1. Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Rationale
Offers a straightforward and affirmative way to look at yourself
focuses on how people’s apparently random behaviour is actually consistent when it comes to how they prefer to:
Focus their attention
Get information
Make decisions
Orient themselves to the external world
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Uses
Self-development
Career development and exploration
Relationship counselling
Team building
Problem solving
Education & curriculum planning
Stress management
Assertiveness training
Time management
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Overview
All of us have something to learn
All of us have something to teach
Everyone has a preferred pathway to excellence
Differences are OK. It is important to highlight and value these.
Opposites enrich
Individuals can expect to gain from this experience in direct proportion to what they put into it.
MBTI is not categorizing. There are great variations within the 16 personality types.
Personality isn’t everything
When it comes to people, there are few simple answers.
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4. Orientation Where do you prefer to focus your attention?
Extroversion
Energized by outer world of people & things.
Prefer to communicate by talking
Tend to speak first, reflect later
Action oriented
Expressive & friendly
Learn best through doing or discussing
Breath of interests
Introversion
Energized by the inter world of thoughts and ideas
Prefer to communicate by writing
Tend to reflect before acting or speaking
Introspective
Private and contained
Learn most by “reflection”
Depth of interests E
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5. Perception How do you take information in, find out about things?
Sensing
Focus on what is real & actual
Value practical applications
Present oriented
Want information step-by-step
Best with details
Trust experience
Intuition
Focus on “possibilities”
Value imaginative insight
Future oriented
Jump around, leap in anywhere
Abstract and theoretical
Trust inspiration S N
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6. Attitude How do you orient toward the outer world?
Judging
Scheduled
Organized
Systematic
Methodical
Plan
Like closure - to have things decided
Avoid last minute stresses
Perceiving
Spontaneous
Open-ended
Casual
Flexible
Adapt
Like things loose & open to change
Feel energized by last minute pressures J P
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7. Judgement How do you make decisions?
Thinking
Strive for fairness
Find it easy to be objective
Focus on justice
Can inadvertently hurt feelings
Logical problem solvers
Want decisions
Feeling
Strive for harmony
Sensitive to needs of others
focus on personal values
Easily get their feelings hurt
Assess impact on people
Want consensus T F
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