Read the latest research on personality
Why personality research matters
Personality shapes how we think, feel and behave, from the way we handle stress to how we relate to partners, colleagues and leaders. Research on personality, including the widely used Big Five model of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and emotional stability, helps us understand these differences and how they affect our wellbeing, relationships and performance at work.
Research also shows that personality is not completely fixed. Our traits can shift over time through life experience and deliberate effort, and therapy can support that change.
On this page Franco shares updates and reflections on new personality research and what it means for everyday life. You may also like the articles What is the Big Five and how can it help you, Can therapy change your personality, and Is your personality impacting on your work performance, which you can find on the blog.
If Bill Shorten had been elected PM would he have managed COVID-19 better?
As a Personality Psychologist, I wanted to determine what role personality plays in our leaders’ approach to COVID. In this article, I ask a simple question “What if Bill Shorten had been elected PM and not Scott Morrison - would we be in a different place?” Read more here