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MYERS-BRIGGS WORKSHOP
Knowing Yourself and Others…
Heidi Lender, M.A.
Assistant Director
Strommen Career and Internship Center
THE OUTCOMES FOR TODAY ARE:
To know yourself better
To have a better understanding of others
To have fun, connect on a more personal
level with each other, and see each other
as valuable members of the team
GROUND RULES
Listen and be respectful of each other
(don’t interrupt when other’s are sharing
information)
Confidentiality: What’s said in this room
stays in this room
Honor each other’s individuality and
differences
MBTI:
NAME
EXERCISE
MBTI: Psychological Type…
Is based on a theory of personality
developed by Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung.
Was based on Jung’s theory of personality
in the 1920’s and enhanced in the 1950’s
by Myers and Briggs to help people find
meaningful and productive work
Is based on 16 distinctly different
personality types
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
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
EXERCISE
It’s your Birthday...
Describe your PERFECT day off
Extraversion & Introversion
THE WAY WE GET OUR ENERGY
EXTRAVERSION
Energized by people and
things
Tend to think out loud
Live it, then understand it
Are sometimes easier to
“read” and know
Communicate with
enthusiasm
Prefer learning and doing
a lot of different things
INTROVERSION
Energized by spending
time alone
Think through internally
Understand it, before
living it
Are more private; share
personal information with
a select few
Keep their enthusiasm to
themselves
Prefer learning and doing
only a few things, but with
more depth
EXERCISE
Take a few minutes to write down words,
phrases, or sentences about your candy!
Sensing & Intuition
The ways we take in information
SENSING
Trust what is certain
and concrete
Like ideas that have
practical applications
Value realism and
common sense
Tend to be specific and
literal; give detailed
descriptions
Live in the present
INTUITION
Trust their instincts
Like ideas for their own
sake
Value imagination and
innovation
Tend to be general and
figurative; use
metaphors and
analogies
Live in the future
EXERCISE
Your team has been working on a state of
the art Dispatch Management 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?
Thinking & Feeling
The way we make decisions
FEELING
THINKING
Value logic and fairness
Apply impersonal
analysis to problems
Are motivated by a
desire for achievement
and accomplishment
May be seen as critical,
insensitive, or uncaring
Value empathy and
harmony
Consider the effect the
decision will have on
others
Are motivated by a
desire to be appreciated
and liked
May be seen as illogical,
emotional, or weak
BREAK
10 Minutes
EXERCISE
create a star
Judging & Perceiving
The way we function in the world
JUDGING
Are happiest after decisions
have been made
Like to work first, play later
Set goals and work toward
achieving them on time
Are product oriented
(emphasis is on completing
the task)
Enjoy finishing projects
Are motivated to do projects
in advance of the deadline
PERCEIVING
Are happiest leaving their
options open
Like to play first, work later
Change goals as new
information becomes
available
Are process oriented
(emphasis is on how the
task is completed)
Enjoy starting projects
Are motivated to do projects
right before the deadline
MBTI: RESULTS
Hand back results
Do your results fit with what you self
selected?
Percentage of U.S. Population
ISTJ
11.6%
Jeromy R.
Thomas C.
ISFJ
13.8%
Mackenzie M.
Deanna S.
INFJ
1.5%
INTJ
2.1%
ISTP
5.4%
Janine B.
Tyler V.
ISFP
8.8%
Katrina N.
INFP
4.4%
INTP
3.3%
ESTP
4.3%
ESFJ
Taylor F.
8.5%
ENFP
8.1% ENTP
Kirstin T. Tyler P. Alyssa F.
Kyle D.
Julia M.
3.2%
ESTJ
8.7%
ESFP
12.3%
ENFJ
2.5%
Meghan N.
Amanda C.
1.8%
ENTJ
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
WHAT PREFERENCES SEEK AND
AVOID IN TEAMS
NF’S SEEK
NF’S AVOID
Doing work that allows for
Working with costs, schedules
awareness and growth
and figures
Fun, harmony, and innovation
Setting up hierarchies and
authority chains
Trying exercises that provide
insight into what matters to people Playing politics
Working with diversity to
Dealing with documentation and
improve output
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
CLOSING ACTIVITY