# Professor Susan Stehlik comments on the usefulness of personality tests in the workplace

1 Faculty News November 1, 2019 ![BBC News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030504.jpg?itok=xD3gBRnr)>

Excerpt from [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191030-the-helpful-upside-of-office-personality-tests) -- "[Susan Stehlik](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/susan-stehlik), director of New York University’s management communication programme, says she’s used personality tests in her classes and executive education courses. She likes to think of them as'“great conversation starters” for “conversations that maybe you’re not comfortable having.'"

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