Dear Sam: Hi Sam, I’ve been fortunate enough to land a few interviews as I explore new opportunities in marketing. I have had more than one hiring manager ask about my personality type using words ...

Personality assessments short-circuit the messiness of building what is now referred to as a “culture.” They deliver on all the complexities of interpersonal office dynamics, but without the intimate, ...

Conducting personality assessments within a department or across an entire company has become relatively common practice. It is less common, however, for companies to unlock the full potential they ...

Co-authored by Andrew B. Speer and Matt I. Brown Personality at work matters. We see its impact when one employee reacts with poise when faced with unreasonable customers, whereas another expresses ...

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek says “The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people pull together as a team.” And anyone who has managed employees can ...

Many of us have been asked to complete a personality test at some point in our careers. Employees might encounter such tests in professional development workshops, and job seekers are sometimes asked ...

Lately a common hiring practice has come under scrutiny: personality testing in the interview process. My firm, The Myers-Briggs Company, has long held the position that the Myers-Briggs Type ...

Human Resources (HR) professionals play a crucial role in fostering a productive, positive work environment. One of the biggest challenges they face is understanding how diverse personalities ...

Safety and regulatory compliance practices are critical to keeping employees out of harm’s way and employers on the right side of the law. They’re also foundational to organizational productivity.

Employee assessments and evaluations are a common method for measuring staff performance. An evaluation should be more formal than just a "good job;" good assessments require clear, measurable ...

Readers discuss one woman’s bad experience with the Myers-Briggs test. To the Editor: Re “Questioning Personality Assessments,” by Quinisha Jackson-Wright (Smarter Living, Aug. 26): I was very sorry ...