Transcript Myers Briggskeystone

MYERS-BRIGGS WORKSHOP
Knowing Yourself and Others…
Heidi Lender, M.A.
Assistant Director
Strommen Career and Internship Center
MBTI:
NAME
EXERCISE
MBTI: Psychological Type…
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Asserts that differences between people
result from inborn preferences.
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Defines a “psychological type” as
 The
natural, preferred way of using one’s
mind and directing energy
MBTI: Psychological Type…
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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 
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Environment
Culture
Education & Training
Interests & Motivations
Decide what personality type you
think YOU are?
E or I
S or N
T or F
J or P
Extraversion & Introversion
The way we get our energy
Extraverts get their energy...
•By Interacting With People and Things – Tend
to Think Out loud - Live it, then Understand it
Introverts get their energy...
•By Spending Time Alone Reflecting – Think
through Internally - Understand it, Before Living it
Introverts after a party
EXERCISE
Take a few minutes to write down words,
phrases, or sentences about your candy!
Sensing and Intuition
The way we take in information
Sensers take in information
through the 5 senses...
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It’s all about Facts, Data, Detail – Value Realism and
Common Sense
Intuitives take in information
through the 6th sense...
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Trust their instincts – Value Imagination
and Innovation
Thinking and Feeling
The way we make decisions
Thinkers make decisions with
their head
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Objective and Logical Thinkers
Feelers make decisions with
their heart
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Value Empathy – Consider the Effect the
Decision Will Have on Others
EXERCISE
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We need 3 Teams
 Working together as a team, build the best
star you can in 15 minutes
 The best star wins!
Judging and Perceiving
The way we function in the world
Judgers are very planful and
organized...
•Are Happiest After Decisions Have Been Made
- Work First, Play Later
Perceivers are very open and
spontaneous...
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Are Happiest leaving their options open –
Play First, Work Later
MBTI: RESULTS
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Hand back results
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Do your results fit with what you self
selected?
Percentage of U.S. Population
ISTJ
II
11.6%
ISFJ
I
13.8%
INFJ
1.5%
INTJ
2.1%
ISTP
5.4%
ISFP
II
8.8%
INFP
I
4.4%
INTP
3.3%
ESTP
III
4.3%
ESFP
IIII
8.5%
ENFP
IIIIII
8.1%
ENTP
I
3.2%
ESTJ
II
8.7%
ESFJ
12.3%
ENFJ
I
2.5%
ENTJ
I
1.8%
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