Trait Secrets: Winning Together When You Don't Think Alike - Softcover

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Judith A. Piani, CGA, is the president of Piani and Company, a New Hampshire-based firm specializing in personality trait analysis. Through her company she has worked with thousands of executives in client companies ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to law firms and family businesses.

Piani, who has been consulting with corporations since 1976, developed the Piani Trait System to help individuals place themselves in positions that play to their strengths rather than their weaknesses. She uses this unique system to assist organizations with hiring, building teams and integrating new team members, placing individuals in positions that best utilize their talents, improving workplace dynamics, and achieving organizational goals.

Piani earned a B.A. in human growth and development from the University of Massachusetts and is a Certified Graphoanalyst. She has appeared on radio and television, has been quoted in newspaper and magazine articles, and is a sought-after speaker on the use of traits to build more effective working relationships.

Hedy Bookin-Weiner, a Certified Graphoanalyst, earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University. Formerly an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, she has published articles in the fields of sociology and criminology. A specialist in genealogical handwriting analysis, she has lectured and published on genealogical and historical graphology. She continues to lecture on a variety of handwriting analysis topics for college classes and professional organizations in the greater Boston area.

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BACKCOVER: Before you fire that researcher who does a good job, but whose behavior drives you nuts . . .

Before you send your 14-year-old off to boarding school because he leaves everything until the last minute and then studies all night . . .

Before you run out the back door screaming becaue your spouse either talks too much before taking action or doesn't talk at all before taking action . . .

Read Trait Secrets!

It will explain behaviors that you've wanted to change in the people in your life, and it will give you workable solutions to living and working with anyone who isn't your identical twin. Read Trait Secrets for your sanity and for the sake of harmony at work and at home.

"Trait Secrets not only describes how people (yourself included) really function, it also explains how to apply that knowledge to become more effective in communicating as a manager, recruiter, negotiator, coach, spouse, or parent. This book really makes you stop and think about people, in a different but positive way." --David Ingemie, President, Snowsports Industries America

"If you think that bosses or co-workers are being difficult, maybe the problem is that they just don't see the world and respond to it in the same fashion that you do. Piani and Bookin-Weiner provide a helpful and lively framework for understanding some of the many ways that people differ in the workplace. This entertaining yet insightful book offers both a magnifying glass and a mirror to help you appreciate others--as well as yourself." --Mark I. Rosen, Ph.D., author of Thank You for Being Such a Pain: Spiritual Guidance for Dealing with Difficult People

"Insightful and accessible, this book will help everyone understand that differences aren't disses. Trait Secrets is bound to improve relationships both professional and personal (just think what it could do for office romances)!" --Lynn Harris, author of Breakup Girl to the Rescue! A Superhero's Guide to Love, and Lack Thereof