Ronald Warren, Ph.D. has been conducting studies on personality and workplace effectiveness for nearly twenty years. He has discovered that it isn't job skills or job experience that get people jobs or help them keep their jobs, but personality. Warren discusses character and personality traits and how they can help or hinder one’s professional success. By taking an assessment test that measures personality traits, readers learn to recognize and manage their behavioral weaknesses and play up their strengths. Many companies use assessments for pre-employment screening and corporate training, to evaluate personality style, emotional intelligence, and character using tests similar to the one in this book. Warren's expertise, gleaned from working with companies such as UPS and Walt Disney World Attractions will help readers become the people they want to be at work.
As Warren says in the book, "Acknowledging the need to change your behavior to become more effective is not an indictment of your character but a sign of character strength. Confronting your shortcomings is not only is the best way to overcome them, but it also allows you to better capitalize on your strengths. Understanding your personality opens up opportunities to make well-informed decisions about how to better manage your behavior to achieve what you want to achieve. That is what this book is all about."
Ronald A. Warren is an expert in personality and job skills assessment. Over one million people have used his assessments in training programs at United Parcel Service, Walt Disney World Attractions, the FAA, Merck, Consumer’s Union, British Airways, Saturn, and Hyatt Hotels.
Ron was the co-founder and Director of Research at Acumen, where InfoWorld called his work, "the best expert system we’ve seen to date," and was later the Director of Assessment at Kenexa. He is now the principal of achievementparadox (achievementparadox.com).
Ron earned his MA and PhD at The University of Chicago, Committee on Human Development, Behavioral Sciences; and his BA from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. He has published articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Adolescence, Symposium of Aviation Psychology, Executive Excellence, Training, and in Measures of Leadership (Clark and Clark editors). Ron has been an invited speaker at ASTD, Training, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, International Aviation Psychology Symposium and Harvard Business School.
