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Type Talk at Work (Revised): How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job |  | Authors: Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge
Publisher: Delta
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Edition: Revised
Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0440509289
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.264
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Publication Date: July 30, 2002
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What’s Your Type at Work?
Are you one of those organized people who always complete your projects before they are due? Or do you put off getting the job done until the very last possible moment? Is your boss someone who readily lets you know how you are doing? Or does she always leave you unsure of precisely where you stand? Do you find that a few people on your team are incredibly creative but can never seem to get to a meeting on time? Do others require a specific agenda at the meeting in order to focus on the job at hand?
Bestselling authors Otto Kroeger and Janet Thuesen make it easy to recognize your own type and those of your co-workers in Type Talk at Work, a revolutionary guide to understanding your workplace and thriving in it. fully revised and updated for its 10th anniversary, this popular classic now features a new chapter on leadership, showing you how to be more effective on the job. Get the most out of your employees—and employers--using the authors’ renowned expertise on typology. With Type Talk at Work, you’ll never look at the office the same way again!
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 one of the better books for applying MBTI to the workplace February 22, 2009
Carol C. (Kansas City, MO USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is chock-full of examples of how type comes into play in the workplace, and how understanding type can help us improve workplace dynamics. The authors look at type in the context of leadership, team building, problem solving, conflict resolution, goal setting, time management, hiring and firing, ethics, stress management and sales. The authors talk about what types are typically most successful or most represented in certain arena, what types are most challenged in certain roles. They are also quick to acknowledge that a strength, taken to extremes, becomes a liability -- so an individual who has not developed his/her non-preferred functions, or an organization staffed primarily by a certain type, is bound to have problems.
I found the presentation to be very balanced. The authors recognize the value of each type in making effective decisions. The authors discuss a decision-making model that starts with Sensing (gathering the facts), moves to Intuition (considering the possibilities), then to thinking (logically analyzing the options) and then Feeling (what is the impact). Without all four of these steps, it is difficult to reach the best decision. The authors also describe real-world example of conflict and misunderstanding among different types, and provide suggestions on how to better communicate and resolve conflict across types.
I think this book would be tremendously useful for someone trying to understand team conflict in a work environment, or someone trying to assist in team building. This is definitely one of the better applications of MBTI to the workplace setting.
Great way to Manage People January 5, 2007
H. Heritage (Dayton, OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a fabulous book for managers. I am the regional for several stores, and the biggest complaints from employees are of people not getting along. In assessing the complaints with the help of this book, I realized it was due to miscommunication, and perceiving a person of a differnt "Type" wrong. This book explaines each type and some common tendencies of each. It also has strategies and solutions for developing the opposite style you have to be able to communicate with all types of people. For example, if you tend to be an "F" or Feeler (using emotions to make decisions), there are pages of strategies to help develope the opposite side (the "T", or Thinker) without compromising your own personality. I have used this book in mediation and arguments with fabulous results, just by having the employees read the other person's type and knowing where they are coming from.
Great for using MBTI in the workplace. October 24, 2008
Work Coach (Vienna, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is great for using Myers Briggs in the workplace. I used it to accompany a presentation I gave on MBTI. The participants were not very familiar with MBTI - this book talks about the types in a very understandable way and places it into to the context of the workplace. There is also some "type humor" in the book that I used to help break the ice. I looked at several books for this application and am very glad I chose this one.
it is funny how accurate this is November 27, 2009
JL (Chandler, AZ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is interesting to really see personalities mapped out and you better believe you will start laughing when you read some of these descriptions and they match some of the people you work with to a tee. It's a good read.
Finding Ways to Communicate April 30, 2003
13 out of 20 found this review helpful
All personality books offer generalizations and this is no different. The authors, however, do acknowledge the limitations of the Myers-Briggs test (in contrast to Please Understand Me, a worthless book). I had my staff take the MB test to see how they scored and then had them read and use the book in exercises to understand how their communication with and peception of others is affected by their personality. It was an interesting process and got them to realize that some of their interpersonal conflicts start in their head. A good choice for team building and organizational development.
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