Inner Landscapes II

A Visual Guide to the

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

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Whats Important?

Outcomes
Gain insight into your preferences--for taking in
information and making decisions--and the impact
of those preferences.
Learn more about each other by seeing and
appreciating your complimentary differences
Appreciate the nuances that can be understood
through knowing the Step II distinctions

Agenda
Introduction and Overview
Self Assessment
Your Step l Results
Step ll Exploration

Background
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one of the most
frequently used self-report assessment tools in
management and leadership development programs
around the world.
The MBTI is taken by over 2 million people annually.
In the 50s the mother daughter team of Isabel BriggsMyers and Katharine Briggs extended the personality
theories of Carl Jung in order to help people find work that
matched their personalities.
The MBTI was developed over a 40 year period and is
supported by ongoing research into theory and application.

What it is
An instrument that
Indicates one data point about how we perceive information
and make decisions
Sorts rather than measures
Identifies preferences in four pairs

E or I (Focus and source of energy)

S or N (Preference for acquiring information)
T or F (Preference for making decisions)
J or P (Preferred way of interacting with the world)

Looks at 16 patterns or codes

What it is not

The single way to identify best fit type

Based on dictionary definitions of the terms
A tool to measure aptitude, skill or learning
Good or bad
An excuse for bad behaviour
A reason to stereotype, label or judge people
An explanation for everything

Understanding Differences

Four Pairs
Extraversion / Introversion
Focus of Energy

Sensing / Intuition
Ways of taking in information

Thinking / Feeling
Ways to make decisions

Judging / Perceiving
Relating to the outer world

One of each pair

Extraversion / Introversion
Sensing / iNtuition
Thinking / Feeling
Judging / Perceiving

E I
S N
T F
J P

Focus of Energy

Extraversion - Overview
People who have a
preference for
Extraversion focus on the
outer world of people,
things and action.

Extraversion Painting Inspiration

This painting captures the
energy, busyness and noise
of Extraversion. Its title Can I
Run Something by You?
speaks volumes about how
people process out loud. A
person with a preference for
Extraversion seeks out this
external world of people and
things to provide them with
energy and stimulation..

Extraversion - Characteristics

Communicate energy and enthusiasm

Speak---think---speak
Focus of talk is on people, and things
in the external environment
Seek opportunities to communicate
in groups
Prefer face to face over written
interactions
In meetings, like talking out loud
before coming to conclusions
Act first, think later
Initiate social interactions
Enjoy interacting with lots of people

Introversion - Overview
People who have a
preference for
Introversion focus on the
inner world of ideas and
impressions.

Introversion Painting Inspiration

This painting was done as a
contrast to the painting that
illustrates Extraversion. It was
inspired by the comment a
person with a preference for
Introversion made about life
being shades of gray. Do you
have a sense of where you are
most comfortable
Introversion or Extraversion?

Introversion - Characteristics

Keep energy and enthusiasm inside

Think---speak---think
Enjoy in-depth, one-on-one
relationships
Like to concentrate for long periods of
time
Prefer written over face-to-face
communication
Think first, act later
Prefer to connect with the task, not
necessarily with other people
Keep feelings and interests to
themselves, sorting issues on their
own
In meetings, verbalize only wellthought-out conclusions.

One of 16 types

Which type fits you?

ISTJ

ISFJ

INFJ

INTJ

ISTP

ISFP

INFP

INTP

ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP

ESTJ

ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ

Step 2 Distinctions
Personality is both complex and dynamic.
Step 2 helps us to understand the subtleties that contribute
to who we are,
The four pairs (E-I, S-N, T-F, J-P) can be further
distinguished by looking at the five different facets that
contribute to each pair.
For any particular pair an individual may favour the side of
the polarity consistent with their preference or they may
favour the opposite side in some facets.

Step 2 Facets - Overview

Extraversion

Initiating
Expressive
Gregarious
Active
Enthusiastic

Thinking
Logical
Reasonable
Questioning
Critical
Tough

Introversion
Receiving
Contained
Intimate
Reflective
Quiet

Feeling
Empathetic
Compassionate
Accommodating
Accepting
Tender

Sensing

Concrete
Realistic
Practical
Experiential
Traditional

Judging
Systematic
Planful
Early starting
Scheduled
Methodical

Intuition
Abstract
Imaginative
Conceptual
Theoretical
Original

Perceiving
Casual
Open ended
Pressure Prompted
Spontaneous
Emergent

Tough - Tender
Thinking

Feeling

Logical

Empathetic

Reasonable

Compassionate

Questioning

Accommodating

Critical

Accepting

Tough

Tender

Appreciating Differences

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