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…

The holidays can be joyous, but they can also bring acute pressures that put us in the grip of stress and anxiety.

Marvel not that this cherished time with loved ones can be a major stressor. However, knowing a…

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…

People who use their preference for Thinking to make decisions are not cold and heartless. Let’s just get that out in the open here and now. Sure, I have heard people say, “I don’t care what other people feel about…

There are times when I spend too much time worrying about what other people think. I tend to take others’ feelings of disapproval too personally. As a result, my mood can be overly dependent on the moods of others. Not…

I’m fascinated whenever I see Introverted Sensing when we take in information. I was chatting with my partner Kevin just the other day. The television was on, and some reference was made to The Brady Bunch. I asked Kevin if…

It’s absolutely true: Any type can do anything. In fact, Isabel Briggs Myers believed it was an advantage for an organization to hire employees with personality types different from those types that most often self-select into specific job roles. We…