MBTI Type

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MBTI - Type Communications

• John Fielder
• The Career Consultancy With thanks to Team Focus
  Ltd

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Introduction

• The MBTI Type communications
• History - The MBTI
• 1917 Katharine C. Briggs (USA) begins study of
  individual
• difference through biography.
• 1923 Jung's Psychological Types translated into
  English.
• 1923-41 Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers
  study
• Jungian theory and observe personality in
  terms of type theory.

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• History Continued.
• 1941 Beginning of WWII triggers decision to
  create
• an indicator to make Jungian preference type
  theory available to more people.
• 1942-44 Development of early forms of Indicator.
• 1944-56 MBTI data collected, research begun on
  medical and nursing students, and other samples.
• 1956 Educational Testing Service (ETS) becomes.
• publisher of MBTI as a research instrument.
• 1956-62 Development of new forms of Indicator.
• 1962 Manual published Form F published.

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• History Continued.
• 1962 - 1974 Continual development.
• 1975 Consulting Psychologists Press (CPP) becomes
  publisher of MBTI and it becomes available to the
  wider psychological community for the first time.
• 1978 Form G Published.
• 1979 The Association for Psychological Type (APT)
  is formed. (USA).
• 1985 Myers Briggs Users Group (MBUG) formed. UK
  research commences.
• 1989 British Association for Psychological Type
  formed, and MBUG dissolved and UK research
  accelerates.

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• History - The MBTI Type Indicators
• 1990 - 1998 MBTI completely revised in 1998
  relaunched as MBTI Step 1.
• 1999 Development work starts on Type Dynamics
  Indicator - TDI.
• 1999 Development work starts on Learning Styles
  Indicator - LSI.
• 2001 - 2003 TDI LSI trial UK norms completed.
  (1200 sample size).
• 2003 TDI LSI published.

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• Now - The MBTI Type Indicators
• TDI 2004 Clients include
• Goldsmiths College
• Jobcentre Plus
• Lee Hecht Harrison
• Legal Services Commission
• London Fire Brigade
• Longbridge Consultants
• Norwich Union
• Nottingham University
• Rolls Royce
• Select (Portugal)
• The Daily Telegraph
• The Rent Service

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• Now
• MBTI TDI used for
• Improving communication and resolving
  organisational conflict in teams.
• Career development and individual coaching.
• Leadership development and,
• Implementing organisational change.

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• Now
• Why do Type Indicators work ?
• Type Indicators create a language, ideas for
  descriptions, greater perceptiveness and clearer
  understandings.
• Type Indicators introduce SIMPLICITY and CLARITY.
• Understanding others no longer left to chance,
  vague, or undifferentiated.

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• Now
• Type Indicators assist in.
• Understanding learning styles preferences.
• Communicating in motivational terms.
• Understanding other Types, so that
  communication methodology is optimised.

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Extraversion - Introversion
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Extraversion
Introversion
Energy flows outwards
Energy flows inwards
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Sensing - iNtuition
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Thinking - Feeling
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Judging - Perceiving
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The Learning Cycle
Reflect
Act
Construct
Experiment
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TYPE Table Quadrants
Clarifier
Creator
Explorer
Activator
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The Learning Cycle
Reflect(Observation) What actually happened? What
have we got here? Whats it all about? Lets
review the experience
Act (Concrete) Lets get on with it? I want a
result. I know what to do? I want the experience.
Experience
Construct (Abstract) What could be
different? There must be another way Have you
thought of .? An alternative idea?
Practice (Experiment) Lets try something
else? Did you know that ..? Shall we try it for
fun? An alternative experience?
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Learning Styles - LSI


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Which do you prefer?
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So much for theory - Lets get physical! Time to
complete the TDI. Remember its how you prefer
to think and feel!
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Who answered the questionnaire?
The way it is
Identity Self
Contextual Self
Ideal Self
The way I want
True Self
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Communications Overview

• Which Type are you?
• Which is your learning style?
• What Type is your organisation?
• Who do you communicate with?
• How do you communicate?
• Who do you wish to influence?
• Who are the decision makers?

INTJ
ISTJ
ENTJ
ESTJ
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Where to Get More Information

• TDI - Team Focus Ltd
• 01628 637338
• The Career Consultancy
• 01883 723901