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BY TRACI TENHULZEN CGA, CAPS 2017 REMODELERS COUNCIL CHAIR TENHULZEN RESIDENTIAL D iff ering workplace personalities can cause challenges. They also can be benefi cial for creating balance. Good working relationships between employees are crucial to a company's success. Learning to appreciate and work with diff erent personalities contributes to a positive work environment with less personality-related stress and fewer misunderstandings. In a residential remodeling business (or any workplace), personality confl icts can have a ripple eff ect on the outcome of projects and a negative impact on client relationships. Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it. On the fl ip side, diff erent personalities can be great for a DON'T MISS THE RC AND PWB JOINT DINNER The Remodelers Council and Professional Women in Building join forces June 22 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Bellevue for a dinner presentation "Women in the Remodeling Industry - Partnerships in the Workplace." Learn how various personality types can aff ect a business from three couples who work together. JUNE 22, 2017 workplace because they allow for many opinions and ideas. Each personality type comes with its own talents. Having staff with diverse personalities and temperaments creates a well-rounded workplace. For a business to be successful, each personality type needs to be recognized. This helps people make sense of why a coworker acts as they do, as personalities refl ect relatively stable diff er- ences in what motivates people. A great place to start is with The Big Five personality characteristics: 1 Extroversion refl ects the degree to which people like to be the center of attention. 2 Agreeableness refl ects how much people want others to like them. 3 Conscientious people are driven to complete the tasks they start and follow rules. 4 Openness to experience refl ects people's willingness to consider new ideas. 5 Emotional stability is represented by the energy fl ow created by emotional reactions to successes and failures. To increase this understanding among co-workers, have employees take a free personality test. 16personalities.com is a good one. Then, pair your traits with an animal that suits you at personalitygrowth.com/ myers-briggs-mbti- spirit-animals. Once your staff has this aware ness, watch their behavior for a better understanding of how others react diff erently to situations than you would. You can also use this knowledge to fi nd tasks and settings in which individuals are likely to excel. Above all, people just want to be heard. People have diff erent strengths; that's the value of a team. Everyone needs to respect each other's strengths, seek input, and work together. No matter which personalities show up in a workplace, there are always going to be people who don't get along and individuals that are harder to deal with. But just arming yourself and your employees with this awareness will make dealing with diffi cult personalities easier. Personalities in the Workplace People have different strengths; that's the value of working on a team. Everyone needs to respect each other's strengths, seek input, and work together. 16 master builder SUMMER 2017 WOrds FrOm tHe CHair