Personality Type and Office Politics: Introverts and Extroverts

Clinically Reviewed bySteven Melendy, PsyD.on April 04, 2011

办公室政治是一个umbrella term that encompasses many things. On one hand, it can refer to behavior whereby coworkers step on their colleagues in the interest of getting ahead at all costs. On the other hand, office politics at its best can describe a dynamic of cooperation, not competition. When colleagues vary in their personality types, understanding and empathy are the keys to cooperation, which enhances office productivity. Introverts and extroverts differ starkly in how they communicate and resolve disputes. Learning about personality typology can be a solid step toward promoting a greater sense of team spirit in an office environment.

Personality Types and Office Politics: Judgers and Perceivers

Clinically Reviewed bySteven Melendy, PsyD.on March 28, 2011

Judgers and Perceivers differ significantly in how they make decisions and approach their lives. Where Judgers prefer structure and routine, Perceivers thrive on spontaneity and possibilities. These differences in style can cause clashes in the workplace.Office politicsoften gets a bad rap for amounting to nothing more than a collection of cut-throat behaviors, whereby some people try to advance themselves at the expense of others. It needn't be that way, however. Office politics can be conceived as a system in which people work together to accomplish goals, and understanding personality typology as it applies to Judgers and Perceivers constitutes a great start.

3 Hot Careers for ESFJs

Clinically Reviewed bySteven Melendy, PsyD.on December 02, 2010

As dedicated helpers,ESFJsyearn to use their empathetic and organizational abilities to be of service to others. ESFJs are devoted team players. They thrive best in structured working environments where they can cooperate with colleagues to accomplish goals they deem beneficial. If you're an ESFJ, then you're in luck. Three hotcareers great for ESFJsmade CNN Money's list of thebest jobs in America.

Personality Type and Communication: ESFJ & INTP

Clinically Reviewed bySteven Melendy, PsyD.on November 05, 2010

Today, we have the second installment of our series on communication and personality type. Each week, we’ll look at two personality types and how best to communicate with people of these types. We’re taking on two types with opposite preferences in each post, to highlight the wide variation in how different personality types define “good communication.” If you missed the first installment, have a look at ourtips for communicating with ESTPs and INFJs.

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Using Your Personality Type to Manage Your Career Change

Clinically Reviewed bySteven Melendy, PsyD.on April 20, 2010

Whether your interest in a job change has been prompted by dissatisfaction with your current role or rumors of impending layoffs, the prospect of identifying and jumping into a different career can definitely feel overwhelming. However, this is a challenge that most professionals will face at least once in their working lives – data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that American workers change jobs an average of seven times over the course of their careers.

Extroverts More Confident About Communication Skills

Clinically Reviewed bySteven Melendy, PsyD.on March 23, 2010

Extroverts are more likely to perceive themselves as good communicators than are Introverts, a study led by Donald Loffredo at the University of Houston has found. In this survey of communication style and personality type, researchers discovered significant correlations between various aspects of communication and the preference scales of Extroversion/Introversion, as well as Thinking/Feeling and Sensing/Intuition.

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