PERSONALITY TOOLS AND PSYCHOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS
At Franklin Whybrow Consulting Ltd we are licensed, expert users of the following personality tools and psychometric instruments:
MBTI – Myers Briggs Type Indicator
Helps users identify their underlying personality type across the four dimensions of Extraversion/Introversion, Sensing/Intuition, Thinking/Feeling and Judging/Perceiving. Enables individuals and teams to develop self-awareness, recognise their own natural strengths and potential blind-spots, appreciate the different styles and contributions of different personalities, tailor communications and influencing style to different personality types and recognise potential areas of tension within a team.
FIRO-B – Fundamental Interpersonal Relationship Orientation – Behaviour
Helps users identify the nature and extent of their need for interpersonal interaction in the areas of Inclusion, Control and Affection and in terms of both ‘expressed’ and ‘wanted’ behaviours (what you exhibit to others and what you want others to exhibit towards you). Develops understanding of your own and others’ interpersonal needs, how you might perceive others and be perceived by others (depending on your interpersonal behaviour needs and theirs) and how tensions and misunderstandings can arise between perfectly well-meaning people.
OPQ – Occupational Personality Questionnaire
The OPQ is very widely used in selection but also has development applications. It predicts the preferences or behavioural traits of individuals in work situations in relation to 32 scales within the three broad areas of ‘Relationships with People’, ‘Thinking Style’ and ‘Feelings and Emotions’. The preferences of the individual are compared against a norm group of managerial/professional people and the OPQ profile indicates the extent to which the individual is more or less inclined towards a particular trait (such as ‘Persuasive’, ‘Outspoken’, ‘Democratic’, ‘Competitive’, ‘Optimistic’).
HDS – Hogan Development Survey
Primarily used at a leadership level, the HDS ‘Dark Side’ instrument considers eleven patterns of interpersonal behaviour which may have a positive effect on the development of the individual’s career but which in some circumstances can become counterproductive or even dysfunctional. These potential ‘de-railers’ will be most obvious to others when the individual has ‘let their guard down’ or otherwise become distracted or unconcerned about the social impression they are making – including times when they are stressed, tired, bored or seriously burdened by work or family pressure.
Each of the eleven HDS scales has a ‘double-barelled’ label representing the day-to-day strengths associated with that scale and the potential ‘dark side’: Enthusiastic-Volatile, Shrewd-Mistrustful, Careful-Cautious, Independent-Detached, Focused-Passive Aggressive, Confident-Arrogant, Charming-Manipulative, Vivacious-Dramatic, Imaginative-Eccentric, Diligent-Perfectionistic, Dutiful-Detached.
HPI – Hogan Personality Inventory
HPI is the ‘light side’ instrument which seeks to predict workplace preferences and behavioural traits in ‘normal’ work situations across seven ‘primary’ scales. These are labelled Adjustment, Ambition, Sociability, Agreeability, Prudence, Intellectance and Scholarship. The HPI also includes six ‘occupational scales’ which use the same questionnaire items to look at the broad areas of ‘Service Orientation’, ‘Stress Tolerance’, ‘Reliability’, ‘Clerical Potential’, ‘Sales Potential’ and ‘Managerial Potential’.
16PF
The 16PF is widely used in selection but also has development applications. It provides information about the behavioural preferences and style of the individual in work situations in relation to 16 ‘Primary Factors’ (Warmth, Reasoning, Emotional Stability, Dominance, Liveliness, Rule-Consciousness, Social Boldness, Sensitivity, Vigilance, Abstractedness, Privateness, Apprehension, Openness to Change, Self-Reliance, Perfectionism, Tension). It also links aspects of these sixteen primary factors to explore five ‘Global Factors’ of Extraversion, Anxiety, Tough-Mindedness, Independence and Self-Control.
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What MBTI type is Doctor Who? How are the MBTI preferences of Eddie Izzard and Jonathan Ross manifested in their ‘comedy’? Which HDS ‘Dark Side’ behaviours did Fabio Capello exhibit during the 2010 World Cup? How might FIRO-B explain the break-up of The Smiths?
We often use the blog on our home page to explore aspects of these personality and psychometric tools in a way which we hope will entertain, enlighten and stimulate. So if you haven’t read some of our blog posts, why not go back to the home page and take a look?