TYPES OF

PERSONALITIES AND
WAYS OF DEALING
THEM IN CROSS
CULTURE
 What is Personality
The word personality itself stems
from the Latin word persona,
which referred to a theatrical
mask worn by performers in order
to either project different roles or
disguise their identities.
Personality is made up of the
characteristic patterns of
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
that make a person unique.
Types of Personality
Achiever Consistency
Activator Developer
Adaptability Focus
Analytical
Belief
Command
Communication
Competition
Achiever
People especially talented in the Achiever theme have a
great deal of stamina and work hard. They take great
satisfaction from being busy and productive.

Activator
People especially talented in the Activator theme can
make things happen by turning thoughts into action.
They are often impatient.
Adaptability
People especially talented in the Adaptability theme
prefer to “go with the flow.” They tend to be “now”
people who take things as they come and discover the
future one day at a time.

Analytical
People especially talented in the Analytical theme
search for reasons and causes. They have the ability
to think about all the factors that might affect a
situation.
Belief
People especially talented in the Belief theme have
certain core values that are unchanging. Out of these
values emerges a defined purpose for their life.

Command
People especially talented in the Command theme
have presence. They can take control of a situation
and make decisions.
Communication
People especially talented in the Communication theme
generally find it easy to put their thoughts into words.
They are good conversationalists and presenters.

Competition
People especially talented in the Competition theme
measure their progress against the performance of
others. They strive to win first place and revel in
contests.
Consistency
People especially talented in the Consistency theme are
keenly aware of the need to treat people the same. They
try to treat everyone in the world with consistency by
setting up clear rules and adhering to them.

Focus
People especially talented in the Focus theme can take a
direction, follow through, and make the corrections
necessary to stay on track. They prioritize, then act.
Developer

People especially talented in the Developer theme

recognize and cultivate the potential in others. They spot
the signs of each small improvement and derive
satisfaction from these improvements.
The Inspector
Highly organised and hard
worker, the inspector pays great
attention to upholding social
and cultural responsibilities.
They are deep-thinkers with
clear views of right and wrong.
The Inspector is trustworthy,
intimidating and reserved.
 The Inspector
Introvert: Comfortable being alone. Process thought internally.
Need time alone to recharge.

Sensing: Aware of, and trusting facts, past experience and present
Realities. Is often observant, realistic and pragmatic.

Thinking: Makes decision based on logic rather than emotion.

Ruled by the head not the heart.

Judging: Organized, strategic, and disciplined. Like to use

checklists and Stick to schedules. Like to be prepare and plan ahead.
The Mastermind
The Mastermind are ambitious, self confident,
deliberate and long range thinkers. They live in a
world of ideas, analysis and strategy. They tend to
high intelligent and that combined with their
natural intuition makes them great thinkers. Able
to develop ingenious plan, they don’t always find
social situation easily. They are:
Intuitive: Imaginative, creative, introspective.
Good at analysis of complex topics. Focuses on the
future instead of the present
Introvert: Comfortable being alone. Process
thought internally. Need time alone to recharge.
The Performer
Performer have an Extraverted, Observant, Feeling and
Perceiving personality, and are commonly seen as
Entertainers. They are thoughtful explorers who love learning
and sharing what they learn with others. Born to be in front
of others and to capture the stage. They love people and new
experience. The life and soul of any party and their strong
interpersonal skills make them fun to be around.
The Performer
Extravert: like to be around people. Active has high energy.
Like to take initiative and talk more than listen.
Feeling: Uses personal values and subjective criteria to make
decision. Ruled by the heart not the head and prefer to avoid
argument and conflict.
Perceiving: Preferring spontaneity, flexibility and keeping
option open. Being adaptable and going with flow. Playful, less
aware of time.
The Thinker
They love patterns, have a keen eye for
picking up on discrepancies, and a good
ability to analyze people and situation.
The Thinker are arguably most logical
minded of all the personality type.
Usually they are very independent and
unconventional and share to others what
is on their mind. They are insightful,
logical and observant and also:
Introvert
intuitive
The Supervisor
The supervisor is an organized, honest,
traditional, principled and a hard worker. He
take pride in what he does and what he believes
in. Being a role model, hard worker, organizer
and also is an natural-born leader. He has the
innate ability to take on difficult challenges and
make them look simple and easy. They have
Extrovert

Sensing

Thinking
The Champion

The Champion have an Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling

and Perceiving personality. This personality type is
highly individualistic and Champions strive toward
creating their own methods, looks, actions, habits, and
ideas. They operate from their feelings most of the time,
and they are highly perceptive and thoughtful. Their
enthusiasm lends them the ability to inspire and
motivate others.
The Giver
They are extroverted, idealistic, charismatic,
outspoken, highly principled and ethical, and
usually know how to connect with others no
matter their background or personality. The
Giver tend to live in their imagination rather
than in the real world. Instead of focusing on
living in the “now” and what is currently
happening and also good communicator and
open minded. They have:

Intuitive

Feeling

Judging
The Provider
They are social butterflies, and their need to interact with
others and make people happy usually ends up making them
popular. They are primarily focused on organizing social
events for their families, friends and communities. ESFJ is a
common personality type and one that is liked by many
people. ESFJ are sensitive, energetic, helpful and sociable.
Provider takes up the role of social contributor. They have
Extravert
Feeling
Sensing
Judging
The Nurturer
The Nurturer are philanthropists and they are always ready to give
back and return generosity with even more generosity. The people and
things they believe in will be upheld and supported with enthusiasm
and unselfishness. ISFJs are warm and kind-hearted. They value
harmony and cooperation, and are likely to be very sensitive to other
people’s feelings. People value the ISFJ for their consideration and
awareness, and their ability to bring out the best in others. They have

Introvert

Sensing

Feeling

Judging
The Visionary
Those with the ENTP personality are some of the rarest
in the world, which is completely understandable.
Although they are extroverts, they don’t enjoy small
talk and may not thrive in many social situations,
especially those that involve people who are too
different from the ENTP. ENTPs are intelligent and
knowledgeable need to be constantly mentally
stimulated. They are logical, rational, and objective in
their approach to information and arguments. They
have:
Extravert
Intuitive
Thinking
perceiving
Why Does Personality Matter?

 Predict behavior.
 Manage behavior.
 Interact with others.
PERSONALITY AND
CROSS CULTURE
Personality and Cross Culture

In a workplace and other places we find

people from different cultures, and we see a
lot of emphasis given on the cultural
diversity around and everyone in this world
has got a personality . Understanding different
cultures and personality is important so that
we do not offend others and communicate
effectively
How to find different personality
To deal with different and difficult personality is need
to know the personality of others. Big five model of
personality can help to find personality.
Human resources professionals often use the Big Five
personality dimensions to help place employees. That is
because these dimensions are considered to be the
underlying traits that make up an individual’s overall
personality.