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Boost Your Value Proposition with the MBTI® Step II™ Assessment
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Yvonne Nelson-Reid, BEd, MA, MA, PhD Doctoral Candidate
Associate ConsultantThe Myers-Briggs Company
MBTI® Certified Practitioner
Areas of expertise: - Interpersonal Communication- Career Coaching- Conflict Management- Team Development
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-Fundamentals of the MBTI® framework
-MBTI® Step II™ assessment – value and implementation
-Explore ways you can use the Step II™ for individual, team, and leadership development
Objectives
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-MBTI® knock-offs-Online quizzes-Critics (books, articles)
Challenges Faced by MBTI® Practitioners
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- Experiences and expresses their type
- Differences within same type preferences
- Type description may not fit
- Insight behind unclear preferences
- Developmental opportunities
How can your clients benefit from a MBTI® Step II™ feedback session?
Deeper Understanding ...
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- Expand current customer base
- With more to offer, stand out as a practitioner
- Provide unique in-depth workshops – tailor your use of Step II™ results to meet the needs of clients even better
- Enhance current applications: team building, coaching, career counseling, individual counseling, and more
How can you benefit?
Fundamentals of the MBTI® Framework
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Jung-Myers Personality Theory
- Re-labeled in the new certification program- Dynamic interaction of type preferences- Identifies preferences and their interaction
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MBTI® Step II™- Global Step II assessment (143 items)
- Step I (4-letter type) and Step II (adds 20 facets) results
- Goal: to identify and describe within type differences – our individuality
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Facets
-Some aspects of the overall preference (NOT ALL)
-Provide insight into the distinctive ways a person expresses their type
-May reflect ways that less-preferred aspects of personality are expressed
-Are still preferences, client chooses what fits best for them
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The 20 Step II™ FacetsYour Step II™ Facet Results
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Describing the Facets
-Described in categories: in-preference, midzone, out-of-preference
-Each category of results provide a different description in the report – verified type required
-The goal of the Step II is to identify and describe within type differences - individuality
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In-preference Facet-Score of 2-5 on the same side as the overall preference
-Client typically agrees with the description
-Occasionally, however, they will disagree
-Review descriptions for midzone and out-of-preference facets to see if they fit better
-Read report – “You report in-preference abstract, how does this fit with your understanding of yourself?”
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Midzone Results-Score of 0 or 1 on either side of preference pair
-Not necessarily good at both, remember assessment does not measure skill
-Possible reasons: habitual/situational use of both or ambivalence on which one to use
-Read report – “You report midzone active-reflective, how does this fit with your understanding of yourself?”
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Out-of-preference Facets-Score of 2-5 on side opposite overall preference
-Identifies how you may be different from others with the same type preference
-May reflect long-standing behavioral habits
-May result from individual development or training
-Read report – “You report out-of-preference methodical, how does this fit with your understanding of yourself?”
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Interpretative Report for Step II™
-Includes descriptors for each facet based on your verified type and category
-Additional pages for communication, conflict, change, and decision making styles and how to enhance them
-Type dynamics, individualized type, overview of results
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Polarity Index-How consistently you responded to the items on
each facet
-Polarity Index Score 0-100 (most adults score between 50-65; higher scores common; below 45 means many facets midzone)
-Score below 45 – possible invalid report
-Reasons – mature situational use, lack of self-knowledge, ambivalence, misunderstand items, or random answering
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When to Use Step II™-Any situation you would use a
Step I
-Time – feedback session twice as long or longer
-Client needs and purposes – is this the appropriate assessment?
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Feedback Session - Individuals
-Check polarity index
- Introduce or review Step I information
- Introduce the Step II approach
-Describe how to read facet results, briefly explain each facet and go over results
-Explain Step II individualized type, client’s Step II “name”
-Discuss relevant applications from back of report
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Feedback Questions-Do you agree with the description of your facet results?
- If so, how does this help you? How does this not help you? Ask for examples.
- If not, do one of the other categories fit better for you?-What may have influenced how you answered the items?
-When and how do you think out-of-preference facets developed for you?
-How do midzone and out-of-preference facets influence your use of this preference?
-Effective use? Developmental opportunity?
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Back to Step I-Review type description in Introduction to Myers-Briggs® Type
-Step II may explain why some of that description does not fit for you
-Step II may separate natural dispositions from environmental learning
-Does Step II help you to verify your Step I results?-How does knowing your Step II facets influence your
understanding of your Step I type preferences? Remember that Step II facets are just some aspects of each overall preference. Each preference is multi-faceted!
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Individual Success Stories-Beth (ENFJ): reported “very likely”
preferences for NFJ and a “somewhat likely” preference for E. A few months after a Step I interpretation session, Beth had questions:
- Sometimes I come across as blunt and questioning, I’ve been told I couldn’t possibly have a preference for F, yet it feels right for me. Why might that be?
- Verifies E, why do I seem different than my friends who prefer E?
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Individual Success Stories-David (ISTJ/P): reported “somewhat
likely” preference for P, could not verify J or P (unsure):
- Step II reported: out-of-preference planful, midzone systematic/casual, early-starting/pressure-prompted, scheduled/spontaneous, in-preference emergent.
- He verified each of the facets. Why might this be? How did this help him decide?
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Feedback Session - Teams or Groups- Similar to a one-on-one session with some adaptations
-Needs more time (4-8 hours)-Check polarity and probability indexes-Remove interpreter’s summary-Check categories in advance to determine activities and/or
groups
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Feedback Session - Teams or Groups-Workshop: review Step I (verify), explain facets and
categories, read in-preference descriptors (have participants volunteer to read midzone/out-of-preference for facets group may be interested in)
-Choose activities based on the needs of the group
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Team Success Stories
-Understanding differences: personality clashes between similar types
-Dealing with deadlines: pressure-prompted or early-starting
-Conflict: tough or tender
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Resources- MBTI® Step II™ Manual, User’s Guide
- Understanding Your Step II Results booklet
- Introducing MBTI® Step II™ Results facilitation kit (Kummerow & Quenk, 2019)
- MBTI® Step II™ Feedback Cards
- MBTI® Step II™ Feedback Session Video –Practitioner Tools
What are your questions?
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