Type Talk at Work (Revised): How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job

By Janet M. Thuesen, Otto Kroeger, Hile Rutledge

Book Overview

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!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440509289
• ISBN13: 9780440509288
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Delta
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

it is funny how accurate this is

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.

Great for using MBTI in the workplace.

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.

Finding Ways to Communicate

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.

Actually...

Actually, the type definitions in this book are better than those at David Keirsey's book.