appreciating differences

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI ) A tool for understanding yourself and others
The Navigators UK Leicester November 2012

MBTI and me
Careers Advisor at University of Southampton Development Coach with The Navigators Career Coach Spiritual Director / Winchester Diocese
rob.wood@navigators.co.uk

Understanding your personality

MisconcepQons of the MBTI

MBTI is not a personality test - no pass/fail Your type is not an excuse for poor behavior Your future spouse need not be same as you MBTI cannot put you in a box. Your personality type does not change over Qme, although your outward behaviour can Example: Preference of hand

Understanding your personality

and that you are different yet connected to others

Outline
Introduction to MBTI - Self-assessed Type Do the Questionnaire Reported Type Lunch Trying things out (on the way to True-type) Tea Break MBTI and Being a Christian Famous Last Words 3.30-4.00 4,30-5.00 1.30-3.00 11.00-12.00 12.00- 12.30/40

Introducing MBTI

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The Four Dichotomies

E-I
Where you focus your a\enQon The way you take in informaQon

S-N T-F J-P

The way you make decisions How you deal with the outer world

Carl Jung
Theory of Personality Innate Preference Can use all preferences, but choose some rather than others

Isabella Myers & Kathleen Briggs

MBTI Instrument Created just a`er 2nd World War Make accessible Jungs complicated theory Help people to understand themselves be\er Way of describing the 8 aspects of personality Decades of research behind the quesQonnaire

In my Fathers house are many rooms

John 14:2 (NIV)

Dolls House by Heather Benning

ISTJ ISTP ESTP ESTJ

ISFJ ISFP ESFP ESFJ

INFJ INFP ENFP ENFJ

INTJ INTP ENTP ENTJ

Extroversion

Introversion

Where you prefer to focus your ENERGY or ATTENTION

Extraversion Tunes in to external environment Prefers to talk through things Learns best by doing or talking Breadth of interests Speak and act rst, reect later

Introversion Drawn to contemplaQon in inner world Prefers to think through things Learns best by reecQon, mental pracQce Depth of interests Reects before acQng or speaking

Whats a good fit for you?

Sensing

iNtuition

The kind of informaQon you prefer to gather and trust

Sensing
Focus on what is real and actual Value pracQcal applicaQons Factual and concrete, noQce details Observe and remember specics Enjoy the present Want informaQon to be accurate and precise Trust what has worked in the past - experience

INtui>on
Focus on the big picture, what is possible Value imaginaQve insights Abstract and theoreQcal See pa\erns and meanings in things Enjoy anQcipaQng the future SQmulated by ambiguity Trust inspiraQon

The S-N Dichotomy

The S-N Dichotomy

Some responses from (S)s:
Dark Sky Couple kissing through sacks Reddish-brown wall Dark suit and Qe Reddish-brown dress

The S-N Dichotomy

Some responses from (N)s:
This is scary, weird Lack of inQmacy Can we ever know anyone for sure? Have they been kidnapped? This looks familiar, who painted it? This is about an adulterous aair

Whats a good fit for you?

Thinking

Feeling

Process you use to evaluate informaQon and come to decisions

Thinking Guided by objecQve logic Focus on cause and eect Look for aws in logic Apply consistent principles in dealing with people At work emphasize involvement with tasks

Feeling Guided by personal values and convicQons Focus on harmony with own and others values Looks for common ground and shared values Treat each person as a unique individual At work emphasize and support the process

T-F AcQvity

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Whats a good fit for you?

Judging

Perceiving

How you prefer to deal with the world around you, your lifestyle

Judging Like to get things decided Scheduled and organised Enjoy decision-making and planning Dislike working under Qme pressure Like to decide as soon as is reasonable to do so

Perceiving Like to keep opQons open Spontaneous and adaptable Enjoy the process, no decision before its Qme Energised by last minute Qme pressures Like to keep decisions open as long as is reasonable to do so

How do you approach a deadline

That is 3 months away

Whats a good fit for you?

What do you think a Good fit is for you?

ENTJ

Doing the Questionnaire

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MBTI in action!

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The Four Dichotomies

E-I
Where you focus your a\enQon The way you take in informaQon

S-N T-F J-P

The way you make decisions How you deal with the outer world

The E-I Dichotomy

Extraversion Introversion
(E)s get energy from the environmentthe outer world of people and things. Are a\uned to external environments

Extraversion Introversion
(I)s: Get energy from withinthe inner world of thoughts and reflections.
Are attuned to inner world

E-I Groups

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S-N Dichotomy

Sensing Intuition (S)s: absorb informa>on directly

Like to learn facts

Emphasize the pragmaQc

Are oriented to present realiQes

Value realism

Trust experience

Observe and remember specics through 5 senses

Sensing INtuition (N)s: use less direct percep>ons

Value imaginaQon Trust inspiraQon

Are oriented to future possibiliQes

Emphasize the theoreQcal

Like to imagine possibiliQes

See trends and pa\erns in specic data

The T-F Dichotomy

Thinking Feeling
How do you make decisions?

Thinking (T)s: Make decisions using logic

argument Search for aws in reasoning cause-and-eect Use

Are analyQcal Make decisions us ing logic

Thinking Feeling
How do you make decisions?

Feeling (F)s: Make decisions considering the people involved

Search for point o f agreement in an argument

Use personal values to reason Are empatheQc

Persuading Opposites

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The J-P Dichotomy

Judging Perceiving
How do you deal with the outer world?

Like to organize their schedules Like to have things decided See rouQnes as eecQve Goal oriented Work comes before play

Judging Perceiving
How do you deal with the outer world?

Spur of the moment

See rouQnes as limiQng Take in as much informaQon as possible

Energized by last- minute pressures

See Like to rouQnes be as limiQng

Curious

Flexible

J-P Groups

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David Keirsey
Four Temperaments mapped onto MBTI
www.keirsey.com

Keirsey - Protectors (SJ)

Keirsey - Creators (SP)

Keirsey - Intellectuals (NT)

Keirsey - Visionaries (NF)

MBTI & Spirituality

Four Groups:

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Reflection

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Reflection
Stopping looking learning . changing

SOAP
Subjective observations how do I FEEL? Objective observations what do I THINK? Analysis of learning what did I learn through my Feeling and Thinking? Personal action leading to change how can I develop what next step can I take?

Famous last words

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E I

Discerning Gods Will

S T

N J F P

Johari Window

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