MBTI® Books

including two of our own! 

You've Got PersonalityYou’ve Got Personality, by Mary McGuinness, is an ambitious work that not only covers the essentials of the MBTI® but also opens up for further exploration the key areas of the diversity of strengths, communication styles, relationship challenges, leadership styles, work satisfaction, career choices, behaviours under stress and recreational pursuits of our multifaceted community. The title reveals Mary’s perspective, the contents of the fruits of her experience of over 20 years of working with the model in personal and professional development, mostly in the Australian setting. It also reveals her passionate belief in its contribution to the enhancement of self-acceptance and self-worth, mutual understanding and respect, and the fruits of collaborative effort through the appreciation of difference.

Want to purchase a copy of You’ve Got Personality?

Each book costs €14.50 + postage (reduced to €14.00 + postage per copy, for orders of 50 copies or more). Advance payment is required and can be made via electronic transfer or cheque. We do not accept credit card payments. To place an order, please contact Sharon Moran at thrive Consulting at: Sharon@thrive.ie or phone +353-1-845-6015.


Type & ConflictIntroduction to Type & Conflict, by Damian Killen and Danica Murphy, was developed and written as a direct response to the real needs that we have encountered. Our clients, practitioner colleagues and friends have asked us repeatedly to address the notion of conflict because it exists in so many places and at so many levels. This is a practical tool intended to help you develop insight and understanding and to encourage them to act with compassion and objectivity. The book is designed to help you in your personal and professional life…..understanding workplace preferences, coping with stress, reducing conflict, exploring career options, managing projects, enhancing decision making and improving team effectiveness.

In reading this book, we hope that your conflicts be few and your learnings be many!

Want to purchase a copy of Introduction to Type and Conflict?

Each book costs €25.50 + postage. Advance payment is required and can be made via electronic transfer or cheque. We do not accept credit card payments. To place an order, please contact Sharon Moran at thrive Consulting at: Sharon@thrive.ie or phone +353-1-845-6015.


Type & InnovationIntroduction to Type & Innovation, by Damian Killen and Gareth Williams is a book that originated from the authors’ mutual interest in discovering the link between personality type and innovation. They both came into this project from different worlds – Gareth from having been involved in innovation and in the teaching of it and the other, Damian from his work in the field of type and in particular his experience with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) instrument. The MBTI® instrument identifies sixteen distinct personality types, each type with its own set of strengths. They both knew instinctively there was a link and decided their goal was to discover this link and highlight how the different types are critical to the innovation process.

In 2005, they surveyed approximately 500 people from around the globe (although primarily in Europe and North America). The content gained from data analysis and on-going feedback from workshop participants has since shaped the contents of this book. The profiles of the sixteen types and how people of each type innovate as well as their strengths and challenges are detailed in Introduction to Type & Innovation as well as an action plan for increasing one’s own innovation potential.

Want to purchase a copy of Introduction to Type and Innovation?

Each book costs €25.50 + postage. Advance payment is required and can be made via electronic transfer or cheque. We do not accept credit card payments. To place an order, please contact Sharon Moran at thrive Consulting at: Sharon@thrive.ie or phone +353-1-845-6015.