Discuss why as manager you would want to know your employee

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The Big Five Personality Dimensions

Various personality dimensions have been distilled into a list of factors known as the Big Five.
The Big Five personality dimensions are (1) extroversion, (2) agreeableness,
(3) conscientiousness, (4) emotional stability, and (5) openness to experience.
- Extroversion is how outgoing, talkative, sociable, and assertive a person is.
- Agreeableness is how trusting, good-natured, cooperative, and soft-hearted one is.
- Conscientiousness is how dependable, responsible, achievement-oriented, and persistent one is.
- Emotional stability is how relaxed, secure, and unworried one is.
- Openness to experience is how intellectual, imaginative, curious, and broad-minded one is.
Dimensions in the Big Five have been associated with performance, leadership behavior, turnover, creativity, and workplace safety.
Here is a free online resource (among many that are out there) where you can get a quick assessment of where you may fall on the Big 5:
Note: Your use of this tool should be for educational or entertainment purposes only. The results of this test are not psychological or psychiatric advice of any kind and come with no guarantee of accuracy or fitness for a particular purpose.

Questions:

Discuss why as manager you would want to know your employee's Big Five personality dimensions.
Describe a time where your personality helped you to better perform at your job (or at school).
Describe a time where your personality may have negatively impacted your performance at your job (or at school).

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