In any field of work and in day-to-day life, getting along with others is critical. When we get along with others, we work better, communicate effectively, are more productive, more engaged, and happier overall. But have you ever clashed with someone because your personalities were so different? This can be a problem as it creates miscommunication and small upsets that build up over time. However, there's a way to overcome this. Understanding your own personality style, or behavioral style, and the personality and behavioral styles of others helps you know how to adapt your style to get along with almost anyone.

Part of HRDQ's best-selling Style Suite, What's My Style is a personality style assessment for management development training. Individuals will identify their personality style, improve their people skills, learn how personality drives behavior, and improve interpersonal interactions.

By responding to a simple 18-item inventory, participants will be able to learn their preference for one of four basic behavioral styles, see how a preferred style affects behavior, and discover how to capitalize on strengths and combat weaknesses to create greater success in their lives.

The purpose of What’s My Style is to help participants capitalize on the strengths and limit the weaknesses of their personality styles.

What's My Style starts with a style assessment in which individuals are given 18 pairs of adjectives. With a limit of five points, learners distribute points between the two adjectives in each pair – indicating the degree to which they feel the word describes their behavior. Completion of this assessment takes approximately 10 minutes, and scoring the assessment reveals a dominant preference for one or more four personal styles:

• Spirited
• Direct
• Considerate
• Systematic

By the end of this assessment, participants will:

• Pinpoint one of four style preferences.
• Discover how style affects behavior.
• Recognize the strengths and weaknesses of each style.
• Learn how to interact with different styles.

What's My Style is appropriate for anyone to use for both personal and management development. The style assessment can be used as a standalone training assessment, or it can be incorporated into a more comprehensive training program. It makes an effective foundation component for a variety of soft skills training topics, including:

• Communication
• Leadership
• Team building (We recommend team building training courses)
• Supervisory skills

Onsite Print Facilitator Guide: Order One per Trainer

The Facilitator Guide includes everything you need to lead a successful training session, from comprehensive background information and activities to detailed instructions for administering the assessment and leading the workshop.

Every Style Suite Onsite Print Facilitator Guide comes with sample Style accessories, including 1 Style Model Wall Poster, 1 Style HRDQue Card, and 1 Sheet of Style Stickers. Additional digital Facilitator Support Materials are delivered via email upon order completion. This includes a PowerPoint Presentation, Learning Overview, Theory Background, FAQ, Certificate of Achievement, Program Evaluation, and a sample copy of the Online Assessment Report.

Onsite Print Assessment 5-Pack: Order One Pack for up to Five Participants

The print assessment is ideal for facilitators who prefer to oversee the scoring and administration of the assessment if you don't know who the participants will be before the class begins or if your learners do not have easy access to computers. It includes pressure-sensitive forms for scoring to aid manual tabulation.

Online Assessment Credit for Administrators: Order One per Participant

You can purchase credits here for the online version of this assessment, which is administered to participants through the HRDQ Assessment Center and includes personalized reporting, full-color charts, interpretive information, worksheets, and action planning. A detailed report is delivered electronically to the facilitator/administrator when complete.

Style Suite HRDQue Cards

An excellent takeaway for participants, each 4" x 6" HRDQue Card is a quick-reference tool that features the HRDQ Style Model, summarizes each style, and lists their characteristics. Style HRDQue Cards are available for purchase in 5-packs.

Style Suite Stickers

Style Suite Stickers are a perfect way to liven up your next session! Participants have fun and engage more when their own personality is on display. They also serve as a friendly reminder that flexing one's style is the key to effectively working with other employees. One 5-pack of Style Suite Sticker Sheets provides 100 stickers total (25 of each Style).

Style Model Wall Poster

The 17" x 22" poster can be used as a quick reference and visual aid during the workshop. The reverse side features the HRDQ Experiential Learning Model. Additional copies of the poster are available for purchase, as many facilitators tell us they like to display training posters at various locations in the workplace.

QuickStart Train-the-Trainer: 1-Hour Virtual Coaching Session for This Product

QST is a convenient, one-hour virtual coaching session for first-time facilitators of this product. You'll receive personalized, one-on-one coaching with a subject matter expert who will get you up to speed quickly and accurately so you can step into the onsite with confidence. We'll answer all your questions about the facilitation of the product. And you can add additional coaching hours as needed. Your coaching session can be provided by telephone or video call and at a time of your choosing.

Facilitators will also receive an HRDQ Certificate of Completion for completing the QuickStart session.

Dr. Eileen M. Russo is the former vice president of research and development for HRDQ. She has a Ph.D. in social psychology with a minor in organizational behavior and an MS in social psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as a BA in psychology from Fairfield University. Her work includes research in social influence, group behavior, decision making, and perceptions of control at work. As vice president of research and development, Dr. Russo was responsible for overseeing the development of HRDQ products. She is the author of many HRDQ products, including What's My Style, What's My Communication Style and the Supervisory Skills Questionnaire.

Additional Product Resources

• Blog post | "What Your Personality Style Says About You"