MBTI® Talk Blog

Overseeing the professional lifecycle requires attention to multiple competencies and behaviors in the process of creating successful leaders. From the hiring process to onboarding, from identifying high-potentials to facilitating leaders’ self-assessment, from professional development to succession planning, the development opportunities…

For as long as I can remember, the holidays have been about being with lots of people…family, friends, and colleagues. I love the holidays and appreciate that time with people. However, at the end of it all, I find myself…

Two people with preferences for ENTP wrote in to share their thoughts on why they give. An ENTP man wrote, “Last month I donated to the Silicon Valley Humane Society. I’ve given to them pretty regularly to help local homeless…

I asked a person with preferences for ISFJ (my partner, Kevin) what reasons he has for contributing to a cause.

Recently, he asked me to join him in helping run an afternoon of bingo at a nearby retirement home. I…

It was late one night last week. I was getting ready to go to bed after an exciting week delivering a program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My bags were packed with my laptop and iPad both turned off and tucked away…

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…

I was doing a Myers-Briggs® feedback session last week when my client started to disclose very private and personal information about himself. It reminded me that I am due to write about the importance of confidentially when using the MBTI®…

I was on a trip this past week, on which I got to see the end of winter and the beginning of spring. I sat in the warm mineral springs of Sierraville, west of Reno in the Sierra Nevada, while…

Suggestions for people with a preference for Judging: Provide schedule and structure for those staff who need it, and work on being reasonably flexible for those who feel boxed in. Remember, not everyone works well when having to give constant…

Suggestions for people with a preference for Thinking: Think about giving positive feedback to people more regularly. Try to identify those people who gravitate toward this kind of feedback and those who don’t. If you see someone light up after…