# personality
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4:33Personality vs. behaviour: why what you do matters more than who you areJuliette Alban-Metcalfe: So, in answer to your question, Al, they are similar in the sense that the application is similar. So, people would apply something like DiSC or Myers-Briggs if they wanted to help leaders undersEP 279 · 26 Feb 2026·interview· 4:33–7:5944:37Are there people who just enjoy being difficult?Aoife O'Brien: That's such a good question. And I'm trying to think. I certainly have known people. And I'm trying to think, what is that driver? What's that unmet need that that person has? Was their family life difficuEP 255 · 4 Dec 2025·interview· 44:37–47:069:47Introverts vs. extroverts — the myth debunkedJohn Michel: No. So, there's not a lot out there in the organizational literature. We are starting to look at that now. So, We're looking at a number of boundary conditions or moderators. Currently, we're actually conducEP 223 · 14 Aug 2025·intro· 9:47–11:126:36Are some people just angrier than others?Leanne Elliott: Are some people just more angry than others? Al Elliott: Absolutely. So there's pretty significant individual differences, both in how often people get angry, but also in how they tend to express their anEP 163 · 16 Jan 2025·other· 6:36–10:462:23Tip 1: Know Yourself with Dr. Ryne ShermanLeanne Elliott: So over the next 2 Thursday episodes, we are aiming to bring you 10 tips to build a happy workplace. Let's start with you, the business leader. Along the way, we have spoken a lot about the importance of EP 100 · 23 May 2024·other· 2:23–11:370:33Google's hiring evolution: skills vs. personalityAl Elliott: Nice. Check out hopspot.com, the agentic customer platform for growing businesses Leanne Elliott: And that's the other thing. If you think she's good and her performance is good, then she's not good. She's frEP 86 · 2 Apr 2024·news roundup· 0:33–9:5217:36The distinction between being angry and being an angry personAl Elliott: Okay, so, so far, We know what anger is. We know a little bit about how our genetics and childhood can affect how angry we are. And we know roughly how often the average person gets angry. So is there a diffeEP 81 · 8 Mar 2024·interview· 17:36–22:5530:00Personality and behaviour — the juicy bitLeanne Elliott: Yeah Al Elliott: They forget that in many cases, these are team events and that you have to get along with your team to be successful. And so, yeah, that is a sort of a little separate category where you EP 31 · 22 Mar 2023·other· 30:00–32:419:07Why personality matters in businessmidroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): You have? Stephen Short: One of them is still very much in my life right now and is one of my best friends. I think it's a really important relationship to have in the workplace Al Elliott: BEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 9:07–19:542:11The DNA of an entrepreneur: young Al and the need to be popularAl Elliott: Okay Leanne Elliott: And get to know, get to know Al Elliott. So to steal a question, and if you're a regular podcast listener, you'll know exactly where this question is from. What do I need to understand abEP 16 · 13 Dec 2022·other· 2:11–3:4232:30Scale 2: ReservedSandy McKenzie: Um, the 3rd score is reserved. Um, so again, a bit like excitable, I've scored this 100, like nothing in between. And I think the thing about reserved, it's an interesting one. And I think I went with thiEP 14 · 29 Nov 2022·interview· 32:30–38:1839:54Scale 4: ColourfulAl Elliott: Brilliant Sandy McKenzie: And 2 out of 3 of us are devilishly good-looking Sandy McKenzie: Seamless, seamlessEP 14 · 29 Nov 2022·interview· 39:54–45:32
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