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MYERS-BRIGGS WORKSHOP
Knowing Yourself and Others…
Heidi Lender, M.A.
Assistant Director
Strommen Career and Internship Center
MBTI:
NAME
EXERCISE
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
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...
It’s all about Facts, Data, Detail – Value Realism and
Common Sense
Intuitives take in information
through the 6th sense...
Trust their instincts – Value Imagination
and Innovation
Thinking and Feeling
The way we make decisions
Thinkers make decisions with
their head
Objective and Logical Thinkers
Feelers make decisions with
their heart
Value Empathy – Consider the Effect the
Decision Will Have on Others
EXERCISE
We need 3 Teams
Working together as a group, build the
best star you can. 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...
Are Happiest leaving their options open –
Play First, Work Later
MBTI: RESULTS
Hand back results
Do your results fit with what you self
selected?
Percentage of U.S. Population
ISTJ
11.6%
ISFJ
II
13.8%
INFJ
II
1.5%
INTJ
2.1%
ISTP
5.4%
ISFP
II
8.8%
INFP
4.4%
INTP
3.3%
ESTP
I
4.3%
ESFP
II
8.5%
ENFP
I
8.1%
ENTP
I
3.2%
ESTJ
8.7%
ESFJ
12.3%
IIIIIII
ENFJ
I
2.5%
ENTJ
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