The Best Personality Assessment for Leadership Development (And When to Use Each One)

In this episode of Leading in Change, Adrian Owen Jones and Melissa Thompson break down the most commonly used personality assessments for leadership development — and give you a practical framework for figuring out which one is actually right for your situation. If you've ever done a personality assessment with your team and watched the results collect dust on a shelf six months later, if you're trying to decide between tools like DISC, CliftonStrengths, MBTI, or Working Genius and don't know where to start, or if your team keeps clashing and you can't quite put your finger on why, this episode will give you the clarity to choose the right tool, use it the right way, and make the insights actually stick. Adrian and Melissa walk through six assessments — CliftonStrengths, Hogan, DISC, MBTI, Enneagram, and Working Genius — covering what each one is best for, what the research says about their validity, the one rule that applies to all of them, and what a genuinely good debrief looks like that turns a one-time session into real behavior change. If you want to understand your team better and actually lead more effectively as a result, this is a must-watch.📥 Free Leadership Resources https://successlabs.com/resources📩 Sign up for our newsletter: https://successlabs.com/newsletter✅ Follow Success Labs: https://www.instagram.com/success_labs https://www.tiktok.com/@successlabshqhttps://www.facebook.com/successlabs🎵 Music recorded at Otaku Sound. Musical composition by Matt Lowery. Executive producers, Olive Lowery and Caroline Lowery. Featuring James Tiberius Kirk Madison Monroe.