MBTI Workshops
Improving Effectiveness Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Understand the impact of personality
Personality theory recognizes that humans have different preferences and approaches for interacting and working with people. Differences that should be seen as interesting and valuable rather than problematic.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) highlights these differences and patterns. Just as important, it shows you how different perspectives and methods foster a healthy, productive work environment that can lead to better problem solving.
Improve performance
HSD® offers and facilitates three levels of workshops using the MBTI metric as a tool for improving individual, team and organizational effectiveness. All three workshops utilize the MBTI assessment tool which, after more than 40 years of development, has become one of the most widely-used psychological tools in the world.
The MBTI reflects individual preferences for energy (Extraversion and Introversion), information gathering (Sensing and Intuition), decision making (Thinking and Feeling), and lifestyle (Judging and Perceiving). Sixteen unique and different personality types result from the combination of the four MBTI preference scales.
Choose the workshop that's right for you
There's an HSD® MBTI workshop that meets your needs:
- Introduction to the MBTI — for open enrollment within an organization; participants may represent a variety of functions and roles
- Teams and the MBTI — for team leaders, team members, cross-functional groups
- Team Feedback and the MBTI — uses an on-line work team assessment along with the MBTI
What are the workshop benefits?
All three workshops provide participants with a greater knowledge of personality types, specifically the personality types of the people they work with on a day-to-day basis. Team members are able to appreciate the unique gifts and talents people bring to the team. And they become more tolerant of personality differences. This new knowledge also improves the way people:
- deal with conflict
- share information
- solve problems.
In all sessions, participants leave with an action plan to improve their effectiveness.
Added feedback assessment
You may also incorporate HSD®'s on-line team feedback assessment into the session. The team feedback metric helps people see how personality types influence the total team. Each participant receives an Introduction to Type and Teams booklet that describes all personality types represented on the team. Team members also receive a report on the team's effectiveness from the team feedback questionnaire.
Process
Step 1. Discuss objectives and expectations with the team leader, distribute MBTI questionnaire to participants.
Step 2. Compile the MBTI data, prepare individual feedback reports. Prepare materials and handouts.
Step 3. Conduct a four-hour introduction to the MBTI session.
Step 4. Review outcomes and session evaluations with the client.
Human Systems Development®'s Qualifications
- Professionally certified to use the MBTI instruments.
- In-depth knowledge of workplace cultures and senior management's work group effectiveness.
- Master's Degree concentration on how personality type influences work cultures.
Available Materials
MBTI questionnaire, answer sheet, individual MBTI report, Human Systems Development training handouts.
Timing
All of HSD®'s MBTI and Team Workshops may be customized to your needs. Length of time varies from 2 hours to 8 hours, depending upon your specific requirements.