Introduction to the MyersBriggs Type Indicator MBTI Bruce

Introduction to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) Bruce Gibson

Brief history of the MBTI assessment • Carl Jung was a turn-of-thecentury Swedish psychiatrist. • Found consistent trends in the way people experience and become aware of the world around them (called perception) and how people draw conclusions about what they perceived (called judgment).

Brief history of the MBTI assessment • In the 1920’s, the motherdaughter team of Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers expanded upon Jung’s work on personality type. • Over the next 40 years, Myers and Briggs focused on people’s personality types and work and produced an assessment based on Jung’s theory that measures preferences along four type dichotomies and 16 distinct types.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) • Since the assessment’s first introduction, it has undergone professional scrutiny and improvements as both a reliable and valid indicator of personality preferences. • Used by Fortune 100 companies and top universities worldwide for career development and to maximize individual and team effectiveness from entry to executive levels.

A wide range of applications Development Area Application Team development helps ease communication among team members, identify team strengths and weaknesses, and create action plans for improved performance Leadership development deepens leaders’ understanding of their personality type and the types of those they are leading to help them manage better, give more meaningful feedback, and improve individual and team performance Conflict management improves skills in identifying sources of conflict and intervening early to prevent underperformance, disruption, and disengagement Stress management builds resilience, increases productivity, and offers strategies for identifying and managing stress triggers Career transition & planning helps guide individuals on career choice, development, and management

Psychological Type and the Dichotomies

Psychological Type and the Dichotomies Is your natural focus the external world or the internal world?

Psychological Type and the Dichotomies Do you prefer to take in information in a sequential or big picture way

Psychological Type and the Dichotomies Do you make decisions by stepping back with an objective view or by stepping into the situation with an empathetic view?

Psychological Type and the Dichotomies Do you prefer a planned or a spontaneous approach to meeting a deadline?

MBTI 16 distinct types

MBTI Insights • Can help you consider how to draw upon preferred type and be aware of less preferred type that you can explore further. • Should be taken as a contributor to a larger journey of personal work. • What do you hope to get from this assessment? • How do plan to apply the assessment to your life?