Why do we talk about behaviour?
Behaviour change – why do we talk about behaviour and not skills or knowledge? Why don’t we just call ourselves change management consultants? We believe that behaviour is where the rubber hits the road, there is no point in giving someone the skills and knowledge and the resources, if they don’t actually do anything different on a day to day basis…
How do you go about ensuring someone's behaviour gets changed? Often to change the ‘do’ part of someone’s behaviour you need to look a little deeper at what their values and beliefs are, how they see themselves and what they want to ‘be'
What is the difference between behaviour and personality?
Personality is a stable, consistent pattern of thoughts, behaviors and emotions. Behavior is an expression of personality in context. Understanding behavior determines how a given personality will react or behave in certain situations or circumstances.
A person generally described as "calm, warm and friendly" might become "tense and explosive" in a stressful situation. Another person appearing to have the same personality traits may thrive and do amazing things in the same situation.
So simply understanding one's personality traits has limited value in the workplace, team environment, or relationship. Behavioral assessments provide much more value in improving the effectiveness of human interaction in any environment
