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Personality-Driven Leadership training

Five microlessons on leading different personalities, from DISC and Myers Briggs to managing difficult people, with a situational test.

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Personality-Driven Leadership: Leveraging Individual Strengths for Team Success course preview
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About this course

What the Personality-Driven Leadership course covers

This course covers how leaders get the best from different personalities in five microlessons. It's built for managers and team leads, and covers DISC profiles, communicating with the four behavioral types, Tuckman's stages of team development, the Myers Briggs personality test, and managing mavericks, cynics and other difficult personalities. It ends with a situational test about leading a team of strong personalities.

Learning outcomes

What your people will be able to do

  • Use DISC profiles to adapt how you manage each person
  • Communicate well with each of the four behavioral types
  • Apply Tuckman's stages of team development to your own team
  • Explain the Myers Briggs preference pairs and personality types
  • Manage difficult personalities and channel their strengths
  • Play to individual strengths to lift the team's performance
Course contents

5 microlessons

Each microlesson is a short, TikTok-style video lesson, with knowledge checks along the way.

1A Manager's Guide to DISC for Personality-Powered Leadership
2Mastering the Art of Critical Communication: Navigating the Four Behavioral Types
3Tuckman Model
4What Is the Myers Briggs Personality Test?
5Leading the Unleadable: How to Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, and Other Difficult People

  1. A Manager's Guide to DISC for Personality-Powered Leadership: How managers use DISC profiles to tailor their approach and lift performance.
  2. Mastering the Art of Critical Communication: Navigating the Four Behavioral Types: How to communicate well with each of the four behavioral types.
  3. Tuckman Model: Tuckman's stages of team development and how teams move through them.
  4. What Is the Myers Briggs Personality Test?: Where Myers Briggs comes from, its preference pairs and the personality types.
  5. Leading the Unleadable: How to Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, and Other Difficult People: How to manage difficult personalities and channel their talents.
Audience

Who should take this course

Who it's for

  • Managers and team leads with a mix of strong personalities
  • New managers learning how to lead different people
  • HR and L&D teams building team effectiveness
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training days saved across the first-time manager cohort

  • 13 first-time managers trained
  • 1 hour a fortnight, instead of half-day sessions

Getting every manager into a three-hour session was near impossible, so we flipped it: bite-sized lessons first, then one hour together every two weeks. Our managers now bring me solutions, not problems.

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LeadershipLeadership Development SaaS 83%

less leadership training time, from 24 hours to 4 hours a quarter

  • 100% voluntary retention
  • Zero drop-offs from the program

Switching to 5Mins cut our online training time from 24 hours to 4 per quarter, and our live sessions got better. We kept 100% voluntary retention and saw zero drop-offs.

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LeadershipLeadership Development MedTech, 45,000+ employees 50%

shorter program, from 5 months to under 3

  • 4.4/5 program rating from participants
  • 2 weeks between modules, instead of a month

5Mins was the missing piece in our global HR program. Releasing a module every two weeks instead of every month cut the program from five months to just under three, without losing quality.

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Your questions answered

Questions about Personality-Driven Leadership training

How long is the Personality-Driven Leadership course?

It's made up of 5 microlessons, each under 5 minutes, plus a situational test. Learners can finish it in one sitting or spread it over a few days, and 5Mins sends reminders until it is done.

How are learners assessed?

The course ends with a situational test: a realistic workplace scenario, with questions on how you would handle it.

What does the course cover?

DISC profiles for managers, communicating with the four behavioral types, Tuckman's model of team development, the Myers Briggs personality test, and managing mavericks, cynics, divas and other difficult people.

Who should take Personality-Driven Leadership training?

Managers, team leads and senior leaders who want to understand what drives each person on their team and build stronger team dynamics.

Does the course include a personality test?

No. It explains how DISC and Myers Briggs work and how leaders can use them, but it doesn't profile your people. It focuses on adapting your leadership style to the people you lead.

Can I try the course first?

Yes. Request a free sample lesson and book a short demo with our team. After your demo, we'll share sample lessons with you so you can see the format for yourself.

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