Class 1, Focusing on communciation style and MBTI

1. INDE 231B: Academic Transitions-
Interviewing
Latishya Steele
Joe Bucher
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2. Session Agenda
•Community building
•Class overview
•MBTI and communication
•Questions
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Community Building
Activity:
1. Think of an interesting or
surprising fact about
yourself.
2. Complete the sentence:
When communicating with me
“___________________” is
what matters.

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5. 4
MBTI Overview
• What is a Preference?
• Self-select Preferences
• Assessment Results
• Read and Discuss
• Reconciling
• Practical Applications
• Next Steps & Resources
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
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MBTI
• Jung’s theory of the psychological types
• Developed by a mother-daughter team, Katharine Briggs &
Isabel Briggs Myers in an effort to classify these preferences
• Used for:
 Career Counseling
 Team Building
 Leadership Training
 Personal Goal-setting
 Couple Counseling, etc.
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7. 6
MBTI and Communication
• Effective communication means:
-Choosing the right medium
-Adapting to communication preferences
• Value of examining communication:
-Minimizes misunderstandings/conflict
-Increases receptivity to your messages
-Builds trust and rapport
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8. 7
HOW DO YOU GAIN ENERGY?
Extraversion (E)
• Focus on outer world
(people, external events)
• Tend to act or speak first,
reflect later
• Learn best by doing or
discussing
• Active, outspoken
Introversion (I)
• Focus on inner world
(thoughts, ideas, feelings)
• Tend to reflect before
speaking or acting
• Learn best by thinking and
reflecting
•Reflective
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HOW DO YOU TAKE IN INFORMATION?
Sensing (S)
• Focus on real & tangible
•Concrete, actual, detailed
• Want information step by step
• Value practical application
• Present-oriented
Intuition (N)
• Focus on implications,
patterns & possibilities
• Focus on “big picture”
• Value imaginative
insight; trust inspiration
•Visionary; see new ways
of doing things
• Future-oriented
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10. 9
HOW DO YOU MAKE DECISIONS?
Thinking (T)
• Consider the logical
consequences
•Logical, analytical
• Fair, reasonable, objective
Feeling (F)
• Assess impact on
people (self & others)
• Sympathetic
• Based on values
•Subjective
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HOW DO YOU PREFER TO LIVE?
Judging (J)
• Like closure, to have things
decided
• Organized
•Task-oriented
• Stick to a plan or schedule
Perceiving (P)
• Like things open-ended;
reluctant to foreclose on
options
• Spontaneous
• Change-oriented
• Adaptable, flexible,
exploratory
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REVIEW RESULTS
• Review your reported type
• Is your score Slight, Moderate, Clear or
Very Clear for each preference?
• Read your profile(s) on 16 Types table
• If unsure, read the description for the
opposite preference
• Pick up the expanded handout for your
preference
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13. DISCUSS
Think:
Do your results ring true for you? How do they fit?
Pair:
In pairs spend a few minutes discussing the following:
• How might the MBTI results help you in:
- An interview situation
- With co-workers
- As a professor
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14. Communication and the “heart of type”
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NF (intuitive & feeling) SF (sensing and feeling) NT (intuitive and thinking) ST (sensing and thinking)
Style: social, rapidly shift
conversation, share feelings
about what they are doing,
generally interested in
other’s stories
Style: kind and helpful, give
detailed explanation, may
experience guilt especially if
they feel that they are not
taking care of you
Style: clear and direct, want
to give and receive concise
data, may lose focus when
too much detail or too many
options are presented
Style: thorough and
detailed, attend to many
details, provide background
logic and support analysis,
take pride in being field
expert
When communicating with
this type: be positive and
upbeat, avoid leading with
details, express the big
picture, take time to create a
personal connection as they
can be sensitive to clues that
you do not value their input
When communicating with
this type: be patient,
communicate time
constraints early and
politely, reassure their value,
be sensitive to their needs
When communicating with
this type: be brief and
logical, sell them the big
picture benefit, let them
know the payoff, outline
crucial information on paper
for them to digest later
When communicating with
this type: be precise,
thorough and grounded in
reality, reveal the source or
sequence of your info, tap
into issues of personal
relevance, give them time to
respond

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Communication and the Sixteen Types
ISTJ
+: Clear, step-by-
step, logical, detailed
facts
X: Emotion, personal
ISFJ
+ Reflective; factual;
task-oriented; team
player; sympathetic;
- Not champion ideas
INFJ
+ Insight; encourage;
big picture; can-do;
read group dynamics
- Ignore reality
INTJ
+ Strategic vision;
mission-focused;
synthesize; organize
- Unappreciative
ISTP
+ Careful trouble-
shooter; weigh
options; ask opinion
- Follow-through
ISFP
+ Reflective; listen
all ideas;
sympathetic;
adaptive negotiator
- “too nice”; low-key
INFP
+ Insight; adaptable;
gain consensus;
inspire; big picture
- Out of touch
INTP
+ Insight; innovation;
vision; ideas/options;
impartial, logical
- Discounts feelings
ESTP
+ Enthusiastic logical
trouble-shooter
- Hasty; impersonal
ESFP
+ Enthusiastic; unify;
active; motivate
- Too much fun
ENFP
+ Helpful catalyst;
include & empower
- Over-promise
ENTP
+ Creative ideas;
energy; active
- Steal the show
ESTJ
+ Active; traditional;
goals & plans; clarify
- Blunt; dominate
ESFJ
+ Foster cooperation;
harmony;enthusiasm
- Talk too much
ENFJ
+ Foster cooperation;
inspire & empower
- Too loyal; bossy
ENTJ
+ Energizing vision;
goal-oriented; model
- Push to complete
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16. Questions
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