Description: 

 Personality Styles - Adapting to Different Types of Personalities for Improved Relationships and Interactions provides guidance for effectively adapting to various personality styles. Every individual has a dominant personality style, which includes relevant strengths and weaknesses. Effective interactions require individuals to adapt behaviors to complement, balance or counteract the traits of others. 

Learning Objectives:
After attending this presentation you will be able to...

• Recognize four primary personality styles, including relative strengths and weaknesses
• Identify what traits you and others demonstrate
• List factors to consider to more effectively communicate and otherwise interact with others
• Recall best practices for modifying personal behaviors in appropriate circumstances to result in better situational outcomes with others

Program Content:

The major topics covered in this class include:

• Defining primary personality style characteristics
• Determining your own primary personality style and the style of others
• Effectively adapting for improving interactions with various personality styles
• Leveraging strengths and minimizing the negative impact of personality weaknesses
• Applying personality style analysis to real-life situations involving clients, staff, peers and superiors

Who should attend:  Accountants with responsibilities for effectively interacting with others

Developed By: Emergent Solutions Group LLC

Instructor: Jennifer F. Louis, CPA

CPE Credit: 2.0

Field of Study: Personal Development (2 CPE)

Prerequisites: None

Advanced Preparation: None

Format: QAS Self Study