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A researcher studying printed personality trait scatter plots

Big Five · OCEAN

Paul Costa & Robert McCrae

Trait psychology's flagship: five continuous dimensions, no personality boxes — four decades of cross-cultural validation.

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A professor lecturing in a mid-century hall

Hierarchy of Needs

Abraham Maslow

From safety to self-actualization: what you need from work shifts as lower needs get met — and drives what you value next.

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A manager and an engineer talking on a factory floor

Two-Factor Theory

Frederick Herzberg

Salary prevents dissatisfaction but never creates satisfaction — motivation comes from a different list: achievement, growth, recognition, the work itself.

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Two consultants in a negotiation across a small table

Five Conflict Modes

Kenneth Thomas & Ralph Kilmann

Competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, accommodating — five ways to handle disagreement, and two instincts most of us overuse.

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An executive team in candid discussion around a table

Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

Trust, conflict, commitment, accountability, results — a pyramid that traces most team trouble back to its foundation.

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A facilitator guiding a team at a whiteboard

Team Development Stages

Bruce Tuckman

Forming, storming, norming, performing — most teams stay stuck not because of people, but because of the stage they are in.

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A leader presenting before a boardroom window

Six Leadership Styles

Daniel Goleman

Visionary, coach, affiliate, democratic, pacesetter, commander — no single style wins; the best leaders flex between six.

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A workshop circle in a group dynamics exercise

Group Dynamics

Kurt Lewin

The founder of group dynamics: behavior is a function of person and environment — and the leader's climate changes both.

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A researcher observing students in a classroom

Growth Mindset

Carol Dweck

Beliefs about ability change outcomes: people who see intelligence as growable learn more — and recover from failure faster.

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Character Strengths · VIA

Christopher Peterson & Martin Seligman

Twenty-four strengths under six virtues — positive psychology's answer to "what is right with you?"

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An office worker recovering in a bright breakout area

Job Demands–Resources

Arnold Bakker & Evangelia Demerouti

Burnout is not a character flaw: it is an imbalance between what a job demands and what it gives back — and both sides can be measured.

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A researcher studying emotion data charts on lab monitors

Emotional Intelligence

John Mayer & Peter Salovey

The psychologists who named it: EI as a measurable ability — perceiving, using, understanding, and managing emotion.

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A writer absorbed in deep work at a warm desk

Flow State

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The psychology of full absorption: when challenge meets skill, attention stops drifting and work starts to feel effortless.

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A person in silhouette absorbed in focused laptop work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

Focused, undistracted work is rarer and more valuable as AI absorbs the shallow tasks. The question is whether your day still allows it.

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FormLM Research Desk

The archive's own team: builds the reflection tools and files all 51 assessments into eight clusters — same entry structure and disclosure as every researcher above.

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Workplace Dilemma

A workplace dilemma — what would you do?

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Changed jobs or switching paths

Re-ground your direction with career values + strengths.

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Friction with a teammate

Reflect on your conflict style before the next conversation.

Communication & Teams →
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Stepping into leadership

Find your default leadership style and how to flex.

Leadership →
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Losing energy to learn

Check your learning habits and growth mindset.

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Unclear what you want from work

Clarify your work values and focus mode.

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Drifting at work, losing rhythm

Understand your work pace and feedback preferences.

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Why these assessments are worth your time

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Every entry states its limits

A fixed “What it cannot tell you” section on all 51 entries — see it on the Big Five page →

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