Dealing with Differences Personality Types for Team Building One Day Training Tara Vandana

1. Dealing with Differences Personality Types for Team Building One Day Training Tara Vandana HR and Organisational Development Directorate

2. Overview • Introductions • Purpose of the Day • Expectations, Hopes and Fears • Ground Rules • Housekeeping • Structure of the Day

3. Objectives By the end of the day you will .. • know about the MBTI instrument and how it can assist us in gaining a greater understanding of ourselves and others • discover that people communicate and make decisions about things in different ways • know your own MBTI profile • have an appreciation of the difference between your MBTI and your colleagues’ preferences • have the knowledge to work more effectively together as a group

4. What are your Expectations, Hopes and Fears?

5. Ground Rules • Confidentiality • Openness within group • Being open to new ideas and concepts • Everyone’s input is equally valued • Speak up if you don’t understand anything • Respect difference • Be supportive of each other

6. Housekeeping

7. Structure of Day • History/Background of MBTI • You self-assess your personality type • You work out your reported type from the completed questionnaire • You decide your best-fit MBTI type • Group Type Exercises to understand each other

8. MBTI History Isabel Myers 1897 -1980 Katherine Briggs 1875 - 1968 Carl Jung Theory of Pyschological Types 1923’ Personality Inventory 1942 60 Years of Research!

9. What is the MBTI? • Practical application of Jung’s theories • Deals with natural preferences • Tool to sort our preferences within 4 sets of psychological opposites • It looks at how we prefer to deal with outside world, trust information, make decisions & structure our lives • It is not about skills, ability or behaviour • No personality type is better or worse – each has its own gifts

10. What is it used for? • Personal and spiritual development • Team awareness and development • Communication • Conflict • Managing Stress • Counselling • Careers • Management of Change

11. MBTI: Preferences • Natural instinct to select one over another • More comfortable / natural • More developed • Causes least stress • People have different preferences but all are valuable & normal

12. Quick Exercise: Preferences

13. 8 Dichotomies explained How we channel Energy ExtraversionIntroversion How we take in Information SensingIntuition How we make decisions ThinkingFeeling Our lifestyle (orientation to external world) JudgingPerceiving

14. Each of us is capable of using all parts of our personality. Good development is not about achieving balance… … but developing excellence in our preferences

15. The questionnaire is used to sort your preferences into “type” or categories . Each of us is capable of using all parts of our personality but the questionnaire forces us to make a choice. . .

16. E (Extroversion) & I (Introversion) • This describes the two opposite preferences for the way we get our energy/focus our attention. E: A preference for focusing on the outer world of people and surroundings I: A preference to focus on the inner world

17. E – IKey Words

18. E - I What is your ideal weekend break?

19. E - I Trainer A reported that when there was silence in groups he was teaching he became uncomfortable because he saw it as dead time – this came as a great surprise to trainer B who saw silent time as very much alive Which trainer would you say has a preference for introversion and which trainer has a preference for extroversion?

20. E - I If you are low on energy how do you recharge your batteries?

21. People who prefer Extraversion… Focus their energy and attention outwardly Are interested in the world of people and things Receive energy from interacting with people and from taking action People who prefer introversion… Focus their energy and attention inwardly Are interested in the world of thoughts and reflections Receive energy from within themselves E & I Recap We all live in both worlds (use both preferences) but not equally well or easily

22. Given the choice which do you prefer? Extraversion or IntroversionHow clear are you about your preference?E ? IClear Moderate Slight Slight Moderate Clear

23. S (Sensing) & N (Intuition) This scale shows the type of information we prefer to pay attention to S: is a preference for using information from the here and now and from experience N: is a preference for meaning and associations of information and patterns

24. S - N Sensing types trust their five senses to discern what is actually there Intuition looks at the big picture through association, patterns and meaning

25. S – N Key Words

26. What do you see?

27. S- N Photographer A and B are both taking a photo outside a window. Photographer A wants to capture the detail of what’s outside the window, so zooms in to capture the specific detail of the trees and cars. Photographer B wants to capture the entire view outside the window so zooms out to capture the sky and ground Which photographer would you say has a preference for sensing and which has a preference for intuition?

28. S - N Now think about your favourite bar, coffee shop or restaurant. Turn to the person next to you and tell them about the place

29. S - N Both methods of gathering information are very important:

30. S - N • Sensing types tend to notice detail and give concise and brief descriptions • Intuitive types tend to report myths and concepts associated with the picture, tell what the picture is like or means to them and their descriptions tend to be longer and broader – string of ideas • How much do you rely on facts and how far do you rely on hunches or intuitions?

31. Sensing types sees the trees Intuitive types see the forest S – N Summary We all use both preferences in taking in Information but not equally well or as easily

33. When taking in information are you more comfortable with? Sensing or IntuitionHow clear are you about your preference?S ? N Moderate Slight Slight Moderate Clear

34. T (thinking) & F (Feeling) This scale shows how we prefer to make decisions or form conclusions T: thinking people tend to weigh up all the provable evidence and make decisions based on objective analysis. They seek truth/justice. F: Feeling people make decisions based on personal feeling and values. They seek harmony from decision. Both processes are based on reason. We use both of them, but not equally well or easily

35. T – FKey Words

36. T - FDifferences

37. T - F A friend asks two colleagues the same question: ‘what’s going on at work at the moment?’. Colleague A started talking about the tasks involved in her work. Colleague B started talking about relationships at work. Which colleague would you say has a preference for thinking and which colleague has a preference for feeling?

38. T - F With your neighbour I would like you to discuss what you say if your friend rang you up to say her house had been burgled. You have 3 minutes.

39. T - F Thinking types tend to try and solve the problem or encourage their friend into problem solving mode, try to establish facts, weight up pros and cons, step out of the situation for objectivity Feeling types tend to listen and empathise, help the person express their feelings, be supportive, step into the situation with the friend

40. T - F • Are you most comfortable making decisions by stepping out of the situation to obtain a clear and objective view OR most comfortable making decisions stepping into the situation in order to weigh it in terms of person centred values? • Where would you put yourself on your self assessment T-F line?

41. When making decision are you more? Thinking or FeelingHow clear are you about your preference?T ? FClear Moderate Slight Slight Moderate Clear

42. J (Judging) and P (Perceiving) The J-P scale indicates our preference for how we like to orient ourselves to the outside world J: . People with a judging preference like to make decisions, come to closure, then move ahead P: Perceiving people like to leave things open to possibilities

43. J - PKey Words

44. Like to make plans and follow them Prefer to get things settled and finished Prefer environments with structure Enjoy being decisive and organising others Handle deadlines and time limits well Don’t like surprises - have a contingency Plan ahead to avoid last minute rushes Adapt well to changing situations and like to respond resourcefully Prefer to leave things open and are flexible May not like making decisions, even when pressed - leave options open for more info. High tolerance for surprises - adjust to arising situations Feel energised by last-minute pressures J P

45. J - P Think about these two statements: • If you don’t know where you are going you will never get there • If you don’t know where you are going you might end up somewhere more interestingWhich statement would you say comes from someone with a preference for judging and which comes from someone with a preference for perceiving

46. Task set Deadline Task set Deadline J - P • Which resonates the most with you? • Seek to establish closure and order in external world, prefer to start in good time, plan ahead and stick to plan, dislike last minute rushes, enjoy finishing ahead of deadline • Seek to gather information, and explore the external world, prefer to allow action to emerge and enjoy following own line of interest, deadlines force disclosure, often very productive at last minute

49. When given a choice are you more .. Judging or PerceivingHow clear are you about your preference?J ? PClear Moderate Slight Slight Moderate Clear

50. Self Assessed Type • The preferences that you have chosen so far combine to give your ‘self assessed’ type. E or I S or N T or F J or P eg ESTP, INTJ, ENFP, INTJ etc • Please print your ‘self assessed type’ on your handout.