How we communicate with each other is key to how we build and manage our relationships. Our social style is our best, most comfortable and easiest way of dealing with others. The key to understanding each other better is to understand ourselves first. Personality tools can help you to become more aware of your own behavioural style and help you approach customers who differ from you.
By treating others as they want to be treated we can communicate more effectively. Self-awareness is essential to success. If you don't understand what drives your actions and behaviours, it is difficult to cultivate positive growth. As you discover what inspires you, you will identify what may hold you back from success, as well as the traits, habits and behaviours that propel you forward.
There are a number of profiling techniques that help you assess your own and others’ styles of thinking, behaviour, or communication (e.g. MBTI/Myers-Briggs, DISC, HBDI/Herrmann, LSI/Human Synergistics, Eysenck Personality Inventory etc.).
These are usually licensed and protected. However, according to David Morris, there is one that has elements of all those, is open source and royalty free. This test is a self- assessment which is based on the four-bird model with adaptations. This bird test was originally developed by Dr Gary Couture in the 1970’s. We have called our personality evaluation ACES. This is an acronym for showing a more dominant trait in one of the following areas: Accurate, Commanding, Encouraging or Swaying. Unlike other personality types tests, it does not need complicated psychological assessments.
Take it as a step in your journey of self- improvement. In this test, you can:
