Understanding Yourself and Others: An Introduction to Interaction Styles (Paperback)

by Linda V. Berens (Author) "It seems most of the stress and conflict in our lives is related to how we interact with others..." (more)
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From the Back Cover
Like leaves of many colors, we each have a different energy. Each colored leaf excites the senses in different ways and evokes a different emotion just as each of us impacts and influences others in different ways. This energy is driven from within by our predispositions and yet influenced by our interactions with others.

There is a richness and variety in the many ways we have of expressing who we are. The four interaction styles are patterns of behavior that have been described by many over the years. Each style has a theme-centered internal drive that helps set the boundaries of our comfort zones in the chaotic world of interpersonal relationships. If we can recognize our own style, we can better match our energy and know how to adapt and flex when necessary to reach goals and meet others at their view of the world.

Understanding Yourself and Others® An Introduction to Interaction Styles reveals the four fundamental interaction style patterns for you to "try on" in your search for understanding yourself and others. Within these patterns are clues to the "how" of our behaviors. Find out how you consistently seem to fall into certain roles in your interactions with others and how you can shift your energies to take on other roles when necessary.

The Understanding Yourself and Others® Series offers you powerful and insightful tools to help you achieve your professional and personal goals—whether you're the leader of an organization striving to build better teams or an individual wanting to better understand yourself and the people with whom you interact. The series presents the essential elements of personality through three overlapping and complementary models: temperament theory, interaction styles, and cognitive dynamics, all of which support systemic learning and application. Exploring these models helps answer questions about how and why we do what we do, and provides hands-on guidance through showing you potential paths for growth and development. The books in this series are written by experts and are based on proven methods for effective learning and application.

About the Author
Linda V. Berens, Ph.D., is the director and founder of Temperament Research Institute (TRI), which provides organizational consulting and interventions as well as certification of trainers in The TRI Methodology™. TRI is one of seven organizations that provide Qualification Programs for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, the most widely used personality instrument in the world. Linda is the author of Understanding Yourself and Others®: An Introduction to Temperament and Dynamics of Personality Type: Understanding and Applying Jung’s Cognitive Processes and the coauthor of The 16 Personality Types: Descriptions for Self-Discovery and Working Together: A Personality-Centered Approach to Management. She is an organizational consultant and has spent over twenty-five years teaching professionals as well as helping individuals and teams recognize their strengths, transcend their weaknesses, and work together better. Linda is recognized internationally for her theoretical contributions to the field of psychological type and for developing user-friendly training materials for practical application of understanding individual differences.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Telos Publications (July 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0971214409
• ISBN-13: 978-0971214408
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #665,353 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enhances your knowledge and links the other theories of type together, March 19, 2007

By	K. Bailey (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great book once you get past the rather condesending first couple of pages. (tells you to be true to yourself which as it is a book on personality seems a little obvious to me but may be useful to others)
The book takes you through the 4 interaction styles and then how they link to other models such as MBTI, Temperament Theory, Disc, Socaial styles, Thomas-kilman (although that is not the main point of the book it is useful information). The interaction styles themselves are based mainly around the role you might play in a work/project environment and the Patterns of Interaction Styles section is a fantastic overview of the drivers of the types.

Overall an excellent build on personality type.