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Understand brain preferences to build better workplace relationships

Author: Andy Pan
by Andy Pan
Posted: Oct 17, 2016

Healthy productive relationships with our co-workers are an essential ingredient in building quality workplaces. It has become apparent that relationships amongst co-workers are of utmost importance in getting the best out of employees.

In a recent research study done at IBM, a group of MIT researchers spent a whole year following 2,600 employees and observing their social ties in the corporation. Eventually, they found that the more socially connected the IBM employees were, the better they performed. Statistically and specifically, the researchers could even quantify that on average, every e-mail contact was actually worth an additional USD948 in revenue!

Let’s face it – at the very core, we humans are naturally social creatures who crave for positive interactions with others, just like food and water. Who enjoys having an argument? Today, the workplace has evolved into one where positive relationships with co-workers can serve as a significant emotional compensation.

But how can we turn this desirable ideal into reality?

Perhaps one of the most effective ways is through understanding how others and we prefer to think and act. Through such an awareness, we can better understand how we each see the world through our own lens, and put our perceptions of others into perspective so that misunderstandings can be prevented, leading to improved relationships.

To this end, organisations like Western Union use a curiously robust psychometric instrument called the Emergenetics Profile to help employees adopt a more holistic view of individual and team working styles so as to build more positive working cultures.

Developed by Dr Geil Browning and Dr Wendell Williams, the Emergenetics Profile is a result of research grounded in brain science theories and measures four thinking (Analytical, Structural, Social and Conceptual) and three behavioural (Expressiveness, Assertiveness, Flexibility) attributes.

Premised on the belief that our patterns of thinking and behaviour emerge from our genetic blue-print and life experiences, the Emergenetics Profile not only reports what an individual’s preferences are when it comes to thinking and behaving, but also how his or her preferences compare to co-workers and the general population at large.

BROWNING’S AND WILLIAMS’ RESEARCH REVEAL THAT MOST OF THE TIME, PEOPLE WITH ANALYTICAL THINKING MAY PREFER TO:

  • Make decisions based on objectivity and facts
  • Formulate systems
  • Solve problems through careful observation and the use of data
  • Learn through mental analysis
  • Ask questions like "What is the return on investment?" or "Where is the evidence?"

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