MBTI® Talk Blog

Happy New Year everyone! Since resolutions are often a part of our lives during this time of year, I thought I would write a series on New Year’s resolutions by type starting with a link I found just last week.…

CPP Releases “Indicators of Stress for Top Professions“

How does stress manifest in the workplace? For most people, experiencing severe stress renders them temporarily unable to operate from the familiar aspects of their personality with which…

The activities you need. Delivered just in time.

CPP brings the ease of performing MBTI® team-oriented workshops to your portfolio with eight packaged activities available for purchase and download. These resources were selected from several of…

One of my favorite overviews of the effect of culture on the expression of type is Type and Culture: Using the MBTI® Instrument in International Applications by Linda K. Kirby, Elizabeth Kendall, and Nancy J. Barger.  All three authors have…

It’s fascinating to see type in action around the world while also observing how culture influences the expression of type. During my time in the Philippines I have, of course, seen all types around me, but I think I would describe…

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…

By Naomi L. Quenk, Ph.D.

Myers and Briggs were working on developing the Type Indicator beginning in the 1940’s, but it was not published until 1962. Educational Testing Service (ETS), with whom Myers had been working for several…

It’s important to remember that the MBTI® Step II™ facets do not add up to “equal” their respective dichotomy (E-I, S-N, T-F, or J-P). Practitioners sometimes get confused when a client has three or more facet results on the opposite…

I received an e-mail the other day from someone who went through the MBTI® Certification Program eight months ago. She was preparing to conduct her first MBTI training sessions at her company.

I was struck by how much she had…

I was recently involved in a “discussion” with a “friend” of a friend on Facebook. This person could not understand the value of treating people how they want to be treated—the Platinum Rule. He was only at the place of…