There’s a problem with the team. They’re not performing as effectively as we would expect…
Tempting perhaps to reach for the psychometric profiling tools to understand who’s doing what and why.
But there’s a danger…
The results of profiling are almost bound to reinforce the problem patterns because they give the individuals involved greater reason, justification even, for being the way they are.
Sure…
They may become more aware of their traits and choose to change them—that is a possible outcome.
But it might be better just to build their flexibility in the first place; to coach them in different ways of showing up in the world.