14: Creating Effective Teams Through Understanding Different Personalities with Dr. Stephanie Schoss
Clear the airShow Notes
Every day in the news, we hear about how divisive countries have become. In the workplace, relationship conflict is one of the most common issues individual employees and managers struggle with. Of course the holy grail we are all working towards is developing highly effective and collaborative teams to unlock innovation and productivity in the workplace. Here to tell us the secrets to making this happen through better understanding the different personality types out there is Dr. Stephanie Schoss!
About Stephanie:
Stephanie is a Chairwoman of her own business psychology company and Director at Switzerland’s HSG Executive School of Management responsible for high ranking C-Level and Board-level Programmes. Stephanie completed her studies at prestigious universities including Harvard and wrote her doctoral thesis about team effectiveness. Her main research and teaching focus is on team personality, self-leadership, and the effects of conflicts, empathy, and “we-consciousness” on team effectiveness. Besides her academic career, Stephanie is an active entrepreneur and a passionate (private and commercial) pilot and recognised as manager of the year in 2013 by Generation CEO.
In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions:
0:00 - Intro 02:00 - How Stephanie developed her interest in creating the blueprint of successful teams. 03:36 - How is personality defined? 05.20: What are the different personality types? 07:45 - How do you deal with misunderstanding in a diverse team? 08:20 - What is the secret to creating successful teams? 09:35 - 3 steps to resolving conflicts in a team using the “Clear the air” conflict management technique. 13:50 - Are personality tests like Myers Briggs helpful? 14:50 - What are the risks of using personality tests. 17:14 - What is the leadership of self mean? 18:50 - What are the different type of motives that gives us energy and brings us joy in life? 20:55 - How self awareness and self regulation makes you the best leader possible for others. 22:40 - How to give constructive feedback to your manager without causing any misunderstanding. 28:00 - Why conflict management technique starts with managing your own thoughts and emotions. 30:15 - What should you do when you have a toxic manager? 34:50 - Are younger generations less resilient than before leading to higher employer turnover? 37:35 - Does mental illness change your personality and vice versa? 42:30 - What is the best way to deal with someone’s strength or weakness? 45:25 - What is the neuroscience behind personality? 47:20 - How leaders use story telling to align employees internal purpose to motivate different personality types to achieve company goals. 50:45 - How leaders create psychologically safe workplace that gives employees the permission to bring their authentic self to work. 53:17 - What can you do to be more confident in who you are as a person? 56:05 - Should managers do anything if they feel their employees are not comfortable showing their real self? 57.55: What is Stephanie’s one well-being practice?
Learn more about Stephanie: https://es.unisg.ch/en/person/dr-schoss-stephanie/
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