Working Together: A Personality-Centered Approach to Management, Third Edition [Paperback]

Olaf Isachsen (Author), Linda V. Berens (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Inst for Management Development; 3rd edition (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1877808016
• ISBN-13: 978-1877808012
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for every manager in every organization!, October 2, 1998

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This review is from: Working Together: A Personality-Centered Approach to Management, Third Edition (Paperback)

This is the most comprehensive book on the 16 personality types in the workplace. It is by far the best "hands-on" guide for team work in organizations. I found that the characteristics parallel with implications of those characteristics excellent in the use of conflict resolution, coaching, and development of leadership. I am going to buy one for everyone in my organization.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the coolest MB books....., June 17, 2003

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Joan C. Frank (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Working Together: A Personality-Centered Approach to Management, Third Edition (Paperback)

This book covers a niche of personality type - types at work - almost perfectly. It provides just the right amount and type of information to help anyone use Myers Briggs (MB) theory effectively in the work place. While it has a brief discussion about personality type theory in general and self assessment, there are many books that cover that in more depth, detail and with greater clarity. This book is probably best suited to those who are already somewhat familiar with the MB 16 types. For detailed background, see my favorite: Keirsey's "Please Understand Me II."

Where "Working Together" really rises above the rest is in the focused way that it addresses types at work. It provides a detailed description about how each type functions in both leadership and worker roles with the goal of maximizing performance through understanding varying traits, values and motivations that are present in each type. It even has thumb tabs to help you go right to the information that you want. It is a self proclaimed reference book that hits the mark. The format is superb. The content is exceptional.

This is a must have for the personality type obsessed and those who want to understand how and why people perform and interact the way that they do at work.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Work, December 12, 2000

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James R Wheeler (Tulsa, OK United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working Together: A Personality-Centered Approach to Management, Third Edition (Paperback)

I do a significant amount of team development with the use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and have looked at a fair number of books on the subject. Without question, this is the single best work I have seen to date. The individual type descriptions contain incredible depth and detail. I have had a large number of participants and managers purchase this book and tell me that they never thought it possible for someone to describe them in such detail, especially from the interpretation of "four little letters." Highly recommended.