning to understand and work with different

personalities is key to being a successful in anyor anization.



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communication ³intake´ modes come from our ³inborn preferences´ that are part of our personality type . Some people are moreenergized by talking and interacting; others aremore comfortable reading and then thinking itover. One preference is not better than the other

± they are equally valid ways of receivinginformation. If you wish to be effective in your

communication with employees, peers, clients or the boss ± remember to use both forms of expression!

Learning to understand and work with differentpersonalities is key to being a successful in anyor anization.



Man is the maker of

his owndestiny(personality)



ANOTHER TYPE

Introvert _ leave me alone think to much

Extrovert _ let¶ do it together speak tomuch

Ambivert _ so so

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