1. MYERS-BRIGGS WORKSHOP
Knowing Yourself and Others…
Heidi Lender, M.A.
Assistant Director
Strommen Career and Internship Center

2. MBTI:
NAME
EXERCISE

3. MBTI: Psychological Type…
Asserts that differences between people result from inborn preferences.
Defines a “psychological type” as
The natural, preferred way of using one’s mind and directing energy

4. MBTI: Psychological Type…
Asserts that ALL types are equally valuable
Is NOT about skills, intelligence, abilities, or technical expertise
Does NOT tell you what you can and can’t do
Affirms that people are a lot more than their psychological type -
Environment
Culture
Education & Training
Interests & Motivations

5. Decide what personality type you think YOU are?
E or I S or N T or F J or P

6. Extraversion & Introversion The way we get our energy

7. Extraverts get their energy...
By Interacting With People and Things – Tend to Think Out loud - Live it, then Understand it

8. Introverts get their energy...
By Spending Time Alone Reflecting – Think through Internally - Understand it, Before Living it

9. Introverts after a party

10. EXERCISE
Take a few minutes to write down words, phrases, or sentences about your candy!

11. Sensing and Intuition The way we take in information

12. Sensers take in information through the 5 senses...
It’s all about Facts, Data, Detail – Value Realism and Common Sense

13. Intuitives take in information through the 6th sense...
Trust their instincts – Value Imagination and Innovation

14. EXERCISE
Your team has been working on a state of the art Business/Religion Portfolio project for the past 6 months and your entire team was promised a trip to the National Conference to present your findings. The conference will be held in mid- January and will be located in Hawaii.
At the last minute the budget was cut and 1 person can’t go. How do you decide who goes?

15. Thinking and Feeling The way we make decisions

16. Thinkers make decisions with their head
Objective and Logical Thinkers

17. Feelers make decisions with their heart
Value Empathy – Consider the Effect the Decision Will Have on Others

18. Judging and Perceiving The way we function in the world

19. Judgers are very planful and organized...
Are Happiest After Decisions Have Been Made - Work First, Play Later

20. Perceivers are very open and spontaneous...
Are Happiest leaving their options open – Play First, Work Later

21. MBTI: RESULTS Hand back results
Do your results fit with what you self selected?

22. Percentage of U.S. Population
ISTJ %
I I
ISFJ % I
INFJ %
INTJ %
ISTP %
ISFP %
INFP %
INTP %
ESTP %
I I I
ESFP %
I I I I
ENFP %
I I I I I I
ENTP %
ESTJ %
ESFJ %
ENFJ %
ENTJ %

23. WHAT PREFERENCES SEEK AND AVOID IN TEAMS
ST’S SEEK
Showing measurable results
Using proven methods to increase productivity
Solving problems immediately
Managing costs and schedules
ST’S AVOID
Participating in self-awareness activities
Brainstorming with no practical outcome
Hypothesizing about the future
Using untried methods
SF’S SEEK
Using tried and true methods
Sharing work equitably
Appling experience to practical jobs
Documenting and developing charts of people’s skills or needs
SF’S AVOID
Using new/untested procedures
Debating the merits of theories
Criticizing people they know in an open forum
Analyzing and predicting outcomes of strategic models

24. WHAT PREFERENCES SEEK AND AVOID IN TEAMS
NF’S SEEK
Doing work that allows for awareness and growth
Fun, harmony, and innovation
Trying exercises that provide insight into what matters to people
Working with diversity to improve output
NF’S AVOID
Working with costs, schedules and figures
Setting up hierarchies and authority chains
Playing politics
Dealing with documentation and paper work
NT’S SEEK
Positioning the team for the future
Linking systems and models
Organizational growth
Debate on challenging questions
NT’S AVOID
Doing someone else’s work
Popularity contests
Administrative details
Performing repetitious tasks