Personality and Self Assessments in the Workplace

Avoid at all costs? Use them at will!

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Types of Assessments to Measure Individual Differences

There are about 2,500 Personality Assessments in use in the US.

• Behavioral

• Competence

• Personality

• Motivational

• Psychological

• Career/Vocational

• Cognitive/Ability

• Interests/Attitudes

Types of Tests

• Ability: achievement, aptitude, intelligence

• Personality: projective, objective (structured)

• Interviews: unstructured, structured, panel

• Simulations: assessment centers, work samples, role plays

• Self-report: inventories, surveys, career interests

• Psychopathology: abnormal personality

Benefits of Assessments

• Objective measurement of an individual’s strengths and opportunities for improvement.

• Time and cost savings by using off-the-shelf assessments.

• Assessments can predict outcomes of interest such as job performance, leadership, and team work.

• Assess how a person is likely to behave in certain situations (e.g. at work, at school) and how this may impact performance in those areas.

Audience Polling Question

Does your company use Personality Assessments for hiring and/or talent development?

Myers-Briggs (MBTI)

Myers-Briggs (MBTI) Polling Questions

1. How many of you have taken the MBTI and remember your letters?

2. Does your organization offer MBTI training/coaching to itsemployees?

DISC/DiSC

How many of you have taken DiSC and remember where your dot is, or remember what you highest letter was?

DISC/DiSC: Polling Questions

1. How many of you have taken DiSC and remember where your dot is, or remember what you highest letter was?

2. Does your organization offer DiSC training/coaching to its employees?

Hogan Personality Inventory

How many of you have taken HPI?

Hogan Personality Inventory

1. How many of you have taken HPI? 2. Does your organization offer HPI training/coaching to its employees?

How are Personality Tests Used?

•Hiring Process

•Promoting/Job Fitness

•Personal & Team Development

Job Fit Assessments

Wiley’s PXT

Hogan’s Select

Job fit - What to Watch For:

• Well designed, standardized, and objective assessment.

• Measure the whole person

• Can do, will do, will fit, will lead attributes

• Increase an organization’s legal defensibility by providing a more fair comparison among job candidates.

Possible Legal Implications

Personality Testing has the potential of:

1. Violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

2. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

3. Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

Lawsuits related to Personality Testing

• Allegations of bias in determining traits important for the job.

• An employer purportedly asking questions that implicate protected characteristics.

• Claims of bias in administration and scoring

• Whether the testing is a prohibited pre-offer medical examination.

• Whether the test suggests a disability or a perceived disability based on the results.

• Allegations of administering the test to discriminate based on age.

• Plus, State laws . . .

What do we use with Clients?

MBTI – tends to be the most fundamentally used assessment, but with 16 possible outcomes – tends to be complex.

Everything DiSC by Wiley – Much of our work now centers on having an awareness of one’s own DiSC style. With 4 basic outcomes pretty easy to understand.

Strengths Finder – another awareness assessment that if used well can be very helpful in understanding behavior

EQ 2.0 by MHS - another awareness assessment that if used well can be very helpful in understanding behavior

PXT for coaching and job fit.

What Motivates Me – Newer assessment on what motivates someone to get up and go to work. Fun and Impactful!

Where DOES Motivation Fit?

Strengths

Motivators

Personality

Text the word Motivatorto 78000 and follow prompts to take the Motivators Assessment.

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• Paul McMurray

• Insight Management Consulting

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• Crofton, MD 21114

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