Authors: Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge
ISBN-13: 9780440509288, ISBN-10: 0440509289
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: July 2002
Edition: REV
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!
The authors have followed up their Type Talk (Delacorte, 1988), an introduction to the study of personality types, with this handy explanation of how we can better understand personalities in the workplace. Based on C.G. Jung's classic 1923 Psychological Types and the famous Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), this useful work makes common sense out of a complex idea, and the pragmatic workplace meaning of ``typewatching'' should strongly appeal to managers and human resource professionals. The 16 types are explained and are then related to real workplace issues such as problem solving, managing time, setting goals, managing stress, and other understandable applications in business. Millions of people have completed Myers-Briggs, and now we have a very accessible application in business of this fascinating field of study. Recommended for all libraries. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 9/1/91.-- Dale Farris, Groves, Tex.
Acknowledgments | ix | |
Foreword | xi | |
How to Read This Book | xiii | |
I | Introduction to typewatching | |
1. | The Importance of People "Would you mind doing this our way?" | 3 |
2. | What's Your Type? "Doesn't anyone care about what I want?" | 15 |
3. | The ABCs of Type "Would you please look with your eyes instead of your mouth?" | 27 |
4. | The Ten Commandments of Typewatching | 46 |
5. | A Typewatching Shortcut: The Four Temperaments "Hi, I'm an NF, and I'm here to help." | 51 |
II | Putting typewatching to work | |
6. | Leadership "I must become an expert in a whole new set of skills." | 63 |
7. | Team Building "I may not be the best person to give you advice on that subject." | 93 |
8. | Problem Solving "But if it works, why should I change?" | 120 |
9. | Conflict Resolution "Now, now, let's not get emotional." | 139 |
10. | Goal Setting "If I did speak up, would anyone even hear me?" | 160 |
11. | Time Management "We don't have time to do it right. We only have time to do it over." | 176 |
12. | Hiring and Firing "How can we trust each other not to screw up each other's jobs?" | 193 |
13. | Ethics "Why do we spend so much company time talking about a problem that doesn't exist?" | 213 |
14. | Stress Management "Now, now, we mustn't lose our heads." | 233 |
15. | Sales "Let me tell you about our Frequent Mower's Club." | 254 |
16. | Typewatching from 9 to 5 Q: "What's the book about?" A: "About two hundred fifty pages." | 275 |
17. | Some Final Thoughts | 295 |
III | The sixteen profiles at work | |
Introduction | 303 | |
ISTJ: Life's Natural Organizers | 306 | |
ISFJ: Committed to Getting the Job Done | 313 | |
INFJ: An Inspiring Leader and Follower | 318 | |
INTJ: Life's Independent Thinkers | 324 | |
ISTP: Just Do It | 329 | |
ISFP: Action Speaks Louder Than Words | 334 | |
INFP: Making Life Kinder and Gentler | 340 | |
INTP: Life's Conceptualizers | 345 | |
ESTP: Making the Most of the Moment | 352 | |
ESFP: Let's Make Work Fun | 358 | |
ENFP: People Are the Product | 364 | |
ENTP: Progress Is the Product | 369 | |
ESTJ: Life's Natural Administrators | 376 | |
ESFJ: Everyone's Trusted Friend | 381 | |
ENFJ: Smooth-Talking Persuaders | 386 | |
ENTJ: Life's Natural Leaders | 392 | |
Afterword | 399 |