IMPORTANT:
Prior to the presentation, all
participants should complete the
free Jung Typology Test at this
website:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgiwin/JTypes1.htm
and bring their four letter result
code with them to class.
Humanmetrics &
Personality Type
Connie Johnston
Career Counselor, CPCC
Workshop Objectives
To learn the basic
concepts of the MBTI
To understand how your
MBTI type may affect
your work habits
To gain insight into how to
interact with those of
another type
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Important Points to Remember about
MBTI
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Self-report instrument
Nonjudgmental
Preference indicator
Well researched
Used in many environments
Type watching is a useful skill
E/I and J/P preferences easiest to spot
Basics of Type Theory
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Introversion/
Extroversion
iNtuition/ Sensing
Feeling/ Thinking
Judging/ Perceiving
Where do you get your energy?
Extraverts
Introverts
External
Internal
Use many words
Economical use of
words
Wants to talk
Wants to be quiet
Silence is embarrassing Silence a blessing
Expansive gestures
Close gestures
Talk…think
Think… talk
Talk… feel
Feel… talk
Scattered energy
Concentrated energy
Isachsen and Berens in Working Together
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Please divide into small groups
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Conversation Sticks.
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Everyone gets 3 or 4 counters.
Divide into groups containing both Extraverts and
Introverts.
Each time you talk, you must use a counter.
The counters will be redistributed once they have
all been used.
The game will take five minutes.
How do you gather information?
Sensing
Intuition
What is real
What can become
Concrete
Abstract
To do
To envision
Specific/Actual
Theoretical
Action
Insight
Realistic
Futuristic
Tangible
Conceptual
Today
Tomorrow
Practical
Vision
Isachsen and Berens in Working Together
Use your Sensing to describe what you see?
Interpret the photograph
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How do you make decisions?
Thinking
Feeling
Head
Heart
Criteria
Values
Impersonal
Personal
Explain
Understand
Tough
Compassion
Aloof
Personable
Principles
Circumstances
Justification
Humane
Objective
Subjective
Isachsen and Berens in Working Together
How do you organize your world?
Judging
Perceiving
Structured
Non-Structured
Time and place for
everything
Many times and places
for all kinds of things
See you at 1:00 pm sharp See you sometime
tomorrow
Priorities
Projects
Anticipate and schedule
See what happens,
respond
On time
On a roll
Urgency
Lots of Time
Task
Process
Order
Option
Isachsen and Berens in Working Together
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Divide into 2 groups – Js and Ps
Build a house
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Some ideas for stretching yourself
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Extraverts: Like to shoot from the lip. Count to ten
before jumping in with a thought. Practice listening.
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Introverts: Like to think before speaking.
Deliberately waste words and blurt things out. It is
okay to repeat yourself sometimes.
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Sensors: Like to be grounded and
focus on the present. Let your
imagination roam a little. Brainstorm
ideas for next week or even tomorrow!
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Intuitive: Enjoy thinking about
possibilities and the future. Practice
noticing how things touch, taste, smell,
feel, and sound in the present without
attaching any meaning to it. Just be!
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Thinkers: You like to be objective and
impersonal when making decisions.
Think about the other person’s point of
view. Consider how you feel about
what is happening.
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Feelers: You want everyone to be in
agreement. Try to not to rescue others
when disagreements happen.
Sometimes disagreements are a
healthy and natural part of the process.
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Judgers: You tend to want closure,
organization, & deadlines. Practice letting
things happen sometimes.
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Perceivers: You have many projects going
on at a time. Try to finish something
important ahead of schedule.
Finding job satisfaction
 Communication difficulties
 See problems differently
 Use of preferences not rewarded
 Experience stress/ dissatisfaction
Options:
 Altering your job (niche, tasks, find a group)
 Adapting to your job by using your MBTI
knowledge
 Plowing ahead by seeking success through
your differences
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Resources
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www.keirsey.com
www.personalitytype.com
Keirsey, Please Understand Me
Kroeger with Thuesen, Type Talk at Work
Isachsen and Berens, Working Together
Briggs Myers, Gifts Differing
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