Coming Up Next: What Challenges Do You Face as a Leader?

Introducing Our New “Leadership Challenges” Series

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Ever wonder why certain leadership situations feel harder for you than they seem to be for others? Or why you keep hitting the same walls no matter how hard you try?

Your personality type can have a lot to do with it.

Next month, we’re taking a break from our regular format to deliver something different – and something I think you’ll find incredibly useful.

We’ll be publishing 16 type-specific articles that reveal the leadership obstacles each personality type faces. You’ll discover what’s likely tripping you up, why it keeps happening, and – most importantly – what to do about it.

Plus, you’ll gain insight into how your colleagues and friends might be struggling in completely different ways.

This new series starts Friday, November 28. Be sure you’re subscribed to participate.

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What’s Coming Up

Throughout December, we’ll explore the specific leadership challenges that come with your personality type.

By understanding what typically trips up your type – and why – you’ll gain practical strategies for:

• Understanding why certain leadership tasks might feel disproportionately difficult

• Recognizing your blind spots before they derail important initiatives

• Breaking patterns that keep recreating the same problems in different contexts

• Leveraging your strengths to develop ways of working that suit you

We’re going to keep these articles focused and actionable. December is a busy time of year for many – you’ve got year-end deadlines, holiday planning, and about seventeen other things competing for your attention. So we’re making these posts easy to read when you’re stretched thin.

You’ll also notice us publishing more frequently than normal. We’re going to take a little break over the Christmas season at the end of the month, and we want to get all 16 types over to you before that happens.

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16 Types Over 16 Days

Throughout the month, we’ll explore one personality type each day, mixing it up to keep things dynamic and show the full spectrum of leadership challenges across the workplace.

Each article will identify five specific leadership challenges that people with that personality type are likely to face – plus actionable strategies for overcoming them.

This varied approach means you’ll not only understand your own challenges better, but you’ll also gain insight into what makes leadership harder for the people around you, too.

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We All Face Challenges

Have you ever felt like everyone around you has it all figured out – and you’re somehow missing something and struggling on your own?

I certainly have. And it can feel pretty demoralizing.

But I’m here to let you in on a little secret – we all face challenges at work, even if it’s not always easy to spot in others.

Your personality traits can make certain leadership situations genuinely harder for you than they are for other people. (Just as you may find some things easier than others.)

But once you know what your stumbling blocks are – and why they keep showing up – you can stop feeling blind sided or like you have to “fake it till you make it,” and actually build strategies that work.

There’s also another sneaky benefit of better understanding the leadership challenges you face – you get so much more patient with the people around you. When you realize that what feels easy to you might be incredibly difficult for someone else, it can change how you work together.

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How to Join Us

If you’re a paying subscriber, you’re all set – the complete series will arrive in your inbox throughout December.

Free subscribers will see brief previews of each article. To get the full series, you’ll need to upgrade your subscription.

Still a free subscriber? Claim your welcome discount to save 30% on an annual subscription.

Upgrading will give you access to this Leadership Challenges series plus our complete leadership development archive, which covers the following topics and more:

• Leading through uncertain times

• Uncovering your Leadership style

• Resolving conflict at work

• Managing stress at work

• Leading remote (or hybrid) teams

• Managing up to your boss

• Leading with emotional intelligence

I’m excited about this series – it’s going to be fast-paced, practical, and hopefully directly applicable to the leadership situations you’re facing.

In the meantime, I’m curious: what’s one leadership challenge that consistently trips you up? Drop a comment below. (And if you know your personality type, include that too.)

Talk soon,

Carly from the 16Personalities Team

P.S. If you don’t know your personality type, you can take our free personality test to uncover it. It takes about 10 minutes and has a 91.2% accuracy rating – from over 1 billion tests taken!

P.P.S. If you don’t know your colleagues’ personality types (and would like to), check out our Personality Type Identification Guide. It’s a pocket cheat sheet for quickly spotting all 16 personality types in your workplace – available to all paying subscribers.

Download your copy here 👇