Myers Briggs Type
Indicator (MBTI) Rationale
 Offers a straightforward and affirmative way to look
at yourself
 focuses on how people’s apparently random
behaviour is actually consistent when it comes to
how they prefer to:
Focus their attention
Get information
Make decisions
Orient themselves to the external world
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Uses
 Self-development
 Career development and exploration
 Relationship counselling
 Team building
 Problem solving
 Education & curriculum planning
 Stress management
 Assertiveness training
 Time management
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Overview
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All of us have something to learn
All of us have something to teach
Everyone has a preferred pathway to excellence
Differences are OK. It is important to highlight and value
these.
Opposites enrich
Individuals can expect to gain from this experience in direct
proportion to what they put into it.
MBTI is not categorizing. There are great variations within
the 16 personality types.
Personality isn’t everything
When it comes to people, there are few simple answers.
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Orientation
Where do you prefer to focus your attention?
 Extroversion
 Energized by outer world of
people & things.
 Prefer to communicate by
talking
 Tend to speak first, reflect
later
 Action oriented
 Expressive & friendly
 Learn best through doing or
discussing
 Breath of interests
 Introversion
 Energized by the inter world of
thoughts and ideas
 Prefer to communicate by
writing
 Tend to reflect before acting
or speaking
 Introspective
 Private and contained
 Learn most by “reflection”
 Depth of interests
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Perception
How do you take information in, find out about things?
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Sensing
Focus on what is real & actual
Value practical applications
Present oriented
Want information step-by-step
Best with details
Trust experience
Intuition
Focus on “possibilities”
Value imaginative insight
Future oriented
Jump around, leap in
anywhere
 Abstract and theoretical
 Trust inspiration
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Attitude
How do you orient toward the outer world?
Judging
Scheduled
Organized
Systematic
Methodical
Plan
Like closure - to have things
decided
 Avoid last minute stresses
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Perceiving
Spontaneous
Open-ended
Casual
Flexible
Adapt
Like things loose & open to
change
 Feel energized by last minute
pressures
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Judgement
How do you make decisions?
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Thinking
Strive for fairness
Find it easy to be objective
Focus on justice
Can inadvertently hurt feelings
Logical problem solvers
Want decisions
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Feeling
Strive for harmony
Sensitive to needs of others
focus on personal values
Easily get their feelings hurt
Assess impact on people
Want consensus
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