Understanding that people have different personalities, and managing to balance conflicting traits is crucial for leading a high-performing team. By identifying strengths and weaknesses, embracing differences and both learning and teaching to compromise, management can reduce conflict and improve performance. We've all been there as leaders: You've hired a talented team of bold go-getters, each with individual strengths and personalities. When these individuals clash they turn to you for help. When separating team members isn't an option, a solution must be found. The following strategies can be implemented with new teams, recent hires or longer term departments in need of…

Elon Musk became Twitter Inc's new owner on Thursday, firing top executives he had accused of misleading him and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform. The CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc has said he wants to "defeat" spam bots on Twitter, make the algorithms that determine how content is presented to its users publicly available, and prevent the platform from becoming an echo chamber for hate and division, even as he limits censorship. Yet Musk has not offered details on how he will achieve…