- Business psychologist, Dr Lynda Shaw, unearthed ten office personality types
- ‘Grafter’, who gets their head down and is a safe pair of hands, takes top spot
- The ‘Big Talker’, the office show-off, is the most disliked person in the workplace
Every office is full of different personalities but have you ever stopped to work out which one you are and how you might be annoying your colleagues?
New research by business psychologist, Dr Lynda Shaw, has unearthed ten different personality types you’ll find in the office – and which are the most and least popular.
The research revealed the ‘Grafter’, who gets their head down and is a safe pair of hands, takes top spot as the most common character professionals come across – and respect – at work.
Business psychologist, Dr Lynda Shaw, has unearthed ten different personality types you’ll find in the office – and which are the most and least popular. So which one are YOU?
The ‘Chatterbox’, who is always in the kitchen gossiping, was the second most common, followed by the ‘Workaholic’ who makes work their life.
However, it is the ‘Big Talker’, the office show-off, which professionals find most tricky to work with. Meanwhile, the ‘Micromanager’ tops the list of the characters workers feel they need the most support to work alongside.
Discussing the new research on office personalities that she carried out alongside Premier Inn, Dr Lynda Shaw said: ‘It’s important to remember that every person is unique. We all have individual personalities and motivations which cause us to react differently in situations, be that at work or in our personal lives.
‘Thinking specifically about the workplace, it’s vital that we recognise and value these personal differences, because being able to anticipate how someone might react, and knowing how to handle individual personalities, can help us be successful at work.
‘There is no set of rules on how to navigate the workplace but there are some tips and tricks we can all benefit from.’