The Owner's Manual for Personality at Work: How the Big Five Personality Traits Affect Your Performance, Communication, Teamwork, Leadership, and Sales - Softcover

Howard, Pierce J.; Howard, Jane Mitchell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885167458 ISBN 13: 9781885167453

Publisher: Bard Press, 2000

Synopsis

In the past decade, the Five-Factor Model of Personality (FFM) has gained significant ground toward replacing other widely used models of personality, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indictor (MBTI), as the primary model of personality in professional circles.

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Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D., is a general partner and director of research for CentACS, the Center for Appliued Cognitive Studies in Charlotte, North Carolina. Since starting the company in 1986 with his partner and wife, Jane, Pierce has specialized in team building, assessment, and cognitive science. He now manages CentACS' research division, compiling data from ongoing research projects on the Five-Factor Model of personality, developing software applications, and continuing to develop and teach the Big Five certification program with Jane. Pierce recieved his Ph.D. degree in education with a special interest in curriculum and research in 1972 from the University of North Carolina at Chapil Hill. For the last twenty-five years, he has been an organizational psychologist. He is the author of The Owners Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind-Brain Research. He and his book were featured on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in May 1997. Pierce and Jane both Teach in the University of Norht Carolina-Charlotte Certificate Program in Organization Development; have coauthored workbooks, manuals, and articles on the Five-Factor Model; and Are frequently presenters at regional, national and international confrences.

Jane Mitchell Howard, M.B.A., is managing director of CentACS, where she oversees the promotion, marketing, sales, operations, finance, and programmatic aspects of the company. Since 1991, Jane has worked with Cleints in using the Five-Factor Model of personality, integrated the Big Five into training programs, and, with Pierce, develope the Big Five certification program for consultings and trainers.

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During a typical week, while trying to get our jobs done, each of us runs head-first into personalities. Personalities at work are like cars in the city: they often can keep us from our destination. On the other hand, personalities can also make the job easier. Here are just a few examples of these two effects: An insensitive manager: Ellen was an award-winning architect and had been managing a team of a dozen architects and project managers for about two years. Everyone in her department, to a person, hated her and complained above her head about her unfair, insensitive management practices. Her boss didn't know how to get to the next level, short of firing her.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bard Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1885167458
• ISBN 13: 9781885167453
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 200