Personality Assessment for Hiring: Accelerate Success by Unlocking True Employee Fit



Personality assessment for hiring is a powerful tool for building successful teams and accelerating business growth. In this episode, Sean Lavin, President of Aircom Instrumentation, shares firsthand insights on how using personality assessments dramatically reduces turnover, improves communication, and strengthens company culture.



Sean discusses the challenges of rapid growth and the impact of hiring the right people for the right role, highlighting how traditional hiring methods can miss critical insights. He explains how personality assessments like TRAITS provide managers and leaders with objective data that helps them see beyond resumes and interviews to the real person.



A compelling story illustrates how an initially poor fit became a fantastic employee once placed in the right role, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and aligning roles with natural tendencies.



Sean also compares hiring to dating, pointing out the difficulty of truly “seeing” someone on a first encounter, which is why objective assessments are invaluable. He explains how these tools speed team integration, improve communication, and foster stronger leader-employee relationships.



This episode offers practical advice for leaders and HR professionals to leverage personality assessments for hiring, reduce costly turnover, nurture leadership, and build a thriving organizational culture.



Whether you’re scaling your team or refining hiring practices, this episode provides essential knowledge on how personality assessment for hiring accelerates success and creates lasting impact.







Show Notes - Accelerating Success



1:25 - Introduction to Sean Lavin, president of Aircom Instrumentation



3:00 - Is it valuable to know ourselves better as managers and leaders?



6:15 - Failure leads to insight in business



9:15 - How can better hiring affect turnover?



10:38 - How can leaving people alone in an ideal role affect turnover?



14:15 - A great story that shows how someone who isn’t a fit can become a fantastic fit in a business



18:05 - Hiring and dating are similar… It’s difficult to see the real person on a first date



22:25 - Knowing a hire’s personality can greatly speed success and helps with communication in a business



27:05 - Self awareness leads to better relationships and communication



29:05 - Discovering company values that already exist in your business



Links



Aircom Instrumentation Ltd. LinkedIn



Sean Lavin LinkedIn



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