Interview With Merrick Rosenberg

A lot of the conflicts and disagreements in teams and relationships can be due to a personality clash.

Merrick Rosenberg, a personality specialist, entrepreneur, and author is our guest today! In this episode, he shares his journey into working with more than half of Fortune 100’s companies through his personality workshops. Merrick believes that a team without conflict is a team without creativity. He also shares the four personality birds and their traits, you can learn to identify them with his explanation! He gives examples of how the personality birds have been used in companies and relationships, under stress, and more!

Leaders create an environment they want to work in. Tune in to this episode and discover your bird type!

About our Guest - Merrick Rosenberg

Merrick Rosenberg co-founded Team Builders Plus in 1991 and Take Flight Learning in 2012. He is the author of Personality Wins, The Chameleon and Taking Flight, three books about personality. Under Merrick’s leadership as CEO of Take Flight Learning, his company has been selected as the New Jersey Business of the Year and named one of the Fastest Growing Companies and Best Places to Work in the Philadelphia area. Merrick received his MBA from Drexel University who recognized him as the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year. Merrick has worked with more than half of the Fortune 100 companies in the US and around the world.

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Key Take-Aways

• How beneficial it can be to understand the personality style of oneself and others around us.

• What are the four personality styles and their connection to birds.

• How leaders can tap into any of the four personality birds.

• How to identify the four personality birds to learn to interact and adapt according to the environment.

• Why anyone can be a strong leader disregarding their personality bird.

Resources

• Connect and Follow Merrick on LinkedIn

• Find more information about Merrick on his website

• Train your Personality type with Take Flight at: https://www.takeflightlearning.com/

• Find all of Merrick’s books here

• Discover the Beauty of Conflict Team Kit here

• The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team’s Competitive Advantage by CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke

• Download How to Talk about Difficult Topics today!

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CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke

Coaches, Business Consultants, Speakers and Authors of The Beauty of Conflict

CrisMarie and Susan work with leaders and teams, couples in business, and professional women.

They help turnaround dysfunctional teams into high-performing, cohesive teams who trust each other, deal with differences directly, and have clarity and alignment on their business strategy, so they create great results.

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