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Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Rationale

Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Rationale. Offers a straightforward and affirmative way to look at yourself focuses on how people’s apparently random behaviour is actually consistent when it comes to how they prefer to: Focus their attention Get information Make decisions

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Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Rationale

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  1. Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Rationale • Offers a straightforward and affirmative way to look at yourself • focuses on how people’s apparently random behaviour is actually consistent when it comes to how they prefer to: • Focus their attention • Get information • Make decisions • Orient themselves to the external world J. Mior Ed.D Fleming College

  2. Uses • Self-development • Career development and exploration • Relationship counselling • Team building • Problem solving • Education & curriculum planning • Stress management • Assertiveness training • Time management J. Mior Ed.D Fleming College

  3. Overview • All of us have something to learn • All of us have something to teach • Everyone has a preferred pathway to excellence • Differences are OK. It is important to highlight and value these. • Opposites enrich • Individuals can expect to gain from this experience in direct proportion to what they put into it. • MBTI is not categorizing. There are great variations within the 16 personality types. • Personality isn’t everything • When it comes to people, there are few simple answers. J. Mior Ed.D Fleming College

  4. Extroversion Energized by outer world of people & things. Prefer to communicate by talking Tend to speak first, reflect later Action oriented Expressive & friendly Learn best through doing or discussing Breath of interests Introversion Energized by the inter world of thoughts and ideas Prefer to communicate by writing Tend to reflect before acting or speaking Introspective Private and contained Learn most by “reflection” Depth of interests OrientationWhere do you prefer to focus your attention? i E J. Mior Ed.D Fleming College

  5. Sensing Focus on what is real & actual Value practical applications Present oriented Want information step-by-step Best with details Trust experience Intuition Focus on “possibilities” Value imaginative insight Future oriented Jump around, leap in anywhere Abstract and theoretical Trust inspiration PerceptionHow do you take information in, find out about things? S N J. Mior Ed.D Fleming College

  6. Judging Scheduled Organized Systematic Methodical Plan Like closure - to have things decided Avoid last minute stresses Perceiving Spontaneous Open-ended Casual Flexible Adapt Like things loose & open to change Feel energized by last minute pressures AttitudeHow do you orient toward the outer world? P J J. Mior Ed.D Fleming College

  7. Thinking Strive for fairness Find it easy to be objective Focus on justice Can inadvertently hurt feelings Logical problem solvers Want decisions Feeling Strive for harmony Sensitive to needs of others focus on personal values Easily get their feelings hurt Assess impact on people Want consensus JudgementHow do you make decisions? T F J. Mior Ed.D Fleming College

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