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Big 5 personality traits

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Big 5 personality traits
by Deborah Bell

Can you change your personality?

For most of the Big Five domains Read More, the answer appears to be yes, but… It’s important to follow through! That was one of main findings of a recent study¹ that examined participants over a 15-week period. Individuals who accepted and completed a greater number of weekly behavioral challenges – which involved displaying specific, […]

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Big 5 personality traits
by Deborah Bell

Building High Performing Remote Teams

Some people are naturally wired to thrive in a remote role. Others are less well-suited, and many will need support from their leader to do their best work.  That’s why it’s essential to know how your candidates and current team members are wired, and how your leaders are leading. In this article, we explain the 6 Cs […]

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Big 5 personality traits
by Deborah Bell

The Predictive Power of Personality

Do you believe in taking ibuprofen to relieve or prevent pain or in taking an antihistamine to relieve or prevent symptoms of allergies? Then you should also believe in using a Big Five/Five-Factor Model personality measure as part of your hiring process, and you can expect considerably more powerful results. Because unlike the MBTI, Enneagram, […]

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Big 5 personality traits
by Keith Francoeur

5 Reasons to replace the MBTI with “The Big 5″  

In 2013, Adam Grant wrote an article for Psychology Today called “Goodbye to MBTI, the Fad That Won’t Die.”  Unfortunately, it seems like little progress has been made between then and now.  The Problem There is overwhelming consensus among personality researchers that personality is hierarchically structured and consists of at least five broad and essential […]

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