Transparency and Personality Tests
I was reminded this morning of my rule about personality/psychological tests in the workplace: This isn’t strip poker.
In Plain english: If you do personality testing of any type, the results should be shared only with those who agree to share their test results with you.
Make a safe environment for using test results to improve performance and engage everyone’s “Jazz.”
If my supervisor gets to see my testing results, I should be shown theirs as well. Heck, what a great way to see how best to interact with my supervisor! Does this make managers squirm? If it does, just exactly how are the tests being used? Do folks need help interpreting the results?
After one especially trying corporate retreat, I found myself with a shingle outside my door as traumatized employees and managers trooped in with results they’d been left to interpret as damning. The consultant scared folks to death with incompetent interpretation of the results. (Read on ...)
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