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myers-briggs type indicator
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® (MBTI ®) is a multiple-choice personality questionnaire that looks at how a person perceives the world and how they prefer to interact with others.
The MBTI helps people improve their working and personal relationships in a positive and constructive way.
The MBTI can be used to help:
- improve individual and team performance
- develop leadership at every level of an organisation
- improve communication
- reduce workplace conflict
- nurture and retain top talent
- build effective teams
- personal development and coaching
The Myers-Briggs (MBTI) can be taken online with personal feedback provided by a qualified practitioner.
MBTI Step I is based around four dimensions of personality while the MBTI Step II looks at differences not only between but within types.
MBTI Step I
The MBTI Step 1 questionnaire describes an individual's personality preferences, representing these in four dimensions:
Extraversion |
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Introversion |
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Prefers to draw energy from the outer world of activity, people and things. |
Prefers to draw energy from the inner world of reflections, feelings and ideas. |
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Sensing |
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Intuition |
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Prefers to focus on information gained from the five senses and on practical applications. |
Prefers to focus on patterns, connections and possible meanings. |
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Thinking |
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Feeling |
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Prefers to base decisions on logic and objective analysis of cause and effect. |
Prefers to base decisions on a valuing process, considering what is important to people. |
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Judging |
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Perceiving |
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Likes a planned, organised approach to life, and prefers to have things decided. |
Likes a flexible, spontaneous approach and prefers to keep options open. |
The various combinations of these preferences result in 16 personality types, each associated with a unique set of behaviours and values.
MBTI Step II
The MBTI Step II builds on the insights provided by Step I, introducing a unique and complex understanding of personality. It achieves this by breaking down each dimension of the Step I types into five facets, giving individuals a more detailed appreciation of their type. This approach can highlight how people of the same Step I type can be different, and explore similarities between people with contrasting Step I preferences.
The MBTI Step II is particularly effective when used in leadership development and executive coaching.
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Extraversion-Introversion Where you prefer to get and focus your 'energy' or attention
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Initiating |
Receiving |
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Sensing-Intuition The kind of information you prefer to gather and trust
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Concrete |
Abstract |
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Thinking-Feeling The process you prefer to use in evaluating information and coming to decisions
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Logical |
Empathetic |
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Judging-Perceiving How you prefer to deal with the world around you, your 'lifestyle' |
Systematic |
Casual |
the MBTI pedigree
After more than 50 years, the MBTI instrument continues to be the most trusted and widely used assessment in the world for understanding individual differences and uncovering new ways to work and interact with others. More than 2 million assessments are administered annually.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, MBTI and the MBTI logo are registered trade marks of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Trust.
typical applications
personal development
Understanding preferred working style, how to develop this and to be more effective.
leadership development
Discovering the impact of personal style on others. Identifying strengths and areas for development. Often used as part of a coaching programme
team building
Increasing awareness of the team’s working style. Improving team communication, enhancing problem solving ability and encouraging appreciation of diversity.
improving communication
Understanding how to communicate effectively with different people, while developing influencing and persuading skills. Helpful in conflict resolution.
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