Pressing the Right Buttons

by Allison Mooney

This is a business book with a sense of humor, on how to develop people skills in a work environment using personality types. To be successful at any level in the business world, 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 analyzing 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, and relate better to all personality types. Its a simple concept and a useful business tool at all levels.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Seema Singh]

Brilliant

[Ernest]

This book contained many things I do not enjoy about self-help books-vague, imprecise language, no citations to any peer reviewed studies and examples taken mainly from the author’s perspective. Yet despite all this, there was something about the book that really connected with me and I found insights into myself, how I can seem to others and how I interact with others. This is a book worth reading even though I am not sure why it ‘works'.

[Estelle | Mood Reader]

This book is focused on people skills and identifying your dominant personality type and others around you. Then understand how they interact and what each type needs from the other. It's almost like a cheat sheet on how to manage relationships at work and in friendship groups better.
I've done a video review of this on Instagram via @read.byestelle if you want more feedback.

[Lucy Duncan]

A quick read on how to understand people. How they communicate. Best ways to communicate and so on.