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The laws of consistency: do introverts really exist?

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Consistency, psychometric tests or not, is a problem in the world of work and in measuring performance more generally.

Can you provide a resounding answer in relation to the following perspectives?

When we speak of consistency, just how consistent are we? I don’t have the answer, but the question is intriguing. If we pretest post-test, presenting the same or similar questions again does this mean that an individual is ‘consistently’ the same? Are introverts and extroverts constant across time, for example? How much time is that: second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, week by week? Under what conditions may an introvert become extrovert in their behaviour? What about 1-2-1 situations, in different teams with different personalities, or in different environments e.g. at home with the kids versus being out with friends? If an introvert should become extrovert, how long would they remain extrovert for? What caused their introversion to begin with, were they born like that? If the individual themselves and their interaction with the world and circumstance has produced introversion, could the world and circumstance similarly create extroversion? Where exactly is the tipping point? What are the exceptions? Where are they reported? How do we know or not know about them? Is reality more complicated than the lens that we choose to see it through? What lenses are available and it is possible to change both what we see and understand. Are people consistent in their work performance? If we go back to the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks or years for how long do we remain the same? What disrupts, worsens or improves that performance? Can anything improve it outcomes, or are we set in stone? How about our observations, are they accurate and how would we know if they were not? If you ‘automatically’ think that reality is what you see, perhaps it’s time to look and think again? If consistency is full of inconsistencies, where does that leave us?

Perhaps the only ‘law’ of consistency where people are concerned is the guarantee of inconsistency? For a practical example, think about emotions and their impact on behaviour or how an individual can change across a lifetime and according to experience.

What are your thoughts?



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