Diversity and Personality at Work

Diversity and Personality at Work

Today my coworkers and I are put into a group, of four people, to work on a project together. Our project is to explore each of our personality types, explain the advantages and disadvantages of working with the different personalities, and to explain how organizations can manage a diverse group of employees. By exploring these different topics, we will learn how to work better with other people. We all think, feel, and react differently about different things. If everyone had the same type of personality, then we would be like robots.

Our Personalities

The most common place where we interact with other people, that have different personalities than our own, is at work. Rather we prefer our coworker’s personality or not, we must work with them. My team, that I am working on the project with, is made up of different personalities as well. For example: DK strives off her emotions. If she is happy then she will brighten up any room. If DK is stressed, she becomes a perfectionist. Sara is passionate and believes in the good in people. On the other hand, she is skeptical and observant of other people’s actions, before making a bond with them. Vanessa is a realist. She is matter-of-fact and is expressive with what she thinks or feels. April is……………(will fill in info when given)……………… Every one of us have at least one thing in common, we are open minded to other people’s opinions.

Advantages of Differing Personality Types

There are many advantages when the work environment supports and values employees from all demographic backgrounds. Employees with differing personalities often balance one another’s strengths and weaknesses. In a team setting, diverse personalities drive greater creativity

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and innovation resulting from the variety of perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, and work styles which positively impact the bottom-line.

Differing personalities can also lead to a competitive business advantage enabling employees to engage in more complex problem-solving and higher-order thinking. In addition