Pressing the Right Buttons

by Allison Mooney

People skills are extremely important in the business world today. To be successful at any level you need to be able to work with a variety of people, communicate with them, and keep them happy. This book provides a simple framework for analysing personality types and will show you the best ways to motivate people of these different types and keep them productive. Find out how to pick who is a Playful, a Powerful, a Peaceful or a Precise! Learn about their basic needs and how you can best meet them within a business context. After reading this book you will be able to: * understand your own capabilities and strengths * 'speed read' others to find out what they really want * talk to others in a way that makes them want to listen * relate better to all personality types.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this after hearing Allison Mooney speak at a medical conference. She is an excellent and entertaining speaker. An awareness of the four personality types can be helpful both at work and home. Of course we all have bits of all categories, but knowing our predominant one helps explain the differences in our reactions to different situations, and interactions. I found the book somewhat repetitive, hence the 3 stars. As a speaker, Allison rates 5 stars!!

[di · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mooney groups personalities into four categories: Playful, Peaceful, Powerful, Precise. It's simplified personality type grouping, so it's pretty general, but insightful nonetheless. I prefer Myers-Briggs because of how specific it is, however most people seem to fit in to (or relate to) one of these four groups also. A handy tool for understanding one another, communicating & interrelating. Am a massive fan of sophisticated type tests if only for their ability (when used correctly) to help us learn to avoid causing and taking offense. This book focuses on the work/business environment, but I have found it to be helpful for home/social settings also.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and found it fairly accurate in describing personality types - I use a combination of Myers/Briggs, Astrological to relate to people in my business - just more tools to be able to create the "team" you want for your business. I take it all on the "chin" or whatever the expression - but heck at my stage in life, "what/which chin?"
Have listened to Allison at a Women's Business Seminar and she is brilliant.

[Christina Wedgwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great insights, but also poses some questions, while answering others. Overall a good resource that you could return to time and again when 'people issues' present themselves.

[Fraser · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to read and lots of simple things to see how others work and or think.

[Dennis · Rating 3 out of 5]

a bit more practical advice. but nothing very new