MYERS-BRIGGS WORKSHOP
Knowing Yourself and Others…
Heidi Lender, M.A.
Assistant Director
Strommen Career and Internship Center
THE OUTCOMES FOR TODAY ARE:
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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
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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…
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Is based on a theory of personality
developed by Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung.
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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
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Is based on 16 distinctly different
personality types
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
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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
EXERCISE
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It’s your Birthday...
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Describe your PERFECT day off
Extraversion & Introversion
THE WAY WE GET OUR ENERGY
EXTRAVERSION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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create a star
Judging & Perceiving
The way we function in the world
JUDGING
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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
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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
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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
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