Depending on your definition of 'personality model' there are plenty to choose from.
I don't have any good overview of similarities and differences, which are tests more than models, or which are really two names on the same model.
- Big 5/5 factor model. 5x6 axes. Tests include NEO-PI, MMPI-2, IPIP ++.
- Global 5. 5 axes
- BELBIN
- Emneagram/RHETI
- Hexaco
- Holland COdes/RIASEC
- Jung/MBTI/Kiersey/DISC, 16 PF, MENTI. 4 axes
- MOTIV
- R-Drive
- Temperaments. 4 axes
- Hartman. 4 axes
- Kolb/Mumford
- Learning styles, GrashaRiechmann styles, Dunn and Dunn styles, Canfield styles
Which ones you should focus on depends on what you are looking for.
Big 5\NEO-PI-R is the most scientifically supported model, so I mostly keep to that one. MBTIThe hard part about Big 5 is the number of traits total (30), which takes a while to really learn, understand and remember. MBTI is useful in learning theory about personality types, differences and traits, but it lacks scientific support. The The others I haven't studied much yet.
In general I think it's a good idea to use Big 5 as the base, and search for correlations with traits from Big 5.
Sources:
http://similarminds.com/personality_types.html http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu/previous/TCC%202005/santo.pdf http://www.personalityresearch.org/bigfive.html http://hexaco.org/scaledescriptions