- So now you've seen how extroversion and conscientiousness
can have an impact on how you view your work.
But there's other parts of HEXACO
that can also have an impact.
The A in HEXACO stands for Agreeableness.
This is about how flexible you are with your coworkers.
The O in HEXACO stands for Openness to Experience.
This is about how open and creative you are with your work.
Agreeableness can be a huge asset,
especially when you're working for a large organization.
In larger organizations, people who go along to get along
are usually easy to work with
and are often promoted to middle management.
The HEXACO model calls this your flexibility.
People who score higher on a flexibility scale
are less likely to argue with their coworkers.
On the other hand, people who score lower
on their flexibility scale can be seen as stubborn.
Now it's important to keep in mind
that it's not necessarily a great quality
to be flexible and agreeable.
Organizations need people who can ask difficult questions.
So even though you might need these people,
they might not always be the first people to be promoted.
So when you're thinking about your work,
you have to consider how agreeable you are.
Do you go along to get along?
Or you tend to push back and ask questions?
Many people are in between,
but you usually tend to be on one side of the scale
or the other.
If you're very agreeable,
then you might have an easier time
working a larger organization.
You also might have a much easier time
participating in remote meetings.
People who are very agreeable
tend to add just a little bit of information,
and they won't steer the meeting off course.
If you're not very flexible or agreeable,
then remote meetings might be a real nightmare.
You're much more likely to see them as a waste of time
that's not communicating much information,
so you should try to attend small or remote meetings
with no more than four people.
You should also try to have smaller brainstorming meetings
with just a few people.
Another personality trait that might impact how you work
is your openness to experience.
Now in a HEXACO model,
this isn't the same as trying pineapple on your pizza.
Instead, this is about creativity and unconventionality.
If you score high on the creativity scale,
then you're going to always be looking for new ways
to solve problems.
If you score lower on creativity,
then you might be happier just using a standard process.
People who score lower on creativity
will often find a lot of satisfaction creating processes
or standard operating procedures.
So if that's you, then you might really enjoy working
as an administrator or middle manager.
People who score higher on creativity
will often gravitate more towards engineering fields
or software development.
If you're open to new experiences,
then you might also be very unconventional.
These are people who seek out strange or uncommon solutions.
If you're an unconventional thinker,
then you might really enjoy working in finance or design.
If you score lower on unconventional thinking,
then you might really enjoy working closely
with a like-minded group.
So depending on how agreeable
or open to new experiences you are,
you can really go in many different directions
while looking for the most satisfying work.