IS PERSONALITY STRESS RELATED TO JOB PERFORMANCE…ARE WE ABLE TO LEAVE OUR PROBLEMS AT HOME?
It may not be easy to plug yourself into a positive communication style–but it sure is worth your time and trouble to be curious about what makes people “tick” and why some people get “ticked off” so easily. The standard personality disorders you read about in my article “You’ve got some serious issues” are excerpted with permission from Table 6.3 in Chapter 6 (The Psychology of Managerial Incompetence) in Dr. Robert Hogan’s eye-opening new book “Personality and the Fate of Organizations.” Dr. Hogan is the rare breed of organizational psychologist who brings the academic alive in the real world of commerce to help organizations “fit” the right person to the right job so work can get done without excuse-making or belly-aching. WHICH WORKER TYPE…LEADER TYPE…OR FAMILY MEMBER TYPE ARE YOU? How well do you communicate when things aren’t going well? The acid test: Your communication style, namely, whether you are an Empathizer-type communicator or an Instigator-type communicator, serves as t
