The Complete Personality Assessment

The Complete Personality Assessment applies psychometric tests in a structured way to help readers better understand their strengths and shortcomings. While emphasizing the implications for one's work life, the book helps readers think through how best to use their talents, and it shows them how to confront and overcome the internal conflicts that hold them back.

Jim Barrett is a psychologist and consultant with many years' experience in advising organizations on their selection procedures and assessment systems. He is the co-author of the international best-seller Test Your Own Aptitude, and also How to Pass Advanced Aptitude Tests, Career, Aptitude and Selection Tests and Ultimate Aptitude Tests (all published by Kogan Page). Hugh Green has a lifetime of experience in individual and organizational development. He is a chartered fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Introduction	p. 1
Who are you?	p. 5
Are you content with who you are?	p. 5
Six-factor personality test	p. 6
Your organization	p. 16
Your interaction	p. 17
Your enthusiasm	p. 18
Interpretation of your results	p. 19
Analysis of scores	p. 22
Action plan	p. 47
Gaining feedback	p. 48
Feedback questionnaire	p. 48
What do you want to do?	p. 55
Career development profile (CDP)	p. 55
Career motivation chart	p. 64
Making sense of your chart	p. 65
Single work interest preferences	p. 68
Combined work interest preferences	p. 77
Your behaviour scores	p. 90
Areas of possible uncertainty	p. 91
How your behaviour scores fit with work	p. 93
Career development planning	p. 102
Applying the CDP results to focus your career choices	p. 103
Your skills or aptitudes portfolio	p. 104
Ability/competence checklist	p. 105
Your skills spectrum	p. 110
Career action plan	p. 116
From planning to action	p. 121
Your work and life balance	p. 127
Life balance test (LBT)	p. 127
Life balance chart	p. 134
Interpreting your life balance chart	p. 134
Contentment	p. 136
Compromise	p. 137
Compensation	p. 137
Implications of your results	p. 138
Awareness	p. 139
Fears about change	p. 139
Successful versus contented	p. 139
Compensations versus compromises	p. 140
Conflict	p. 140
Emotional consequences	p. 141
Rigidity	p. 141
Defence mechanisms	p. 142
Fear	p. 142
Self-deception	p. 142
Relationships at work	p. 144
Status of the job	p. 146
Authority at work	p. 149
Material reward	p. 151
Nature of the job	p. 153
Leisure time	p. 156
Family life	p. 158
Life balance development exercises	p. 161
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The Complete Personality Assessment

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