1. Faculty Development Workshop September 17, 2010 Work Style Differences: Pearls from Myers Briggs

2. Goals for the Day Consider how personality preference impacts on your interactions with others Consider how personality preference impacts teaching and learning Enjoy an opportunity to think about these issues with colleagues

3. Clarifying Group Norms

4. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Created by Isabel Briggs Myers, (1891-1980) and her mother, Katherine Briggs (1875-1968) Goal is to make the theory of psychological types (CG Jung) understandable and useful to individuals and groups MBTI developed for 3 decades from 1930s – 1950s Essence is that much seemingly random variation in behavior is quite consistent, due to basic difference in how people prefer to use their perception and judgment.

5. Basic Premises of Myers-Briggs Perception involves all the ways of becoming aware of things, people, happenings, or ideas. Judgment involves all the ways of coming to conclusions about what has been perceived. If people differ in what they perceive and how they reach conclusions, it’s reasonable that they differ in interests, reactions, values, motivations and skills.

6. Myers-Briggs type indicator Preference, not category Variability across time Facilitates understanding of self and others Diversity of style can be both a strength and source of conflict within groups Upstream, downstream

7. Four dimensions of preference: E xtrovert - I ntrovert S ensing – i N tuition T hinking – F eeling J udging – P erceiving

8. Preferences Extravert - Intravert – Prefer focus on the outer world or own inner world? Sensing – iNtuition – Prefer focus on basic information or prefer to interpret and add meaning? Thinking – Feeling – When making decisions, do you first look at logic or at people and special circumstances? Judging – Perceiving – Prefer decisions settled or stay open to new information and options?

9. Extraversion – Intraversion (Energy Flow) Prefer action over thought Prefer many relationships Strengths: Comfortable with others, verbal Overuse: Talks too much – doesn’t listen Prefer to think then act Likes privacy, peace, quiet Strengths: Independent, listens well Overuse: secretive, misunderstood by others

10. Sensing – iNtuition (How we take in information) Prefer facts, direction, lists Problems have solutions, and can be solved with hard work and effort Strengths: Memory for detail, practical, organized Overuse: can lose overall picture Prefer concepts rather than details, patterns, Like to find new ways of approaching problems Strengths: Imaginative, seeks new possibilities Overuse: leaps to conclusions

11. Thinking – Feeling (How we make decisions) Decisions logical and based on facts Can see both sides - Fair Strengths: Organized, objective, stands firm Overuse: Discounts feelings, refuses to compromise Decisions based on values and how it affects others Empathic, concerned w group happiness Strengths: Considers others, persuades, inspires Overuse: Avoids conflict, easily hurt

12. Judging – Perceiving (How we implement decisions) Prefers order, goals, results, commitment to plans Likes lists, organization, routines Strengths: decisive, plans ahead, organized Overuse: decides too quickly, inflexible, stubborn Prefers flexibility and ability to change plans, decisions Likes surprises, waiting to see what occurs Strengths: open-minded, adaptable, tolerant of others Overuse: indecisive, doesn’t plan, disorganized

13. Faculty (N= 7) Preference Faculty Extravert Introvert 3636 Sensing iNtuition 1818 Thinking Feeling 3636 Judging Perceiving 7272

14. General Population Preferences Preference GeneralFaculty Extravert Introvert 46 54 33 66 Sensing iNtuition 68 32 11 89 Thinking Feeling 53 47 33 66 Judging Perceiving 58 42 78 22

15. Temperaments – Working Styles ISTJ traditional ISFJ traditional INFJ catalyst INTJ visionary ISTP problem ISFP solver INFP catalyst INTP visionary ESTP problem ESFP solver ENFP catalyst ENTP visionary ESTJ traditional ESFJ traditional ENFJ catalyst ENTP visionary

16. Faculty Temperaments NT – Visionary/Planner – SP – Problem Solver – NF –Catalyst/Motivator – SJ – Traditional Authority -

17. NT – Visionary Values: competence, big ideas, ingenuity Strengths: Ideas, logic, planning and innovation Irritations: people not getting what you say, “stupid” errors Pitfalls: lack of follow through or focus on detail; boredom after design stage

18. NF – Catalyst and Motivator Values: cooperation, harmony Strengths: high-energy, values others, attends to morale, diplomatic persuader Irritations: criticism, lack of positive feedback, impersonal treatment Pitfalls: avoids conflict, too anxious too please, can play favorites

19. SP – Active Responder Values: flexibility, change, taking risks, action Strengths: clever, practical, quick response to crisis Irritations: restrictions, routine, “silly details” Pitfalls: shoots from the hip, lack of follow through, overlooks established rules

20. SJ – Traditionalist Values: accuracy, carefulness, clear authority, hard work, timeliness Strengths: Organization, follow through, establishing rules, procedures Irritations: ignored deadlines, others not following procedures Pitfalls: impatience with delays, critical of others, rigidity

21. Categories of Sentences Longest sentence (most words) Most sentences Funniest sentence Sentence that is most pertinent to teaching Most thought provoking sentence

22. Cautions Continuum not Category Can’t explain all behavior A platform not a box People may not look like their preferences

23. Applications to Teaching Know Yourself: work from strengths and around weaknesses Get mentoring and support from colleagues with both similar and different preferences Think about your students and their preferences as you plan your teaching