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An evidence-based approach to personality and control. A leader's bullying and regular dismissal of his team's concerns practically take down an entire company - and the global financial system. The government has to provide a $182 billion bailout. A new CEO changes a near-bankrupt auto company, and its infamously competitive culture becomes more collaborative and thrives - which makes it the only auto manufacturer never to take bailout money. These stories promote a fact: Each leader's personality establish the course of their company's future. Everybody knows that IQ, education, knowledge, and technical skills are essential for professionals, nevertheless they alone are inadequate for effective control. Who you are as a person - your personality and persona - drives control performance and determines who thrives and who fails. In Personality at Work, psychologist Ron Warren lays out the main element personality features that drive high performance - and the normal features that derail it. Warren clusters tightly related features into four dimensions of behavior:

• Teamwork/sociable intelligence
• Deference
• Dominance
• Grit/activity mastery

Each cluster is divided into personality features - 13 in every. Personality at Work attracts from research using the renowned LMAP 360 with 20,000 leaders and 250,000 360-responses raters. An assessment used at organizations round the world, LMAP 360 can be used at Harvard Business College, Yale College of Management, Underwriter Laboratories, BearingPoint, Deloitte, Train for America, Clayton Homes, and more than 35 medical center systems throughout the United States. Personality at Work integrates research on personality and performance, teamwork, communications, common sense, and decision making. Become familiar with how to:

• Realize your own personality patterns and those of acquaintances
• Understand the links between personality, control, and organizational performance
• Switch insights into action, leading with grit and EQ to operate a vehicle specific and team performance