Transcript Connecting Personality Type & Leadership

Connecting
Personality Type, Career,
& Leadership
Facts About Worklife
• The typical American may spend between
80,000 and 100,000 hours in a lifetime
performing work-related duties. OUCH!
• Our personal identity is very
closely tied to our work.
• Job satisfaction affects quality of life in
and out of the workplace
Considering the number of
hours we spend at work, how
closely our careers are tied to
our identity, and how work
affects our personal life,
achieving good job-fit is very
important.
Knowing Yourself
In order to know whether or not a job or
a volunteer activity suits you, you must
know yourself.
Learning about your personality type is
a great way to learn more about you.
What is Personality?
• A set of personal characteristics that
explain why people do what they do.
• We consider personality when trying to
understand ourselves and others.
• Everyone (at varying times) can be like all
other people, like some other people, and
like no other person.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI)
• A personality assessment developed by
mother-daughter team, Katharine Briggs
and Isabel Briggs Myers in the 1940s
• Based on Carl Jung’s theory of personality
type that was introduced in the 1920s
• Very popular—over 2 million people take
the MBTI every year
But I didn’t take the MBTI!
The assessment you took
was free and easy to
administer for the purpose of
today’s retreat.
If, at some point, you would like to take the
actual MBTI, contact Career Services.
Not just for Career Choice
In addition to career development,
awareness of personality type and the use
of the MBTI can enrich our knowledge about
the following aspects of our lives:
• Learning
• Providing professional service through work
• Personal relationships
• Personal growth
The MBTI Preferences
Extraversion ---------------------- Introversion
Sensing ----------------------------- iNtuition
Thinking ---------------------------- Feeling
Judging ----------------------------- Perceiving
The MBTI Preferences
The MBTI assesses participants on 4 sets of
preferences. There are 8 preferences,
combining to make 16 personality types.
The names of the 8 preferences have a
meaning in psychology that is different from
the way they are used in everyday language.
Judging does not mean “judgmental” and
Thinking does not imply that someone is more
intelligent.
The MBTI Preferences
Extraversion ---------------------- Introversion
Sensing ----------------------------- iNtuition
Thinking ---------------------------- Feeling
Judging ----------------------------- Perceiving
Breaking Down the
Preferences
Where do you direct your attention and
where do you get your energy?
Extraversion ---------------------- Introversion
Prefers to get energy from active
involvement in events and having a lot
of different activities. Gets excited when
around people and likes to energize
others. Enjoys moving into action and
making things happen. Generally feels
at home in the world. Often understands
a problem better when he or she can
talk out loud about it and hear what
others have to say.
Prefers getting energy from dealing
with the ideas, pictures, memories,
and reactions that are inside one’s
head, in one’s inner world. Often
prefers doing things alone or with one
or two people with whom one feels
comfortable. Takes time to reflect
before acting or saying something.
Sometimes likes the idea of
something better than the real thing.
Descriptions from www.myersbriggs.org
The MBTI Preferences
Extraversion --------------------- Introversion
Sensing -------------------------------- iNtuition
Thinking ---------------------------- Feeling
Judging ----------------------------- Perceiving
Breaking Down the
Preferences
How do you intake and process information?
Sensing ------------------------------- iNtuition
Prefers to focus attention on physical
reality, what one sees, hears, touches,
tastes, and smells. Concerned with
what is actual, present, current, and
real. Notices facts and remembers
details that one thinks are important.
Likes to see the practical use of things
and learns best when sees how to use
what one is learning. Experience
speaks louder than words.
Prefers to focus attention on impressions
or the meaning and patterns of the
information one receives. Would rather
learn by thinking a problem through than
by hands-on experience. Interested in new
things and what might be possible. Thinks
more about the future than the past.
Enjoys working with symbols or abstract
theories, even if it is not known how one
will use them. Remembers events more as
an impression of what it was like than as
actual facts or details of what happened.
Descriptions from www.myersbriggs.org
The MBTI Preferences
Extraversion --------------------- Introversion
Sensing -------------------------------- iNtuition
Thinking --------------------------------- Feeling
Judging ----------------------------- Perceiving
Breaking Down the
Preferences
How do you make decisions?
Thinking ---------------------------------- Feeling
Prefers to find the basic truth or
principle to be applied when making a
decision, regardless of the specific
situation involved. Likes to analyze
pros and cons, and then be consistent
and logical in deciding. Tries to be
impersonal, so one won’t let personal
wishes--or other people’s wishes—
influence him or her.
Believes one makes best decisions by
weighing what people care about and
the points-of-view of persons involved
in a situation. Concerned with values
and what is the best for the people
involved. Likes to do whatever will
establish or maintain harmony. In
relationships, one tries to appear
caring, warm, and tactful.
Descriptions from www.myersbriggs.org
The MBTI Preferences
Extraversion --------------------- Introversion
Sensing -------------------------------- iNtuition
Thinking --------------------------------- Feeling
Judging ------------------------------- Perceiving
Breaking Down the
Preferences
What environments / lifestyle do you prefer?
Judging ------------------------------- Perceiving
Prefers a planned or orderly way of
life and likes to have things settled
and organized. Feels more
comfortable when decisions are
made and likes to bring life under
control as much as possible. People
who prefer judging lifestyles like to
tie-up loose ends and have closure.
Prefers a flexible and spontaneous
way of life, and likes to understand
and adapt to the world rather than
organize it. Others see Perceivers
staying open to new experiences and
information. People who prefer
perceiving environments feel
uncomfortable when things are set it
in stone. They enjoy starting projects
but might not always finish them.
Descriptions from www.myersbriggs.org
Your Type
The four preferences in which you scored
highest work together to create your
personality type
•ESTJ
•ENTJ
•ISTJ
•INTJ
•ESTP
•ENTP
•ISTP
•INTP
•ESFJ
•ENFJ
•ISFJ
•INFJ
•ESFP
•ENFP
•ISFP
•INFP
What is Your Type?
Look at your scores
Are your scores clear,
moderate, or slight?
Do you agree with all four
preferences?
Does your current job fit your type? What about
volunteer programs in which you are involved?
How about your academic program?
Remember
We all must change our personality a little to make
it through our daily lives…
But! When you work in a job
that requires you to change
your personality too much or
too often, that is when that job
becomes dissatisfying.
“Dropping your personality at the door” is no
way to spend your worklife.
Leadership & Personality
Let’s take a look at how personality type and
leadership styles might intermingle.
There are many different types of leaders.
Some styles do not reflect what many think
of as traditional leadership. See this
example from the Strong Interest Inventory
Leadership Styles
Different sets and theories regarding
leadership styles abound. Let’s focus on
this simple collection.
Directive Leadership
Achievement-oriented Leadership
Participative Leadership
Supportive Leadership
Leadership Styles
Directive- Leaders who use a Directive style tell
subordinates what to do, how to do it and when.
Achievement-oriented- Leaders who use an
Achievement-oriented style favor setting challenging
goals. They care about excellence and performance
levels, and motivate others by demonstrating confidence
in others’ ability to achieve.
Participative- Leaders who use a Participative style
prefer to confer with subordinates before making decisions.
Supportive- Leaders who use a Supportive style are
most concerned with the well-being of subordinates and
maintaining a friendly work environment.
Trash or Treasure?
What are the pros and cons
of the leadership style you
typically use?
Does your style work for
everyone?
Do you think you should have to
change your leadership style
when working with different
individuals?
Making the Connection
Think about your personality type.
Can you see a connection of why you prefer
to lead the way you do related to your type?
Think about this. How would an ESTJ
probably prefer to lead others?
How would an INFP go about leading
people?
Quiz Time!
Draw a line to match personality types to the likely favorite leadership style
INFP
Directive
ESTJ
Achievement-oriented
ISFP
Participatory
ESFJ
Supportive
Next Steps
To further discuss and
explore how personality
type and leadership style
affect your professional
and career development,
contact Career Services.
www.cpcc.edu/career [email protected]
704.330.4247