Personalities @ Work

Thought Tweet #865 Listen to what people say...are their words the words of Victims or Initiators? The Thinking Behind The Tweet We do better with people…

Thought Tweet #856 Sycophants & lickspittles: friends in need serving egos in need. The Thinking Behind The Tweet A couple of funny English words for funny…

Some people simply do not get along. And, they never will. So - they will never work together in harmony. When you experience incivility at work or other…

I have noticed in people 4 dominant desires. These desires apply to people in business and to people in general: The desire to vent one’s strength. The…

Thought Tweet #836 Trust: it's a dynamic thing that flows 2 ways; you extend it in order to receive it; it's about Action. The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

Thought Tweet #823.5 Personality gives you a chance. What you do with it is what really counts. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Your personality may take a…

Thought Tweet #799 Suggestions for Leaders: How to make sure your confidence does not threaten your followers. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Some followers…

Thought Tweet #798 When you chose to be a Leader you accepted the responsibility to Help People & Manage the Situations faced by People. The Thinking Behind…

A few months ago, I wrote an article ' A Different Way to Look at DISC personalities '. That article was first written about 7 years ago. The original title…

Edward de Bono is one of my heroes. In my opinion, he is the world's greatest creative thinking educator. I have written about Edward de Bono and his ' Six…

Here are some other helpful D.I.S.C. tidbits: Also, like the S, the I typically cannot remember even ball-park details like " I think it was about $200 " On…

People have been trying to figure out other people for a long, long time. People-patterns have existed for millennia. For example, consider archetypes . An…

When we were children, learning arithmetic, our teachers taught us 1+1+1-1=2. For arithmetic that is true. When building relationships with people, negative…

Thought Tweet #519 In business, the best relationships are built when pleasant personalities exchange interesting ideas. The Thinking Behind The Tweet And…

It seems to me personality is one of the most underestimated forces. Also, the impact of flawed personality is equally misunderstood or overlooked or…

" Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues . 1 " Recently, I have spent considerable time thinking about…

Thought Tweet #453 Allow a bit of the child in you to generate and enjoy workplace humour. The Thinking Behind The Tweet A sense of humour is a facet of a…

We are complex creatures...I mean, People are complex creatures . We want autonomy. We want freedom. We want decision-making authority. We want to be able to…

People get bored real quickly these days! Probably, I have lulled you to sleep already and I have only begun to write. If you will just hang in a bit more I…

People are fond of their own ideas. As a rule, the attachment is strong: I like my ideas and you like your ideas. That`s the way normal people feel and…

3 forces drive entrepreneurs: Entrepreneurs have this burning feeling inside them…a Need To Achieve something. I describe it as ‘ a wanting ’. Entrepreneurs…

Ten years ago, Jim Collins wrote about getting the right people on the bus . And, business people and business teachers have been talking about getting the…

I have read enough and thought about it enough to believe some people are born with magnetic personalities. Maybe it’s a matter of chemistry . Or, maybe…

Is our way of thinking affected by our personality? Are we born positive thinker or do we learn from experiences (usually difficult)? One of my LinkedIn…

To be clear about it up front, I am a big fan of Jeffrey Gitomer. I am able to get over the fact he favours bald people over people who are bald-challenged…

I notice ‘Stop And Think’ is a common thread in self-help literature. On the other hand, maybe I notice it because I am predisposed to finding it? I notice…

Some good thinking... From Tom Kelley - ‘The Ten Faces of Innovation’ The Anthropologist The Experimenter The Cross-Pollinator The Hurdler The Collaborator…

Wikipedia provides the following “Big Five” factors of personality: Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism [i.e., emotional…

Sales Tweet #95 Personality friction: too much is abrasive, too little is no connection, & the right amount brings warmth. The Thinking Behind the Sales…

Seth Godin wrote a book titled 'ALL MARKETERS Tell Stories, The Underground Classic That Explains How Marketing Really Works - and Why Authenticity Is the…