Since the 1970s the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® has been scientifically validated and recognized by experts. Today it is considered to be the most frequently-used personality inventory and has become one of the most reputable psychological models in personnel development in the US and in Europe. Only qualified and licensed consultants are allowed to work with it.
The MBTI® shows our preferred ways of thinking and acting in 4 dimensions with 2 opposite poles each. The following overview demonstrates the extreme characteristics of these poles:
Extraversion
People who prefer extraversion tend to focus on the outside world on people and things
Introversion
People who prefer introversion tend to focus on the inner world of ideas and imaginations
Sensing
People who prefer sensing tend to focus on the present and on concrete information they take in with their five senses
Intuition
People who prefer intuition tend to focus on the future with a view for patterns and possibilities
Thinking
People who prefer thinking tend to base their decisions on logic and the objective analysis of cause and effect
Feeling
People who prefer feeling tend to base their decisions on values and on their subjective evaluation of human needs
Judging
People who prefer judging tend to have a planned and structured way of life and like to have closure
Perceiving
People who prefer perceiving tend to have a flexible and spontaneous way of life and like to keep their options open
The MBTI identifies the individual preferences of a person. Employees recognize themselves surprisingly well in the results (this is the practical benefit of the instrument’s research-based validity). They realize effectively why and how they function and why others are different. They begin to understand and stop judging. Likes and dislikes for certain work approaches, tasks and environments become transparent.
Experience with traditional leadership training always shows the limits of an individual to change their leadership behaviour in the desired direction. The MBTI® helps managers to identify their personal leadership style, what behaviours they show as a result of it and what the subsequent chances and risks are. Consciousness triggers interest, interest enhances awareness und awareness starts learning processes.
The success of organisations depends to a large extent on the composition of work groups, project teams and management boards. The MBTI® shows possible strengths and weaknesses of a team, points out the individual members´ needs, supports understanding and tolerance for “otherness” und enables synergy effects where, without joint reflection, there would be aversion, conflict or even resistance.
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