Personality Lingo Blog
Were you born that way?
Ask any mother with more than one child, are their children’s personalities similar of different? They will tell you they are different and they could tell at birth!
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Unique as as fingerprint
Sometimes when people first learn about their personality they are surprised (if not down right skeptical) that there are only four fundamental personality styles.
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Your favorite flavor?
Your personality preferences are “a posteriori” knowledge, they are best discovered “from experience” as you correlate the concepts with your observed feelings or behaviors.
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Personality Labels
“My typology is far rather a critical apparatus serving to sort out and organize the welter of empirical material, but not in any sense to stick labels on people” -Jung
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More than just a quiz result?
While taking a single personality self-assessment can provide a snapshot into one’s personality, a more holistic exploration emerges through our 3-Step Personality Identification Method
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Letter Codes & Colors
References to letter codes and colors are often included alongside the Personality Lingo descriptor terms to correlate the concepts with the underlying theory.
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Audience-as-Experts
As trainers, we often have a tendency to assume that our role is to provide all of the information to our participants. However, it’s important to recognize that our participants can be valuable resources in their own right.
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Clearing up the Confusion
This illustrative Portrayal of an Extravert and an Introvert Trainer’s Tip offers a quick easy way to teach your participants to recognize Extraversion and Introversion. A great way to clear up the confusion of style misidentification.
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A Communication Quandary
Discussing personality types can seem like a foreign language to those that don’t understand the vocabulary of that particular system. Most of us are likely to embrace the first personality system we are exposed to.
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Cultivate Lasting Change
By applying key adult learning principles, our programs empower participants to explore personality dynamics in a way that is interactive, self-directed, and socially engaging – making personality insights meaningful and immediately useful.
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Happy in the Holidays
As the holidays approach each year, do you dread interacting with certain relatives? You get along well with distance between you, but put everyone in a room together and watch out. Use personality insights to keep the “happy” in your holidays.
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ACTIVITY: Step into Style
Ever wonder why some people greet you with a warm hug while others barely make eye contact? Why some greet with a formal handshake and others with a high-five? Explore physical interactions in this fun and enlightening activity.
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DISC Behavioral Framework
Ever wondered how the DISC behavioral framework compares to the Personality Lingo model? Although the DISC behavioral framework and the Personality Lingo system have different foundations, we can highlight some of the common overlaps.
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Enneagram & Human Design
When you encounter a new framework for understanding human behavior, one cannot help but wonder: How does this system compare to the one I already know? Where to begin when comparing Personality Lingo, the Enneagram, and Human Design…
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Jung Why & How?
In 1921, Carl Jung published his theory of Psychological Types. He was motivated, in large part, by a recurring problem he observed: many therapists unconsciously treated their own preferred function as the standard for “healthy thinking”.
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Trust in Healthcare
Explore how applying a values-based lens to familiar trust frameworks can support more intentional, responsive communication by clarifying what different individuals are responding to as interactions unfold.
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Cultural Course Correction
Stop asking people what personality type they are. Instead, start asking what they value. Think of personality frameworks as temporary structures that support the development of deeper self-awareness and social awareness.