Making a Difference by Being Yourself: Using Your Personality Type at Work and in Relationships

There are hundreds of ways to make a difference: in process, in outcomes, with tasks or with people. And from the latest business bestsellers to over 28 million hits on Google, people in every walk of life are seeking answers. Building on the powerful fundamentals of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(R) assessment and drawing on survey data from more than 500 people at every level of the organization, Making a Difference by Being Yourself offers a simplified framework that identifies four key personality types—stabilizers, harmonizers, catalysts, and visionaries—and shows how to go beyond a simple understanding of who we are to actually put into practice—purposefully and consciously—the strengths of our own personalities and styles in ways that can make a meaningful difference.

Gregory E. Huszczo, PhD, is an organizational psychologist and the author of such classic works as "Tools for Team Excellence" and "Tools for Team Leadership." With more than 30 years' experience as an award-winning teacher, researcher, and consultant in the areas of organizational change, teams, personalities, and leadership, he has worked with Ford Motor Company, Kellogg, La-Z-Boy, the VA hospital system, British Petroleum, AFSCME, Navistar, and National Coalition for Community and Justice, among other clients. Currently professior of organizational behavior and development in the master's program in human resources and organization development at Eastern Michigan University, he also has taught at various other universities and institutes, including Southern Methodist University, Michigan State University, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the UAW Education Center.