Business Chemistry

Stress, Career Aspirations, and Other Headlines

We hope that so far we've described the Business Chemistry types in a way that allows you to see yourself in them, and also your colleague Joe, and maybe even your mom. We've aimed for colorful descriptions, attempting to paint pictures that make the types come alive (but hopefully not like those creepy pictures where the eyes seem to follow you around the room.) However, for those readers pining for more numbers and graphs, here they come. (If you don't want to look at graphs, no worries; we think you'll find the text interesting as well, so just focus on that and let those charts be a colorful blur in your peripheral vision).

Our initial research established the Business Chemistry types, the traits associated with them, and the key differences between them. Since then we've gained a deeper understanding of how the types are similar and different via a number of large-scale research studies we've conducted with professionals all over the world, and through in-person sessions with thousands of executives and their teams. We've looked for differences in relation to a number of factors, from reactions to stress, to career aspirations, to the conditions under which each type thrives, and we've found significant differences between the ...