Brian Little

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Personalities at Work: Free Traits and Third Natures
This presentation discusses how individual differences in personality play a subtle and vital role in the lives of professionals, their clients and the broader community. Professor Little illustrates, with practical examples, the effect of personality on communication, memory, learning styles and decision-making. However, he also argues that in our professional work, we are not always what we appear to be. Little rejects the notion that we have "fixed traits" that are "set like plaster." He argues that we have "free traits" and are, at worst, only "half-plastered."

How to Build Winning Teams
Through this humorous, interactive presentation, Dr. Little's audiences learn to benefit from diverse personalities. They will understand the different learning, communication, and work styles of team members, and to develop strategies to bring them together harmoniously. Audiences walk away with a new understanding of how different personalities work together. The end result will be teams that perform to their potential and take your organization to new heights.

Achieving Success in A Competitive Environment
Drawing on contemporary research into physical and emotional health, Dr. Little outlines practical strategies to help you and your team achieve success and deal with the stresses of life in a competitive environment. The issues he addresses in his funny, upbeat presentation

Communication and Your Client
You will learn to evaluate differences in how clients interpret information; to determine what a client needs to make a decision; and to adapt your approach to suit different personality types. This unforgettable presentation will not only show you how to make the sale, but how to build long-term productive relationships.

Summary Profile

Dr. Brian Little is an internationally acclaimed scholar and speaker in the field of personality and motivational psychology. His pioneering research on how everyday personal projects and ‘free traits' influence the course of our lives has become an important way of explaining and enhancing human flourishing.

Professor Little is currently at Cambridge University where he is a Distinguished Scholar and Director of the Social Ecology Research Group in the Department of Social and Development Psychology and a Distinguished Associate of the world renowned Cambridge Psychometrics Centre.

Previously, he taught at McGill, Oxford, and Harvard Universities. His course on personality in Harvard's Department of Psychology was immensely popular, and he was elected as a ‘Favourite Professor' by the graduating classes of Harvard for three consecutive years.

Dividing his time between Canada and the UK, Brian is also a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Carleton University in Ottawa and he lectures world-wide on personality, motivation and well-being.

Highly successful corporations and professionals understand the profound effect that personality has on performance, and they use this knowledge to their advantage. In his presentations - which are both deeply informative and outrageously funny - Dr. Little helps his audiences learn how to make effective use of these personality differences. "A cross between Robin Williams and Einstein" is how one client described him.

Brian's unique approach to the science of personality is the focus of his current book project on Third Natures: The Happiness of Pursuit, which will be published by PublicAffairs Books in the USA and HarperCollins in Canada and France.

Client Testimonials:

"Stunningly good. I laughed, and cried. Wish you could be my psychologist!"

International Association of Business Communicators

"Truly outstanding. . . . I thought he was talking directly to me."

McKinsey & Company

"I just returned from the Class conference in Niagara-On-"The-Lake and attended your seminar. It was truly fantastic, informative and enjoyable. I look forward to the next Class conference and hope you will be in attendance. You certainly made a hit with everyone!"

Niagara-On-The-Lake Conference