Employability Skills: Understanding Yourself and Others Gaining Insight for Career Success Through Intergenerational Workforce Dynamics, Personality Traits and Core Competencies Written by: Kay LeMon, Assistant Training Facilitator Edited by: Heather Coleman, Training Coordinator Angela Bosscher, Training Assistant Ferndale Career Center 713 East Nine Mile Ferndale, MI 48220 248.545.0222 www.twitter.com/ferndalecareer www.facebook. com/ferndalecareercenter www.linkedin/in/ferndalecareercenter 03/01/10

Discovering Your Natural Wiring Adapted from http://gregwiens.com/scid

While Human Behavior is Unpredictable, All Actions are Motivated It’s easy to make incorrect assumptions about others when we don’t understand what motivates them Individuals do things for their own reasons; no one can motivate someone else based on their own motivations. You CAN create conditions that will encourage someone else to self-motivation. To do that, you need to understand what motivates an individual. Two people can perceive the same situation in very different ways Most of us are more aware of our behavioral strengths than our limitations/challenges You can become more effective when you learn to appreciate and embrace the differences of your co-workers’ behavioral styles and how to bring out the best in yourself and others. Source: Carlson Learning Company, now Inscape Publishing

Perspective What do you see?

Applying Your Understanding Which personality styles do these words describe? ___ People oriented ___ Bossy ___ Disorganized ___ Analytical ___ Loyal ___ Outgoing ___ Hard charging ___ People pleasing ___ Avoids conflict ___ Factual ___ Arrogant ___ Seems rigid ___ Task/accomplishment oriented ___ Perfectionism ___ Amiable ___ Problem solver ___ Fun ___ Loves detail, procedure ___ Enthusiastic ___ Dependable ___ Indecisive ___ Never met a stranger