Office Psychology - Awakening Leaders and Wise Employees

Author: Michael J. Goldberg (United States/America)
Translator: United States / America
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2006-12-01
Features: In the "human-centered" business era, more and more organizations are beginning to realize that, as managers, understanding oneself and others is a crucial work competency. As the saying goes, "Know thyself and know thy enemy, and you will be invincible in a hundred battles." People with different personalities require different management and communication approaches. The Enneagram, as a management tool that helps you understand human nature and master people's hearts, has become a popular course favored by MBA students from prestigious universities such as Stanford in the United States in recent decades. Many management layers of global Fortune 500 companies have studied the Enneagram and used it to train employees, enhancing team cohesion.
This is an authoritative work on the Enneagram that is hard to come by. From the perspective of practical psychology, the book provides a detailed introduction to the main characteristics of the nine personality types and the interactive relationships between managers and employees of various types. Through rich case studies, it teaches people how to interact with people of specific types around them, how to leverage their own personality strengths, and how to excel in complex office relationships.
How to build harmonious interpersonal relationships, how to get along with people of different personalities, how to enhance team cohesion, and how to leverage your personality strengths. It helps you understand yourself, improve your personality and communication style; helps you understand human nature, grasp the motivations and principles of your own and others' behavior; helps you understand the behavior of customers, superiors, colleagues, partners, and family members, and build good interpersonal relationships; helps you promote communication and cooperation among team members, improve team cohesion and execution; helps managers improve their human resource management skills, achieve the right person for the right job, and make the best use of everyone's talents.
The Enneagram provides a powerful tool for understanding different people's behavior patterns. By opening "Office Psychology," you will gain a deeper understanding of your colleagues, clients, and superiors, and achieve your career dreams.
—Gang Ning, CEO of Ren Ruo Xing Software
"Office Psychology" is based on the Enneagram measurement theory and is highly applicable. It provides an effective guide for individuals in the business world to handle complex interpersonal relationships and also offers a valuable key for companies to understand the personalities of their team members, leverage strengths while avoiding weaknesses, and achieve the greatest value return with the smallest human capital investment.
—Professor Fan Qi, National Level 1 Human Resource Management Specialist