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 Learn about your personality traits  Explore the different personalities  Discover your personal communication style

Everyone is an individual Don’t put yourself or others in a box

 Assessment scores are influenced by: ◦ Environment ◦ Stress ◦ How you feel when taking the assessment  Your core personality remains stable over time—what changes is ◦ How you respond to assessments

 You use all behaviors and traits at different levels and skill  ALL traits are good ◦ May have different values in different situations  Report is NOT evaluation or skills assessment ◦ Does not measure your level of communication ◦ Effective teams work to mature all skills  Looks at normal behavior ◦ Can’t use to fix someone

EI Get Energy SN Take in Information TF Make Decisions JP Living in World

I E E Extroversion: Focus energy and attention outward Are interested in world of people and things Introversion: Focus energy and attention inward Are interested in inner world of thoughts and reflections

Extraverted  Attuned to external environment  Communicate by talking  Work out ideas by talking about them  Have broad interests  Sociable and expressive  Readily take initiative in work and relationships Extraverted  Attuned to external environment  Communicate by talking  Work out ideas by talking about them  Have broad interests  Sociable and expressive  Readily take initiative in work and relationships Introversion  Drawn to their inner world  Prefer to communicate in writing  Work out ideas by reflecting on them  Learn best by reflection, mental practice  Focus in depth on their interests  Private and contained  Take initiative when situation or issue is very important to them Introversion  Drawn to their inner world  Prefer to communicate in writing  Work out ideas by reflecting on them  Learn best by reflection, mental practice  Focus in depth on their interests  Private and contained  Take initiative when situation or issue is very important to them

E E I Very ClearFairlySlightSlightFairlyVery Clear

N S S Sensing: Prefer to take in information using their five senses—sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste Intuition: Go beyond what is real or concrete and focus on meaning, associations, and relationships

Sensing  Oriented to present realities  Factual and concrete  Focus on what is real and actual  Observe and remember specifics  Think in sequence  Build carefully and thoroughly toward conclusions  Understand ideas and theories through practical applications  Trust experience Sensing  Oriented to present realities  Factual and concrete  Focus on what is real and actual  Observe and remember specifics  Think in sequence  Build carefully and thoroughly toward conclusions  Understand ideas and theories through practical applications  Trust experience Intuitive  Oriented to future possibilities  Imaginative and verbally creative  Focus on patterns and meanings  Sees big picture  Remember specifics when they relate to a pattern  Move quickly to conclusions, follow hunches  Want to clarify ideas and theories before putting into practice  Trust inspiration Intuitive  Oriented to future possibilities  Imaginative and verbally creative  Focus on patterns and meanings  Sees big picture  Remember specifics when they relate to a pattern  Move quickly to conclusions, follow hunches  Want to clarify ideas and theories before putting into practice  Trust inspiration

S S N Very ClearFairlySlightSlightFairlyVery Clear

F T T Thinking: Make decisions base on impersonal, objective logic Feeling: Make decisions with a person- centered, values-based process

Thinking  Analytical  Use cause and effect reasoning  Solve problems with logic  Strive for an objective standard of truth  Reasonable  Can be “tough- minded”  Fair—want everyone treated equally Thinking  Analytical  Use cause and effect reasoning  Solve problems with logic  Strive for an objective standard of truth  Reasonable  Can be “tough- minded”  Fair—want everyone treated equally Feeling  Empathetic  Guided by personal values  Assess impact of decisions on people  Strive for harmony and positive interactions  Compassionate  May appear “tenderhearted”  Fair—want everyone treated as an individual Feeling  Empathetic  Guided by personal values  Assess impact of decisions on people  Strive for harmony and positive interactions  Compassionate  May appear “tenderhearted”  Fair—want everyone treated as an individual

T T F Very ClearFairlySlightSlightFairlyVery Clear

P J J Judging: Want the external world organized and orderly Look at world and see decisions that need to be made Perceiving: Seek to experience the world, not organize it Look at the world and see options that need to be explored

Judging  Scheduled  Organize their lives  Systematic  Methodical  Make short- and long-term plans  Like to have things decided  Try to avoid last- minute stresses Judging  Scheduled  Organize their lives  Systematic  Methodical  Make short- and long-term plans  Like to have things decided  Try to avoid last- minute stresses Perceiving  Spontaneous  Flexible  Casual  Open-ended  Adapt, change course  Like things loose and open to change  Feel energized by last-minute pressures Perceiving  Spontaneous  Flexible  Casual  Open-ended  Adapt, change course  Like things loose and open to change  Feel energized by last-minute pressures

J J P Very ClearFairlySlightSlightFairlyVery Clear

 There is variation within each type and type does not measure: ◦ Intelligence ◦ Maturity ◦ Emotions ◦ Development ◦ Stress ◦ Trauma ◦ Emotional health ◦ IQ

EI SN TF JP

Self-estimate type and reported type Best fit type True type

I E E Extroversion: Conversation rapid paced and often interrupt each other to elaborate on and process thoughts Want to talk and deal with conflict immediately Introversion: Slower paced conversation taking time to build thoughts and ideas internally Want to think conflict through before voicing opinions and possible solutions

N S S Sensing: Speak in a language that is literal and descriptive Want factual information presented in step-by-step format Intuition: Enjoy using metaphors, analogies, and other abstract language Get excited about change and doing things differently

F T T Thinking: Offer clear, frank feedback that can be interpreted by feeling types as overly critical Feeling: Offer warm, supportive feedback that can be seen by thinking types as insincere

P J J Judging: Tend to limit or make conclusions about the options the perceiving types are offering Perceiving: May stifle judging types by not focusing on evaluating, deciding, and moving ahead

 Highlight statements that most accurately describe you.  How do these affect your communication positively?  How do they affect your communication negatively?  What can you do differently?