Did you have to do a personality test on your last Team Building Exercise day? Ew.

Are you in the habit of saying the phrase, "I'm a ___(zodiac sign)___, I'm no good at ___(skill)___"? Sigh.

Does your Org hire, manage, and lead people by putting a lot of weight on their personalities being an issue rather than doing the much more useful work of building a learning culture? Boooooo!

Labels are usually unhelpful and limiting. They hold back growth and perpetuate phenomena that is often entirely constructed. We can do better as colleagues, managers, leaders, and humans by dropping the labels and applying an evidence-based understanding of ourselves and others.

Your 'personality' is a complex blend of environmental influence, learned behaviour, cultural norms, habits... and on and on. So, rather than adhere to the fixed mindset of a limiting label - let's learn how we can grow and evolve within the complex continuums we encompass.

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