The Owner's Manual for Personality at Work: How the Big Five Personality Traits Affect Your Performance, Communication, Teamwork, Leadership, and Sales
Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D., is a general partner and director of research for CentACS, the Center for Appliued Cognitive Studies in Charlotte, North Carolina. Since starting the company in 1986 with his partner and wife, Jane, Pierce has specialized in team building, assessment, and cognitive science. He now manages CentACS' research division, compiling data from ongoing research projects on the Five-Factor Model of personality, developing software applications, and continuing to develop and teach the Big Five certification program with Jane. Pierce recieved his Ph.D. degree in education with a special interest in curriculum and research in 1972 from the University of North Carolina at Chapil Hill. For the last twenty-five years, he has been an organizational psychologist. He is the author of The Owners Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind-Brain Research. He and his book were featured on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in May 1997. Pierce and Jane both Teach in the University of Norht Carolina-Charlotte Certificate Program in Organization Development; have coauthored workbooks, manuals, and articles on the Five-Factor Model; and Are frequently presenters at regional, national and international confrences.Jane Mitchell Howard, M.B.A., is managing director of CentACS, where she oversees the promotion, marketing, sales, operations, finance, and programmatic aspects of the company. Since 1991, Jane has worked with Cleints in using the Five-Factor Model of personality, integrated the Big Five into training programs, and, with Pierce, develope the Big Five certification program for consultings and trainers.