Personality Type,
the MBTI®, and
Career Development




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  Introduction to Normal Personality With
  Implications for Career Development

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Agenda

• Greeting

• “Normal Personality”




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• Myers-Briggs (MBTI®)

• Career Development & MBTI®

• References                              4
“Normal Personality”




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Foundational Concepts – Normal
Personality – “Type”
• Jung & Myers

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• Trait vs. Type

• Assessment v. Sorting: MBTI® - Steps I, II, III

• Type in Organizations
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Normal Personality - The MBTI              ®


Instrument

Developed by Katharine C. Briggs and her
daughter Isabel Briggs Myers.




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Based on the work of Swiss psychologist
C. G. Jung, who presented his psychological
type theory in his book Psychological Types
(published 1921, translated into English 1923).


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It’s about Preferences….




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Jung’s Theory – Preferences……
• Preferences – innate, “inborn
  predispositions.”

• Preferences interact with and are shaped by




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  environmental influences:
    •   Family
    •   Country
    •   Education
    •   and many others
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Jung’s Theory
• Four pairs of opposites—e.g right and left hands
  - use both, but one is our natural preference.


• Preference basics do not change—they stay the
  same over our lifetime, e.g. always a RT hand




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• But, how we use our preferences and often the
  accuracy with which we can measure the
  preferences may change.


• Confounding variable—environment!                         10
(MBTI®)
                      Myers-Briggs




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Myers-Briggs (MBTI®)
 "The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type
 Indicator® is to make the theory of
 psychological types described by C. G.
 Jung (1921/1971) understandable and
 useful in people's lives. The essence of the




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 theory is that much seemingly random
 variation in behavior is actually quite
 orderly and consistent, being due to basic
 differences in the way individuals prefer
 to use their perception and judgment."
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Myers-Briggs (MBTI®)
• Perception involves all the ways of becoming
  aware of things, people, happenings, or ideas.

• Judgment involves all the ways of coming to




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  conclusions about what has been perceived.

• If people differ systematically in what they
  perceive and in how they reach conclusions,
  then it is only reasonable for them to differ
  correspondingly in their interests, reactions,
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  values, motivations, and skills.
Myers-Briggs (MBTI®)
The aim of the MBTI instrument is to identify,
from self self-report of easily recognized
reactions, the basic preferences of people in




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regard to perception and judgment, so that the
effects of each preference, singly and in
combination, can be established by research and
put into practical use.
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MBTI® & Jung’s Theory
• Four pairs of opposites—like our right and left
  hands. We all use both sides of each pair, but
  one is our natural preference.
• Jung believed that our preferences do not




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  change—they stay the same over our lifetime.
• What changes is how we use our preferences
  and often the accuracy with which we can
  measure the preferences.
• The confounding variable—environment!
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The Four Preferences of the MBTI instrument
               Index Preferences
                 Between E–I

                E Extraversion or
                  I Introversion




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              Affects Choices as to

Whether to direct perception judgment mainly
on the outer world (E) or mainly on the inner
world of ideas.
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The Four Preferences of the MBTI instrument

               Index Preferences
                 Between S–N

             S Sensing perception or
             N Intuitive perception




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              Affects Choices as to

Which kind of perception is preferred when one
needs or wishes to perceive.
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The Four Preferences of the MBTI instrument

               Index Preferences
                 Between T–F

            T Thinking judgment or
              F feeling judgment




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              Affects Choices as to

Which kind of judgment to trust when one
needs or wishes to make a decision.
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The Four Preferences of the MBTI instrument
               Index Preferences
                 Between J - P

                  J Judgment or
                   P Perception




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              Affects Choices as to

Whether to deal with the outer world in
judgment (J) attitude (using T or F) or in the
perceptive (P) attitude (using S or N).                 19
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              The 16 Types

       As located on the Type Table

ISTJ      ISFJ            INFJ        INTJ




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ISTP      ISFP            INFP        INTP

ESTP      ESFP           ENFP         ENTP

ESTJ      ESFJ            ENFJ        ENTJ
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Key Type Concepts…..Type

• is innate
• can be influenced
• is observable




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• is not a box
• is not an excuse
• indicates preferences, not skills

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Type Table
       ISTJ        ISFJ        INFJ              INTJ


       ISTP        ISFP        INFP              INTP




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       ESTP        ESFP       ENFP              ENTP


       ESTJ        ESFJ        ENFJ             ENTJ

  N=   _____               Modal type (most frequent type) ____ ____ ____ ____
  E    _____   I   _____
  S    _____   N   _____   Group Type (most frequent preferences)
  T    _____   F   _____   ____ ____ ____ ____
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  J    _____   P   _____
                                                                      RM 2-3
Type Distribution of the
U.S. National Representative Sample
        I   STJ           I   SFJ    I   NFJ   I   NTJ
    11.6%             13.8%          1.5%      2.1%

        IS  TP        IS      FP     IN  FP    IN  TP
        5.4%              8.8%       4.4%      3.3%




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    E       STP       E       SFP    E   NFP   E   NTP
        4.3%              8.5%       8.1%      3.2%

    ES       TJ       ES       FJ    EN   FJ   EN   TJ
        8.7%          12.3%          2.5%      1.8%
E   =       49%   I   =        51%
S   =       73%   N   =        27%
T   =       40%   F   =        60%
J   =       54%   P   =        46%
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Energy
Extraversion or Introversion

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Extraversion or Introversion




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         The direction in which
         we focus our attention
              and energy
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               Introduction to Type®, p. 9
Energy
   Extraversion           Introversion
        [E]                    [I]

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  contact with other     through ideas,
  people or through      quiet times,
  engaging in            or solitude
  activities

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• The outer world      • The inner world
E–I
People who prefer Extraversion:
• Focus their energy and attention outward
• Are interested in the world of people and things

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• Focus their energy and attention inward
• Are interested in the inner world of thoughts and
  reflections

         We all use both preferences, but usually
                 not with equal comfort.
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Extraversion or Introversion




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           Introduction to Type® and Change, pp. 4–5

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Where People Focus Attention
    Extraverted Types          Introverted Types
•   External              •   Inner world
    environment           •   Writing
•   Talking               •   Reflecting / Mental




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•   Work through              practice
•   Broad interests       •   Deep interests
•   Sociable/expressive   •   Private/contained
•   Initiative in         •   Initiative when
    relationships             important
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Some Key Words Associated with




            Extraversion    Introversion
                  Action    Reflection




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               Outward      Inward
                  People    Privacy
              Interaction   Concentration
                   Many     Few
              Expressive    Quiet
            Do-Think-Do     Think-Do-Think


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We Have a Preference
We all do Extraverted and Introverted
                things.

    But we usually do not do them




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         with equal comfort.

 Most of us have a preference for one
            over the other.
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Information
Sensing or Intuition

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Sensing or Intuition




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           The way we take in
       information and the kind of
      information we like and trust
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How people take in information | S–N

People who prefer Sensing:
• Prefer to take in information using their five senses—
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People who prefer Intuition:
• Go beyond what is real or concrete and focus on
  meaning, associations, and relationships

         We all use both ways of perceiving, but we
            typically prefer and trust one more.
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SENSING                                                                                             INTUITION
 Present orientation                                                                                Future possibilities
 What is real                                                                                       What could be
 Practical                                                                                          Theoretical




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 Facts                                                                                              Inspirations
 Perfecting established                                                                             Learning new skills
  skills                                                                                             Novelty
 Utility                                                                                            Insight-by-insight
 Step-by-step                                                                                       The sixth sense, a
 The five senses                                                                                     hunch
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  Source: Introduction to Type® in Organizations (3rd ed.) by Sandra Krebs Hirsh and Jean M. Kummerow. Mountain View, CA: CPP, Inc., 1998. Reprinted with permission.
  Using the MBTI ® Tool in Organizations (3rd ed.) © 2001 by CPP, Inc. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this overhead master for workshop use.
  Duplication for any other use, including resale, is a violation of copyright law. MBTI is a trademark or registered trademark of the Myers-Briggs Type                RM 3-17
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Information – S or N
    Sensing [S]         Intuition [N]
Paying attention to     Paying attention to
what you perceive       what might be
through the five        described as the




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senses: seeing,         sixth sense—the
hearing, touching,      unseen world of
smelling, and tasting   meanings,
                        inferences, hunches,
                        insights, and
                        connections                   38
We Have a Preference
  We all use Sensing and Intuition when
  making our observations about the world.

      But we usually do not use them




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             with equal trust.

    Most of us have a preference for one
               over the other.

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Decisions
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      The way we make decisions
              Introduction to Type®, p. 10


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T–F
People who prefer Thinking:
• Make their decisions based on impersonal,
  objective logic




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People who prefer Feeling:
• Make their decisions with a person-centered,
  values-based process

     Both processes are rational and we use both
         often, but usually not equally easily.
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Thinking or Feeling




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     Thinking                Feeling

Making decisions       Making decisions
based on impartial     based on values-




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criteria—cause-        based, person-
effect reasoning,      centered criteria,
constant principles    seeking harmony
or truths, and logic

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Some Key Words Associated with


           Thinking     Feeling




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              Head      Heart
             Distant    Personal
             Things     People
           Objective    Subjective
            Critique    Praise
            Analyze     Understand
        Firm but fair   Merciful            45
How Do You Make Decisions?
      Thinking            Feeling
          [T]                [F]
• Logical system   • Values system
• Head             • Heart
• Objective        • Subjective




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• Justice          • Mercy
• Critique         • Compliment
• Principles       • Harmony
• Reason           • Empathy
• Firm but fair    • Compassionate          46
How People Make Decisions
Thinking Types [T]           Feeling [F]
• Analytical           • Empathetic
• Cause & Effect       • Guided by values
• Logical              • Impact to people?




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• Objective standard   • Harmony
• Reasonable           • Compassionate
• “Tough-              • “Tender-
  minded….”              hearted…”
• Fair + Equal         • Fair + Individual          47
Some Key Words Associated with


             Thinking     Feeling
                Head      Heart




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               Distant    Personal
               Things     People
             Objective    Subjective
              Critique    Praise
              Analyze     Understand
          Firm but fair   Merciful
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We Have a Preference
  We all use Thinking and Feeling when
             making decisions.

      But we usually do not use them




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             with equal ease.

    Most of us have a preference for one
               over the other.

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Outer World
Judging or Perceiving

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Judging or Perceiving




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         Our attitude toward the
       external world and how we
           orient ourselves to it                    51
               Introduction to Type®, p. 10
J–P
People who prefer Judging:
• Want the external world to be organized and orderly
• Look at the world and see decisions that need to be made

People who prefer Perceiving:




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• Seek to experience the world, not organize it
• Look at the world and see options that need to be
  explored

             We all use both attitudes, but usually
                     not with equal comfort.
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      Judging              Perceiving

         [J]                   [P]




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Want to live an        Want to live a
ordered life, with     spontaneous life
goals and structure,   with flexibility,
making decisions so    staying open to new
you can move on        information and
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                       possibilities
How Do You Approach Life?
  JUDGING                                                                                        PERCEIVING
   Decide about                                                                                  Attend to, gather
    information                                                                                    information
   Regulate                                                                                      Flow




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   Control                                                                                       Adapt
   Settled                                                                                       Tentative
   Run one’s life                                                                                Let life happen
   Set goals                                                                                     Seek options
   Closing off                                                                                   Opening up
   Organized                                                                                     Flexible
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Source: Introduction to Type® in Organizations (3rd ed.) by Sandra Krebs Hirsh and Jean M. Kummerow, Mountain View, CA: CPP, Inc., 1998.Reprinted with permission.
Using the MBTI ® Tool in Organizations (3rd ed.) © 2001 by CPP, Inc. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this overhead master for workshop use.
Duplication for any other use, including resale, is a violation of copyright law. MBTI is a trademark or registered trademark of the Myers-Briggs Type               RM 3-23
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Some Key Words Associated with


           Judging    Perceiving




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         Organized    Flexible
          Decision    Information
            Control   Experience
              Now     Later
            Closure   Options
         Deliberate   Spontaneous
               Plan   Wait                 56
We Have a Preference
   We all use Judging and Perceiving as
            part of our lifestyle.

      But we usually do not use them




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           with equal comfort.

    Most of us have a preference for one
               over the other.


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Personality Type
 When combined, your preferences indicate
         your personality type.




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Exercise . . . [ S / N]




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Career Development

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Career & Type Waterfront…..


•Occupational Choice




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•Occupational Satisfaction

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Factors, Factors … &
Choice / Satisfaction
• “Type” not “magic bullet”
• Physical & mental
• Interests




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• Values
• Family
• Geography
• Market                             62
• Skills
Factors, Factors…&
Choice / Satisfaction (cont)
 • Job
 • Organization
 • Pay




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 • Benefits
 • Supervision
 • Leadership
 • Co-workers                         63
 • Advancement
Ethical Caveat
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  improbable and unrealistic. It can be
  only part of the puzzle in finding
  one’s life’s work.”
MBTI Manual, 3d Ed., page 286                    64
Basic Questions
• Who Am I?

• What Do I Want To Do?




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• How Can I Increase My Job
  Satisfaction?
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• How Do I Get There From Here?
Who Am I?
     • Direction of Energy

    • Gathering Information




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      • Making Decisions

  • Dealing With Outer World          66
My Preferences at Work
Direction of Energy [E / I]
• Like to talk      • I want to think
  over each step      about my career
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  search?             own?
• I will best       • I will make
  discover what I     decision after
  want by talking     solitary
  over with           reflection?              67

  others?
My Preferences at Work -
Gathering Information [S / N]
• Most interested     • More interested
  in the facts          in job’s
  about job –           potential – not




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  salary, benefits,     current reality?
  location?           • Want to get on
• Want it now?          a good career
                        path?
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My Preferences at Work -
Making Decisions [T / F]
• Must be made        • My choice will
  by logical            reflect what or
  analysis?             who is most




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• I will rationally     important now?
  consider all the    • Must consider
  alternatives to       how decision
  make “right”          affects me and
  choice?               significant              69
                        others?
My Preferences at Work -
Outside World [J / P]
• Plan to achieve   • I wonder where
  goal in “x”         I’ll be in “x”
  months…..           months…..




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• My career goal    • My career goal
  is “endpoint”       is the starting
  on a carefully      point on a
  charted time        flexible time
  line….              line……                   70
What Do I Want To Do?
• Do I want to work as part of a group
  or team? [E]
• Work alone or one-on-one? [I]




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• Use concrete facts or hard date? [S]
• Develop new possibilities? [N]

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What Do I Want To Do? (cont)
• Use logical, objective analysis? [T]
• Use subjective, person-centered values?
  [F]




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• Create organization and structure? [J]
• Be spontaneous and adaptable? [P]

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How Can I Increase My Job
Satisfaction?
• Remember, exact fit is “rare”
• Degrees of fit….
• Some aspects, leverage preferences….




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• Other aspects, work “against the grain”
  needed….
• Prepare for expected
  differences/challenges….
• Alter your job….                                 73
• Adapt to your job…
Alter Job .....Reality Rules….
• Create niche, leverage most
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• Take on tasks most consistent with
  preferences

• Affinity groups                             74
Adapt to Job
• Current reality rules “rule”…..
• Can’t become another “type”, but expand
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• Work on understanding / communication
• Understand exactly what is required ….
  Adapt
• Find other opportunities to express
  preferences                                      75
Getting There From Here…..
•Goals discussed, set

•Gather information –




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 Assessment & generating and
 researching Options

•Making decisions & Take action          76
Goal Setting…..
• Long term
• Short term
• Goals established – Sensing /




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  Intuition
• Goals worked out – Judging /
  Perceiving
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Goals Established… [ S / N ]
• List steps and explain   • Explain model & how
  sequentially               parts interact and
• Practical examples         mesh
• Show concrete            • Metaphors and




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  applications &             analogies
  immediate results        • Show possibilities and
                             potential of the
                             process

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Goals Worked Out … [ J / P ]
• Specify and clarify       • Follow through in
  results to be               open-ended manner
  accomplished              • Plans loose
• Create plan –             • Deadlines approached




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  organize and                last minute – rush at
  accomplish activities       end
• Deadlines, start early,
  pace activities

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Assessment + Options [S / N]
• Realistic, practical,   • Many, and from a
  link w/ experience        broad range of work
• Focus on realities        areas
• Relevant facts and      • Brainstorming




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  details about work      • Focus on future




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Decisions . . . [T / F]
• Weigh pros and cons    • Weigh options –
• Check whether            personal, subjective
  option is reasonable     beliefs, values
• Remain objective       • Assess impact on




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• Analyze logical          others
  consequences           • Consider who will
• Look at principles       support decision
  involved               • Consider likes,
                           dislikes
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Taking Action … [J / P]
• Facilitate strategy of   • Facilitate strategy of
  decide, act, and then      trying things out and
  correct or adjust          gathering information
  course                     before deciding




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Career Development –
Getting There… Recap
• Each client unique
• Process individualized
• Process generally involves




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  • Assessment
  • Generate and research options
  • Goal setting
  • Decide
  • Act                                             83
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Constructive Use of Differences
                                           ®
Isabel Myers’ goal for type and the MBTI
instrument:
• Becoming aware of differences
• Acknowledging the value of differences




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• Practicing new behaviours, seeking out
  others with differences
• Incorporating different perspectives into
  our own processes
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About the MBTI Instrument
                    ®



• An indicator—not a test
• Looks only at normal behavior
• Forced-choice questions




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• Takes about 20–40 minutes to complete
• No right or wrong answers—answer as
  you see fit
• Results are confidential
• Ownership of data                              86
About the MBTI Instrument (cont.)
                     ®



• There are no good or bad types—all
  types have some natural strengths and
  some possible pitfalls or blind spots.
• The instrument gives practical results




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  you can use:
 • In teamwork
 • In communication
 • In decision making
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MBTI® Benefits to Organizations
• Reliable, valid, cost-effective, easy to use
• Logical model of consistent human behavior
• Reduce conflict….objective, rational
  framework




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• Emphasizes value of diversity
• Identify assets/blind spots:
  persons/teams
• Understand organizational character
• Clarify fit – people & jobs                           88
• Ethical guidelines support use
MBTI® Benefits to Organizations

     • Leadership development
     • Team building




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     • Career development
     • Communication
     • Conflict management
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Going on . . . .
   “Whatever the circumstances of
   your life, whatever your personal
   ties, work, responsibilities, the




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   understanding of type can make
   your perceptions clearer, your
   judgments sounder, and your life
   closer to your heart’s desire.”
                   Isabel Briggs Myers          91
References– Myers-Briggs & MBTI®
Dunning, Donna (2005). Type and career development:
 Facilitating personal and professional development. Mountain
 View CA: CPP, Inc.
Hammer, A.L. (1993). Introduction to Type and Careers.
 Mountain View CA: CPP, Inc.
Kummerow, J.M., Barger, N.J., Kirby, L.K. (1997).
 WorkTypes: Understand your work personality – how it helps
 you and holds you back, and what you can do to understand it.




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 New York: Business Plus.
Myers, I.B., (1980). Gifts differing. Palo Alto: Consulting
 Psychologist’s Press.
Pearman, R., Albritton, S. (2010). I’m not crazy, I’m just not
 you: the real meaning of the 16 personality types: secrets to
 how we can be so alike when we’re so different (2nd ed.).
 Boston, MA: Nicholas Brealy.
Quenk, N. (2002). Was that really me? How everyday stress
 brings out our hidden personality. Boston: Davies-Black                92
 Publishing.
Web References – MBTI®

 www.aptinternational.org -
  Assoc. for Psychological Type Intl.
 http://www.annholm.net/
 Ann Holm, MS ACC, Master MBTI




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 www.capt.org – Center for Applications of
  Psychological Type
 www.cpp.com – CPP, Inc. f/k/a
  Consulting Psychologist Press
 www.myersbriggs.org – Myers Briggs                 93
  Foundation
Thank you very much.

     Thoughts?




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Thank You
• This is a brief introduction and overview of “Normal
  Personality” as defined by Carl Jung and Myers-Briggs
  and the MBTI® Type Indicator.

• Please check out the references noted above and also the
  web sites if you have interest.




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    Personality Type, the MBTI®,and Career Development 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Introduction to Normal Personality With Implications for Career Development Dan DeFoe, JD, MS 1 Adlitem Solutions
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    Agenda • Greeting • “NormalPersonality” 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Myers-Briggs (MBTI®) • Career Development & MBTI® • References 4
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    “Normal Personality” Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 5 2012
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    Foundational Concepts –Normal Personality – “Type” • Jung & Myers • “Normal” – “Gifts Differing” 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Trait vs. Type • Assessment v. Sorting: MBTI® - Steps I, II, III • Type in Organizations 6
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    Normal Personality -The MBTI ® Instrument Developed by Katharine C. Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Based on the work of Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung, who presented his psychological type theory in his book Psychological Types (published 1921, translated into English 1923). 7
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    It’s about Preferences…. Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 8 2012
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    Jung’s Theory –Preferences…… • Preferences – innate, “inborn predispositions.” • Preferences interact with and are shaped by 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright environmental influences: • Family • Country • Education • and many others 9
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    Jung’s Theory • Fourpairs of opposites—e.g right and left hands - use both, but one is our natural preference. • Preference basics do not change—they stay the same over our lifetime, e.g. always a RT hand 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • But, how we use our preferences and often the accuracy with which we can measure the preferences may change. • Confounding variable—environment! 10
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    (MBTI®) Myers-Briggs Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 11 2012
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    Myers-Briggs (MBTI®) "Thepurpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung (1921/1971) understandable and useful in people's lives. The essence of the 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright theory is that much seemingly random variation in behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the way individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment." 12
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    Myers-Briggs (MBTI®) • Perceptioninvolves all the ways of becoming aware of things, people, happenings, or ideas. • Judgment involves all the ways of coming to 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright conclusions about what has been perceived. • If people differ systematically in what they perceive and in how they reach conclusions, then it is only reasonable for them to differ correspondingly in their interests, reactions, 13 values, motivations, and skills.
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    Myers-Briggs (MBTI®) The aimof the MBTI instrument is to identify, from self self-report of easily recognized reactions, the basic preferences of people in 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright regard to perception and judgment, so that the effects of each preference, singly and in combination, can be established by research and put into practical use. 14
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    MBTI® & Jung’sTheory • Four pairs of opposites—like our right and left hands. We all use both sides of each pair, but one is our natural preference. • Jung believed that our preferences do not 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright change—they stay the same over our lifetime. • What changes is how we use our preferences and often the accuracy with which we can measure the preferences. • The confounding variable—environment! 15
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    The Four Preferencesof the MBTI instrument Index Preferences Between E–I E Extraversion or I Introversion 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Affects Choices as to Whether to direct perception judgment mainly on the outer world (E) or mainly on the inner world of ideas. 16
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    The Four Preferencesof the MBTI instrument Index Preferences Between S–N S Sensing perception or N Intuitive perception 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Affects Choices as to Which kind of perception is preferred when one needs or wishes to perceive. 17
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    The Four Preferencesof the MBTI instrument Index Preferences Between T–F T Thinking judgment or F feeling judgment 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Affects Choices as to Which kind of judgment to trust when one needs or wishes to make a decision. 18
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    The Four Preferencesof the MBTI instrument Index Preferences Between J - P J Judgment or P Perception 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Affects Choices as to Whether to deal with the outer world in judgment (J) attitude (using T or F) or in the perceptive (P) attitude (using S or N). 19
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    Jungian Theory Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 20 2012
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    Myers-Briggs (MBTI®) The 16 Types As located on the Type Table ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright ISTP ISFP INFP INTP ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ 21
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    Key Type Concepts…..Type •is innate • can be influenced • is observable 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • is not a box • is not an excuse • indicates preferences, not skills 22
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    Type Table ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ ISTP ISFP INFP INTP 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ N= _____ Modal type (most frequent type) ____ ____ ____ ____ E _____ I _____ S _____ N _____ Group Type (most frequent preferences) T _____ F _____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 23 J _____ P _____ RM 2-3
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    Type Distribution ofthe U.S. National Representative Sample I STJ I SFJ I NFJ I NTJ 11.6% 13.8% 1.5% 2.1% IS TP IS FP IN FP IN TP 5.4% 8.8% 4.4% 3.3% 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright E STP E SFP E NFP E NTP 4.3% 8.5% 8.1% 3.2% ES TJ ES FJ EN FJ EN TJ 8.7% 12.3% 2.5% 1.8% E = 49% I = 51% S = 73% N = 27% T = 40% F = 60% J = 54% P = 46% 24 RM 2-4
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    2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Energy Extraversion or Introversion 25
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    Extraversion or Introversion 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright The direction in which we focus our attention and energy 26 Introduction to Type®, p. 9
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    Energy Extraversion Introversion [E] [I] • Energized through • Being energized 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright contact with other through ideas, people or through quiet times, engaging in or solitude activities 27 • The outer world • The inner world
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    E–I People who preferExtraversion: • Focus their energy and attention outward • Are interested in the world of people and things People who prefer Introversion: 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Focus their energy and attention inward • Are interested in the inner world of thoughts and reflections We all use both preferences, but usually not with equal comfort. 28
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    Extraversion or Introversion 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Introduction to Type® and Change, pp. 4–5 29
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    Where People FocusAttention Extraverted Types Introverted Types • External • Inner world environment • Writing • Talking • Reflecting / Mental 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Work through practice • Broad interests • Deep interests • Sociable/expressive • Private/contained • Initiative in • Initiative when relationships important 30
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    Some Key WordsAssociated with Extraversion Introversion Action Reflection 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Outward Inward People Privacy Interaction Concentration Many Few Expressive Quiet Do-Think-Do Think-Do-Think 31
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    We Have aPreference We all do Extraverted and Introverted things. But we usually do not do them 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright with equal comfort. Most of us have a preference for one over the other. 32
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    2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Information Sensing or Intuition 33
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    Sensing or Intuition 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright The way we take in information and the kind of information we like and trust Introduction to Type®, p. 9 34
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    How people takein information | S–N People who prefer Sensing: • Prefer to take in information using their five senses— sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright People who prefer Intuition: • Go beyond what is real or concrete and focus on meaning, associations, and relationships We all use both ways of perceiving, but we typically prefer and trust one more. 35
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    Sensing [S]or Intuition[N] Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 36 2012
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    How Do YouTake In Information? SENSING INTUITION  Present orientation  Future possibilities  What is real  What could be  Practical  Theoretical 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright  Facts  Inspirations  Perfecting established  Learning new skills skills  Novelty  Utility  Insight-by-insight  Step-by-step  The sixth sense, a  The five senses hunch 37 Source: Introduction to Type® in Organizations (3rd ed.) by Sandra Krebs Hirsh and Jean M. Kummerow. Mountain View, CA: CPP, Inc., 1998. Reprinted with permission. Using the MBTI ® Tool in Organizations (3rd ed.) © 2001 by CPP, Inc. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this overhead master for workshop use. Duplication for any other use, including resale, is a violation of copyright law. MBTI is a trademark or registered trademark of the Myers-Briggs Type RM 3-17 Indicator Trust in the United States and other countries.
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    Information – Sor N Sensing [S] Intuition [N] Paying attention to Paying attention to what you perceive what might be through the five described as the 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright senses: seeing, sixth sense—the hearing, touching, unseen world of smelling, and tasting meanings, inferences, hunches, insights, and connections 38
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    We Have aPreference We all use Sensing and Intuition when making our observations about the world. But we usually do not use them 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright with equal trust. Most of us have a preference for one over the other. 39
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    Decisions Thinking or Feeling Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 40 2012
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    Thinking or Feeling 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright The way we make decisions Introduction to Type®, p. 10 41
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    T–F People who preferThinking: • Make their decisions based on impersonal, objective logic 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright People who prefer Feeling: • Make their decisions with a person-centered, values-based process Both processes are rational and we use both often, but usually not equally easily. 42
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    Thinking or Feeling Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 43 2012
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    Decisions Thinking Feeling Making decisions Making decisions based on impartial based on values- 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright criteria—cause- based, person- effect reasoning, centered criteria, constant principles seeking harmony or truths, and logic 44
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    Some Key WordsAssociated with Thinking Feeling 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Head Heart Distant Personal Things People Objective Subjective Critique Praise Analyze Understand Firm but fair Merciful 45
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    How Do YouMake Decisions? Thinking Feeling [T] [F] • Logical system • Values system • Head • Heart • Objective • Subjective 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Justice • Mercy • Critique • Compliment • Principles • Harmony • Reason • Empathy • Firm but fair • Compassionate 46
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    How People MakeDecisions Thinking Types [T] Feeling [F] • Analytical • Empathetic • Cause & Effect • Guided by values • Logical • Impact to people? 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Objective standard • Harmony • Reasonable • Compassionate • “Tough- • “Tender- minded….” hearted…” • Fair + Equal • Fair + Individual 47
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    Some Key WordsAssociated with Thinking Feeling Head Heart 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Distant Personal Things People Objective Subjective Critique Praise Analyze Understand Firm but fair Merciful 48
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    We Have aPreference We all use Thinking and Feeling when making decisions. But we usually do not use them 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright with equal ease. Most of us have a preference for one over the other. 49
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    2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Outer World Judging or Perceiving 50
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    Judging or Perceiving 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Our attitude toward the external world and how we orient ourselves to it 51 Introduction to Type®, p. 10
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    J–P People who preferJudging: • Want the external world to be organized and orderly • Look at the world and see decisions that need to be made People who prefer Perceiving: 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Seek to experience the world, not organize it • Look at the world and see options that need to be explored We all use both attitudes, but usually not with equal comfort. 52
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    Judging or Perceiving Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 53 2012
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    Approach to Life Judging Perceiving [J] [P] 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Want to live an Want to live a ordered life, with spontaneous life goals and structure, with flexibility, making decisions so staying open to new you can move on information and 54 possibilities
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    How Do YouApproach Life? JUDGING PERCEIVING  Decide about  Attend to, gather information information  Regulate  Flow 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright  Control  Adapt  Settled  Tentative  Run one’s life  Let life happen  Set goals  Seek options  Closing off  Opening up  Organized  Flexible 55 Source: Introduction to Type® in Organizations (3rd ed.) by Sandra Krebs Hirsh and Jean M. Kummerow, Mountain View, CA: CPP, Inc., 1998.Reprinted with permission. Using the MBTI ® Tool in Organizations (3rd ed.) © 2001 by CPP, Inc. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this overhead master for workshop use. Duplication for any other use, including resale, is a violation of copyright law. MBTI is a trademark or registered trademark of the Myers-Briggs Type RM 3-23 Indicator Trust in the United States and other countries.
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    Some Key WordsAssociated with Judging Perceiving 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Organized Flexible Decision Information Control Experience Now Later Closure Options Deliberate Spontaneous Plan Wait 56
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    We Have aPreference We all use Judging and Perceiving as part of our lifestyle. But we usually do not use them 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright with equal comfort. Most of us have a preference for one over the other. 57
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    Personality Type Whencombined, your preferences indicate your personality type. 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 58
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    Exercise . .. [ S / N] Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 59 2012
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    Type Application - 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Career Development 60
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    Career & TypeWaterfront….. •Occupational Choice 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright •Occupational Satisfaction 61
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    Factors, Factors …& Choice / Satisfaction • “Type” not “magic bullet” • Physical & mental • Interests 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Values • Family • Geography • Market 62 • Skills
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    Factors, Factors…& Choice /Satisfaction (cont) • Job • Organization • Pay 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Benefits • Supervision • Leadership • Co-workers 63 • Advancement
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    Ethical Caveat “To expect the MBTI instrument or any other instrument to provide all of the answers to a career search is 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright improbable and unrealistic. It can be only part of the puzzle in finding one’s life’s work.” MBTI Manual, 3d Ed., page 286 64
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    Basic Questions • WhoAm I? • What Do I Want To Do? 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • How Can I Increase My Job Satisfaction? 65 • How Do I Get There From Here?
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    Who Am I? • Direction of Energy • Gathering Information 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Making Decisions • Dealing With Outer World 66
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    My Preferences atWork Direction of Energy [E / I] • Like to talk • I want to think over each step about my career of career options on my 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright search? own? • I will best • I will make discover what I decision after want by talking solitary over with reflection? 67 others?
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    My Preferences atWork - Gathering Information [S / N] • Most interested • More interested in the facts in job’s about job – potential – not 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright salary, benefits, current reality? location? • Want to get on • Want it now? a good career path? 68
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    My Preferences atWork - Making Decisions [T / F] • Must be made • My choice will by logical reflect what or analysis? who is most 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • I will rationally important now? consider all the • Must consider alternatives to how decision make “right” affects me and choice? significant 69 others?
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    My Preferences atWork - Outside World [J / P] • Plan to achieve • I wonder where goal in “x” I’ll be in “x” months….. months….. 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • My career goal • My career goal is “endpoint” is the starting on a carefully point on a charted time flexible time line…. line…… 70
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    What Do IWant To Do? • Do I want to work as part of a group or team? [E] • Work alone or one-on-one? [I] 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright *** • Use concrete facts or hard date? [S] • Develop new possibilities? [N] 71
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    What Do IWant To Do? (cont) • Use logical, objective analysis? [T] • Use subjective, person-centered values? [F] 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright *** • Create organization and structure? [J] • Be spontaneous and adaptable? [P] 72
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    How Can IIncrease My Job Satisfaction? • Remember, exact fit is “rare” • Degrees of fit…. • Some aspects, leverage preferences…. 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Other aspects, work “against the grain” needed…. • Prepare for expected differences/challenges…. • Alter your job…. 73 • Adapt to your job…
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    Alter Job .....RealityRules…. • Create niche, leverage most productive use of preferences 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Take on tasks most consistent with preferences • Affinity groups 74
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    Adapt to Job •Current reality rules “rule”….. • Can’t become another “type”, but expand choices within span of control 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Work on understanding / communication • Understand exactly what is required …. Adapt • Find other opportunities to express preferences 75
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    Getting There FromHere….. •Goals discussed, set •Gather information – 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Assessment & generating and researching Options •Making decisions & Take action 76
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    Goal Setting….. • Longterm • Short term • Goals established – Sensing / 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Intuition • Goals worked out – Judging / Perceiving 77
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    Goals Established… [S / N ] • List steps and explain • Explain model & how sequentially parts interact and • Practical examples mesh • Show concrete • Metaphors and 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright applications & analogies immediate results • Show possibilities and potential of the process 78
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    Goals Worked Out… [ J / P ] • Specify and clarify • Follow through in results to be open-ended manner accomplished • Plans loose • Create plan – • Deadlines approached 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright organize and last minute – rush at accomplish activities end • Deadlines, start early, pace activities 79
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    Assessment + Options[S / N] • Realistic, practical, • Many, and from a link w/ experience broad range of work • Focus on realities areas • Relevant facts and • Brainstorming 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright details about work • Focus on future 80
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    Decisions . .. [T / F] • Weigh pros and cons • Weigh options – • Check whether personal, subjective option is reasonable beliefs, values • Remain objective • Assess impact on 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Analyze logical others consequences • Consider who will • Look at principles support decision involved • Consider likes, dislikes 81
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    Taking Action …[J / P] • Facilitate strategy of • Facilitate strategy of decide, act, and then trying things out and correct or adjust gathering information course before deciding 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 82
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    Career Development – GettingThere… Recap • Each client unique • Process individualized • Process generally involves 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Assessment • Generate and research options • Goal setting • Decide • Act 83 • Time spent and emphasis varies by client
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    Conclusion Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 84 2012
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    Constructive Use ofDifferences ® Isabel Myers’ goal for type and the MBTI instrument: • Becoming aware of differences • Acknowledging the value of differences 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Practicing new behaviours, seeking out others with differences • Incorporating different perspectives into our own processes 85
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    About the MBTIInstrument ® • An indicator—not a test • Looks only at normal behavior • Forced-choice questions 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Takes about 20–40 minutes to complete • No right or wrong answers—answer as you see fit • Results are confidential • Ownership of data 86
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    About the MBTIInstrument (cont.) ® • There are no good or bad types—all types have some natural strengths and some possible pitfalls or blind spots. • The instrument gives practical results 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright you can use: • In teamwork • In communication • In decision making 87
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    MBTI® Benefits toOrganizations • Reliable, valid, cost-effective, easy to use • Logical model of consistent human behavior • Reduce conflict….objective, rational framework 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Emphasizes value of diversity • Identify assets/blind spots: persons/teams • Understand organizational character • Clarify fit – people & jobs 88 • Ethical guidelines support use
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    MBTI® Benefits toOrganizations • Leadership development • Team building 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright • Career development • Communication • Conflict management 89
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    Going on .. . . “Whatever the circumstances of your life, whatever your personal ties, work, responsibilities, the 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright understanding of type can make your perceptions clearer, your judgments sounder, and your life closer to your heart’s desire.” Isabel Briggs Myers 91
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    References– Myers-Briggs &MBTI® Dunning, Donna (2005). Type and career development: Facilitating personal and professional development. Mountain View CA: CPP, Inc. Hammer, A.L. (1993). Introduction to Type and Careers. Mountain View CA: CPP, Inc. Kummerow, J.M., Barger, N.J., Kirby, L.K. (1997). WorkTypes: Understand your work personality – how it helps you and holds you back, and what you can do to understand it. 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright New York: Business Plus. Myers, I.B., (1980). Gifts differing. Palo Alto: Consulting Psychologist’s Press. Pearman, R., Albritton, S. (2010). I’m not crazy, I’m just not you: the real meaning of the 16 personality types: secrets to how we can be so alike when we’re so different (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Nicholas Brealy. Quenk, N. (2002). Was that really me? How everyday stress brings out our hidden personality. Boston: Davies-Black 92 Publishing.
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    Web References –MBTI® www.aptinternational.org - Assoc. for Psychological Type Intl. http://www.annholm.net/ Ann Holm, MS ACC, Master MBTI 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright www.capt.org – Center for Applications of Psychological Type www.cpp.com – CPP, Inc. f/k/a Consulting Psychologist Press www.myersbriggs.org – Myers Briggs 93 Foundation
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    Thank you verymuch. Thoughts? 2012 Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright Questions? Feelings? 94
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    Thank You • Thisis a brief introduction and overview of “Normal Personality” as defined by Carl Jung and Myers-Briggs and the MBTI® Type Indicator. • Please check out the references noted above and also the web sites if you have interest. Dan DeFoe JD MS - Copyright 2012 Thank you very much. Dan DeFoe, JD MS www.adlitemsolutions.com Blog – www.psycholawlogy.com dan@adlitemsolutions.com 95 Certified Administrator MBTI® Steps I,II,III