Business psychology is the application of clinical psychology´s traditional knowledge and skill base to people working in business settings.
Business psychology is about people who do the work for corporations of all sizes including one person´s corporations.
When can business psychology be useful?
When you want more (self)-understanding
of your behavior, of strengths and weaknesses,
of future development, of optimal career choises.
When you behave in ways that are self-defeating
over controlling or under empowering
abrasive, self-centered, disorganized,
angry or hostile, poor listener,
perfectionistic or rigid, authoritarian
too timid in certain situations, distrustful or
easily threatened.
When you need to deal with (difficult) colleagues or employees
working with talented people who are difficult,
dealing with people above in the power structure,
dealing with people who are self-centered or narcissistic,
developing effective relationships,
leading and managing team members.
Business Psychologists know how to actively promote changes in individual behavior and know the effects of changing just one element in a system.
