Personality at Work: The Drivers and Derailers of Leadership

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CHAPTER 7 Personality Is Behavior—Self-Ratings and 360 Feedback

Many people think of personality as a strictly internal experience and phenomenon, something that is in our minds as motivations, thoughts, and feelings. As if behavior—how you act and interact in the world—is distinct from personality.

Psychologists generally agree that behavior is a core aspect of personality, as reflected in these definitions of personality by three thought-leading psychologists:

“The most outstanding and salient impressions a person creates on others”¹

“The ...

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