Practical tools for everyday work tasks

You may have heard it said – "If your only tool is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail."

But the people you work with are not “one-size-fits-all”! Some may be nails, but you also probably work with some screws, some door knobs, several vise grips, and even a few light bulbs. To be effective in your work, you need to have the right tools – ways of interacting with different kinds of colleagues.

If you’re like most people, you learned to do your job by listening to and watching others, noticing what they did that worked and what didn’t. The “tools” you now use are likely to be the things you saw that have worked for you. You probably use . . .
The kind of information you find persuasive
The way of making decisions that you trust
The kinds of interaction and feedback that make you feel counted
The things that motivate you to do your best work

The Problem?
Many of your colleagues are different from you in one or more of these areas. Your task is to “do unto others as they would be done unto” – to have a variety of tools on hand to deal effectively with people who are different from you.

The MBTI® instrument identifies “psychological types” – normal, valuable differences between people. Using this knowledge means you have a tool-kit of effective ways to approach the everyday tasks of your job and the people with whom you work.

We’ve put together a toolkit that will allow clients to leverage colleagues’ differences – to choose ways to interact that respect individuality and create a motivated, productive work team.

Topics Include:

Tool # 1: Your Work Style:
apply your knowledge of yourself to your MBTI results
consider feedback you’ve received
ask a trusted colleague(s) to help

Tool # 2: Your colleagues and leaders are different p. 8
In interaction and processing style
In the kind of information they want
In the way they make decisions
In their organizing style

Armed with this perspective, make use of the specific tools:
Using differences constructively Tool # 3
Improving communication Tool # 4
Leading effective meetings Tool # 5
Giving useful feedback Tool # 6
Dealing with conflicts Tool # 7
Leveraging differences to solve problems Tool # 8
Managing schedules and deadlines Tool # 9
Stress Tool # 10
Leadership styles Tool # 11
Motivating others Tool # 12

Contact us to find how you can help yourself and your colleagues be more effective at work.