MBTI® Talk Blog

Suggestions for Late New Year’s Resolutions: ENTP

ewright — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:40:07 +0000

Consider the impact of your ideas on others.
Calendar dates and events that have special meaning to important people in your life, and make plans to celebrate them.
Be aware that your challenging and stimulating style can seem overwhelming to some.

Source: MBTI® Manual, p. 77

Suggestions for Late New Year’s Resolutions: INFJ

ewright — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:33:37 +0000

“Fill in the blanks” with necessary details when communicating with others.
Assert your own needs instead of working so hard to accommodate others.
Consider the day-to-day practical impacts of your long-term vision.

Source: MBTI® Manual, p. 75

Suggestions for Late New Year’s Resolutions: INTJ

ewright — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:58:02 +0000

Focus on necessary facts and details.
Consider the impact on people instead of concentrating solely on the logic of your decisions.
Connect more with others and give them praise, as appropriate.

Source: MBTI® Manual, p. 74

Combining Assessments Can Give You Endless Possibilities to Be Better

ewright — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:22:53 +0000

CPP is always striving to help you and your clients “be better.” We’ve learned that combining assessments is one excellent way to do that. It offers new and expanded opportunities to use CPP tools. Combining assessments truly increases the benefits and richness of each one, and expands on the richer information you, your clients, or employees will receive when using assessments together. As they say, “The total is greater than the sum of the parts.”

During the past year we created numerous “Use With” guides for our various assessments, and we’re excited to bring them to you. Let’s begin with two tools for conflict management: the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment. By examining your TKI conflict style with your MBTI type preferences, you get very useful information on how conflict is created, managed, and resolved.

To learn more about the commonalities between conflict styles and type preferences, and the interconnection between the TKI and MBTI assessments, click here for the “Using the TKI Assessment with the MBTI® Instrument” guide.

The MBTI® Step II™ Training Program Hits the Road in 2012

ewright — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:12:09 +0000

Learn how to use the MBTI® Step II^™ assessment and take your leadership, coaching, and team development initiatives to a whole new level. The MBTI Step II (Form Q) tool offers a more detailed view of the 16 four-letter types by presenting 20 facets of the MBTI dichotomies, making it possible to explore personal variation within each type. Join us for a one-day interactive workshop and learn how to ethically administer the Step II assessment, use the MBTI® Step II^™ Interpretive Report, and apply Step II results to improve leadership development, coaching, and team building.

Who Should Attend
This training program is designed for MBTI practitioners who are well grounded in Step I fundamentals and either have taken and passed a CPP-licensed MBTI® Certification Program or hold a master’s degree and have successfully completed a course in the interpretation of psychological assessments at an accredited university.

Schedule:
Chicago, IL May 2012
Nashville, TN July 2012
Mountain View, CA November 2012

For more information and scheduling updates, and to add yourself to the pre-registration list, click here.

New Year, New Leaders, New MBTI® Leadership Workshops

ewright — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:41:37 +0000

Go ahead. Make good on your resolution to develop better leaders this year without spending a year developing your program. Get your leadership development training initiatives off to a quick, powerful start with three new, downloadable MBTI® Leadership Workshops. Designed to be used individually or successively as part of a leadership training series, these ready-to-go workshops include everything you need to equip leaders with the knowledge and skills to maximize their impact and drive organizational performance. The series includes three full-day workshops that can be broken down and delivered as shorter training modules or customized to deliver a comprehensive Myers-Briggs® leadership training program. With these easy-to-use presentation materials and time-tested activities, you’ll engage participants in understanding the connection between personality type preferences and leadership styles, as well as guide them in developing action plans for becoming powerful communicators, productive problem solvers, and inspiring leaders.

Each workshop includes the following materials to ensure a smooth program delivery:

Instructions, script, and facilitator tips
Sample agenda
Exercises and handouts
PowerPoint^® slides
Evaluation forms

To order, visit www.cpp.com/MBTILeadership.

Discover the MBTI® Assessment

ewright — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:04:17 +0000

If you’re familiar with the Myers-Briggs® instrument but are looking for more in-depth knowledge about the tool to realize the maximum benefits from its use, then check out our “Introduction to the MBTI® Assessment” webinar. During this 1-hour presentation, CPP author Rob Devine explains how the MBTI instrument creates a common language enabling individuals to better understand themselves and how they interact with others. You’ll learn about the rich history of the tool, including a detailed review of the type preferences and the classic Z-model for decision making, key benefits and applications, and popular products and resources to use in your practice.

Get ready to take a deeper dive into type and discover the value of individual differences. Click here to view the webinar and find out more about the world’s most trusted personality assessment.

Suggestions for New Year’s Resolutions: ESFP

ewright — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:22:30 +0000

Consider long-term consequences instead of acting on your immediate needs and the immediate needs of others.
Address complex or ambiguous situations and take the time to deal with the people you’ve been having difficulties with instead of focusing so much on the present.
Deal with obligations before fun to get things done. Start by adding a priority checklist of things to get done each day.

Source: MBTI® Manual, pp. 72–74

Suggestions for New Year’s Resolutions: ESTP

ewright — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:39:01 +0000

Pay attention to the wider, general ramifications of your actions and decisions.
Calendar dates and events that have special meaning to important people in your life and plan to celebrate them.
Consider the impact of your actions on others before implementing your decisions. Start by practicing patience with discussion or exploration of relationships.

Source: MBTI® Manual, pp. 68–71

Suggestions for New Year’s Resolutions: ISFJ

ewright — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:13:46 +0000

Try to see the wider, big-picture ramifications of current decisions and/or procedures.
Assert your own needs instead of working so hard to accommodate the needs of others.
Apply impersonal/logical criteria to decisions when needed. Start by asking others for their objective feedback.

Source: MBTI® Manual, pp. 67–68