Extroverts and Introverts Their Energy Sources
Assessing personalities is essential to business. It’s essential to leadership. Leading people without assessing culture and personalities is like going into battle... Read More
Change of Personality or Change of Perspective?
Posted on02 Oct 2014
TagsFrame Changing Analogy, Pavlovian conditioning, perspective, Personality, organizational culture, change, behavior
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We easily think of our personalities as being a uniform whole. The idea of aspects of our personalities hiding, even for decades... Read More
Problematic Personality Types in Meetings
Posted on25 Sep 2014
Tagstime, alpha personalities, Alexander Bolinger, University of Utah, Bryan Bonner, Jay Eskenazi, UX Magazine, meetings, Pennsylvania State University, team building, Personality, Performance, motivation, management, Harvard Business Review, extrovert, confidence, anchoring
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Meetings are one of the big three time wasters in the workplace. One reason, they easily get off track. Agendas help but... Read More
Computer Viruses Illustrating Diversity’s Power
Posted on08 Sep 2014
Tagsdissent, homogeneity, The Economist, Roman, phalanx, pessimism, Personality, optimism, Macedonian, diversity, computers, cohort, Battle of Pydna
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Computer security is a top priority in our digital age. Repeated reports of viruses and hackings remind us of that priority. Much... Read More
Personality Types That Share Ads
Posted on11 Aug 2014
Tagsbig data, viral ads, egocentricity, target marketing, Thales Teixeira, peer-to-peer marketing, status, social media, Personality, marketing, LinkedIn, Harvard Business Review, extrovert, advertising
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I had asked a LinkedIn guru whether he knew of a way to filter profiles based on personality types. He replied, “No.”... Read More
Better Forecaster of Future, Confidence or Prudence?
Who’s better at forecasting, the confident or prudent? So far, the prudent seem to be winning confidently. More decisively, those most confident... Read More
Introverts More Honest?
Posted on20 Feb 2014
Tagsintrovert, assessments, cooperation, organizational culture, employees, extrovert, honesty, innovation, leadership, motivation, Personality, reflection, The Economist, lead by example
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The idea that introverts are more honest than extroverts comes from two assertions. First, studies find that “the more reflective [people] are,... Read More
Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt 9): Oak & Apple Trees
Posted on10 Feb 2014
TagsEmotional Self Defense Series, management, oak tree, Performance, Personality, sensitive people, success, The Atlantic, University of California Berkeley, Oak & Apple Tree Analogy, David Dobbs, Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, Leiden University, Bruce Ellis, University of Arizona, W. Thomas Boyce, orchid-dandelion hypothesis, apple tree, analogy collection, Oak & Apple Tree Personality Analogy
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The difference between oak and apple trees fascinates me. Oak trees produce many acorns surviving squirrels and insects; however, few apples of... Read More
Three Key Emotional Triggers (Pt 5): Emotional Recognition
Posted on23 Jan 2014
Tagsbeauty, behavior, control, emotions, Influence, Personality, quality, Talent, Thoughts, experts, emotional triggers, Three Key Emotional Triggers Series, uniqueness, emotional recognition, mastery, expertise, triumph
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Emotional recognition is the third key emotional trigger, and uniqueness is the nickname I ascribe to it. From the aspects of behavior,... Read More
Three Key Emotional Triggers (Pt 4): Novelty of Experience
Posted on06 Jan 2014
Tagsbehavior, cooking, creativity, education, emotions, experience, learn, Personality, security, Thoughts, training, emotional triggers, growth, Three Key Emotional Triggers Series, uniqueness, newness, freshness, travel, young, gardening, novelty of experience, surprise
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The second key emotional trigger I will explore from the aspects of behavior, thought and emotion is growth, formally novelty of experience.... Read More
