Description 
This Quick
Guide to the Four Temperaments and Change helps readers
navigate change using two tools. The first tool is a step-by-step
process for navigating change. This process allows readers
to move through a specific change in a structured, practical
way and includes strategies for acknowledging, accepting,
adjusting to, and anticipating change. The second tool is
an understanding and appreciation of individual differences.
Using the concepts of temperament, the booklet helps readers
understand how innate needs and preferences affect the way
people view and prefer to approach change. When readers
use these two tools—a process to navigate change and
an understanding of individual differences—they are
able to navigate change effectively.
We do not navigate
change in isolation. Since we move through change with others,
the booklet also includes a section providing tips and strategies
for helping others to navigate change. Understanding the
needs of other temperament groups is especially helpful
since it will prompt you to provide information or involve
others in the change process in ways that you might not
have considered from your own temperament perspective. This
section makes the Quick Guide to the Four Temperaments
and Change a useful resource for those planning and
implementing organizational change as well as for individuals
who are navigating change.
Testimonials
“Books elaborating on temperament theory abound,
but with the Quick Guide to the Four Temperaments and Change,
Donna Dunning has given to the organization and personal
development worlds what they are most in need of—a
practical guide to using the temperaments to facilitate
and shepherd people through personal and organizational
transition. This book is a welcomed new tool.”
—Hile Rutledge
Managing Partner, Otto Kroeger Associates, and
co-author, Type Talk at Work: How 16 Personality Types Determine
Your Success on the Jo
“Donna Dunning has written a practical, put-it-straight-to-use
guide. I made immediate connections between her suggestions
for writing a change communication plan and the ways such
a plan would be valuable in my office. The sections on what
each temperament seeks during change and what challenges
each faces will assist every manager to effectively support
employees through change. This guide is a must for every
manager’s bookcase!”
—Judy Gareis
Human Resources Director, Methodist Medical Group
“All too often organizational change initiatives
focus on the process, not the people. The confusion, anxiety,
and fear that change frequently evokes in employees are
often little understood and poorly managed. Donna’s
insightful and practical approach to the people side of
change is a welcome—and much needed—corrective.”
—Scott Campbell
Director of Training, 5D Leadership, and author, Quick Guide
to the Four Temperaments and Peak Performance
“Change is overwhelming but thankfully, this booklet
is not! Donna Dunning provides employees, managers, and
professional facilitators a clear blueprint to follow in
transitional times. This is a ready-made workshop tool or
coaching template for any organization (or change agent)
seeking an effective change management resource.”
—Helen Scully
Author, Elevations: The Career Discovery Tool
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