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We’ve added more activities online so that you can download what you need, when you need it. The MBTI® Activity Series is a collection of time-tested activities that bring type to life, make it useful, and help individuals…

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…

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When people get a midzone result on the Enthusiastic–Quiet facet, it may depend on what kind of day or week they were having. If they had been in lots of lively meetings, then they might prefer some alone/quiet time. If…

Initiating-Receiving is the first facet of the Extraversion–Introversion dichotomy. It represents the broadest way to describe this preference pair, though we need to avoid “giving undo weight to this facet.” A midzone result typically means the person will wait for…

When interpreting MBTI^® Step II™ Interpretive Report results, practitioners tend to forget about the importance of the order of the facets (see MBTI® Step II™ Manual, pp. 22–23). We know that the first T–F facet, Logical–Empathic, is the starting…

There is just so much depth with the Thinking–Feeling facets that many people only begin to explore. During the MBTI® Certification Program I take participants through several decision-making stages—T–F facet by T–F facet.

A participant asked me this week how I…

I often ask people who report Accommodating on the MBTI® Step II™ Interpretive Report if they are too accommodating. Usually, the reply is a straightforward and accommodating “yes!” Accommodating people tend to pick their battles when faced with differences of…

Questioning in-preference can come off as a bit harsh at times. I tell a story in my MBTI® Certification Program about a participant who started every question with the phrase “But you said…” while holding up her…

By noon on day one of the MBTI® Certification Program, I can usually identify those who will show Questioning (in-preference for Thinking and out-of-preference for Feeling) on the MBTI® Step II™ Interpretive Report. As someone who reports…