From an experienced organizational psychologist comes a unique guide to learning how to better
read and understand people and make improved more informed business decisions about
them--including choosing the right employees fostering relationships in the workplace
resolving conflicts more effectively and optimizing your performance on the job--using the
science of personality. Psychologists widely agree that five key traits define our
personalities--intellect emotionality sociability drive and diligence. Unlike emotions
which are transitory in nature these traits determine our behaviors including our motivations
social inclinations reactions to crisis or complexity patterns of thinking and more.
Organizational psychologist Dr. Richard Davis is an expert in assessing personalities. He has
spent decades advising business leaders and evaluating executives from some of the world's
biggest companies including Amazon Target Best Buy Under Armour Meta Starbucks Nike
LVMH and the NBA. Over the course of his career he has helped numerous executives make tough
highly consequential hiring calls based on personality. A company's board might want its next
CEO to be decisive focused and a strong communicator. Investors backing a start-up might want
a leader who is not only a visionary but also a team player who doesn't retaliate when given
constructive feedback. That's where he comes in. As a result of his life's work Dr. Davis has
developed not only a unique perspective on what human personality is but an indispensable
toolkit for analyzing it and using the information effectively. In Good Judgment he brings
his expertise to you. Dr. Davis explains what the science of personality is and how it works
and how all of us can use it to improve our working relationships careers and lives. Whether
you're a novice manager looking to hire your first assistant a board member in need of the
ideal CEO an angel investor trying to choose between two different startups or a new parent
selecting a pediatrician understanding the science of personality and how to utilize it is the
key to exercising good judgment--at work and in life.
