Looking at Personality Inclusive Workplaces
Do you ever have that experience when you read a blog and it just speaks to you? Shout out to Nate Regier and the team at Next Element. Nate posted last week – 10 Commandments For a Personality Inclusive Workplace. You’ll hear more from me soon about inclusivity as I start sharing what our BLM working party is putting into place – it’s been such an insightful and challenging journey. Today is a different take on inclusion and how it can start with personalities. Reading this article, I was reminded we don’t all learn the same, we don’t all celebrate the same, we don’t all think the same.
And of course, this applies to not only our work life but our home life too. Until I did the PCM course in Auckland last year, I could not fathom why my boyfriend would jump out at me from behind the door and find it hilarious – every time! He’s 50 (and gorgeous!) and I just didn’t get it…. And needless to say, I’d jump every time! He would never get tired of fun. As I had an insight into his personality, I saw that for him as a rebel in the PCM framework that I understood that’s how he thrives and connects.
It’s the same for people on my team and of course, learners we work with. We can self-impose our own way of learning and thriving in others. And before I have Will Thalheimer and Matt Ritcher – the learning styles debunkers onto me, this isn’t a plug for learning styles!
It’s about letting individuals run their own race in their own way. I think it’s one of the things I love about working with Coach M – our learning transfer chatbot. A good open question leaves for the learner to share what it means to them personally, which is more powerful than any advice or ideas I could ever share… especially once you get them talking. It’s like magic.
Here’s to keeping focused on supporting individuals in the way they want to work AND learn. Thanks, Nate.
If you want to find out more about PCM, I’m happy to share my experience, or in the AMERICA’s, talk to Nate Regier and the team at Next Element, in EUROPE reach out to PCM Communications and in ASIA/PAC, Andrea Naef at PCM Oceania is your contact. I highly recommend this powerful framework.
And of course, Coach M can support learning transfer anywhere.
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