How to Better Understand People
summary
Covers why understanding people matters for managers, then surveys popular and recent personality-typing theories. Presents Afanasyev’s “psychosophy” as a preferred tool, sketches a psychoprofile of a typical IT specialist, discusses character traits using TV examples (Sheldon Cooper, Howard and Bernadette), and includes practical exercises.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:19Five love languages
- 8:57MBTI by Greenfield
- 11:50Hofstede's cultural theory
- 17:06Process Communication
- 22:21Psychosophy by Afanasyev
- 49:14Q&A
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