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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…

You told us what you wanted and we responded – whether you are a newly certified practitioner or just looking for a refresher on the MBTI® Step II™ assessment, this program is for you.

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I would like to thank the world renowned, MBTI® expert, Dr. Naomi Quenk for contributing the most recent blog posts to www.mbtitalk.com! It was so nice of Naomi to take the time to share her thoughts with us. I’m…

Did you know you can go to CPP’s website to review a sample of the various interpretive reports that are available for the MBTI® tool? It’s free to look at and a great way to help you decide which report…

Anyone who has gone through MBTI® Step II™ training with me will probably remember hints I’ve dropped about a new guide to help practitioners interpret the facets. I was asked not to mention it until the exact launch date was…

When interpreting MBTI^® Step II™ facet results, practitioners sometimes forget about the significance of the order of the facets. When it comes to paying attention to things, Sensing–Intuition (taking in information) people start by using a Concrete, Midzone, or Abstract…

Be prepared for some push-back from clients who report Thinking in-preference Critical on the MBTI^® Step II™ assessment. The bullet-point descriptors on the MBTI^® Step II™ Interpretive Report can be more direct (some say harsh) for this result than 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…

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…

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…