Personality Matters

Do you get stressed out by the prospect of gift-giving? Relief is here! With a little personality awareness, finding the perfect present is easy. In this episode, you'll discover how to:

• Identify the different personalities on your gift list

• Understand what each personality style *really* wants in a gift

• Give everyone something they’re sure to love (Our personality pros even share specific gift ideas for each style!)

We all need to feel recognized and valued by the people in our lives -- in other words, to feel appreciated. When that need is met, job performance, relationships and happiness flourish. When it isn’t, they suffer. In this episode of Personality Matters, you'll discover:

• What appreciation means – and sounds like – to each personality style (hint: not the same!)

• The words and phrases you can use to make the different personalities in your life feel truly appreciated

• How to know when someone is saying they appreciate you … even if it isn't in the words you want to hear

From the moment they're born, kids are full of personality. Those personalities can be a source of tremendous joy and tremendous frustration -- sometimes in the very same moment! In this episode, you'll discover how to tune into, identify and respond to your kids' personalities in different situations and at different stages of their lives, so that you can minimize conflict and miscommunication and maximize connection. Want richer, more rewarding relationships with the kids in your life? Personality is the key!

Asking for a raise. Delivering a negative performance review. Letting an employee go. Not all conversations are fun ones. But even tough conversations can be improved when you understand the needs and drivers of the personalities involved. In this episode, you'll learn how to alleviate some of the dread and fear you feel when anticipating hard conversations, and how to conduct them in a way that leaves both sides feeling listened to and understood.

Interviews can be stressful no matter which side of the desk you're sitting on. In this episode, we explore some personality-based techniques for being a better interviewee or interviewer. You'll learn how to quickly and easily identify the personality style of the person you're talking to -- even before you step into the room -- and how to use that knowledge to put both of you at ease, present your best self, and make smarter, more accurate decisions about whether a job or candidate is the right fit for you.

Leadership can make or break a job, a team, even an entire business -- and whether it's good, bad or indifferent has a LOT to do with personality. The good news is, leadership challenges and conflicts can often be resolved quickly and easily with a little bit of personality style awareness. This episode will give you some solid, actionable personality insights you can use immediately to be a better leader yourself, work more effectively with a leader, or both.

Why do people do what they do? What are they going to do next? It all comes down to personality style -- or six styles, to be exact. In this "crash course" in personality, you'll discover what the six styles are, which style YOU are, and how to figure out the styles of the people you live with, work with and encounter each day. New to Personality Matters? START HERE!