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MBTI Katherine C. Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers

How do you get your energy?

What kind of data do you pay attention to?

How do you make decisions?

How are you oriented toward the world?

Myers Briggs Type Indicator


eeling hinking

ensing

xtraversion ntroversion

tuition i

erceiving udging

From External Events Internal Focus



Internal

Depth

Limited- relationships

Reserved

External

Breadth

Multiple- relationships

Out-going


Likes to interact with people and/or the environment

Oriented toward action

Breadth

Likes to contemplate ideas and their implications

Oriented toward reflection

Depth

Extr

over

sion

In

trov

ersi

on

TENDENCIES / CHARACTERISTICS

Is often friendly,

chatty and easy to get to

know

Is reserved, quiet and difficult to get to know

Bottles up emotions Takes energy

from within

Takes energy from relationships with

others

Expresses emotions

Source: Myers-Briggs based on "Psychologische Typen" von C.G. Jung.

Extr

over

sion

In

trov

ersi

on TENDENCIES / CHARACTERISTICS

Gives breadth to life E’s may seem shallow to I’s

External challenges

and influences

create a push to the

outside

Gives depth to life

I’s may seem withdrawn to

E’s

External challenges

and influences

create a pull to the inside


Hard Data Gut Feeling

What kind of data do you pay aGenHon to?

ensing tuition i

6th Sense/Hunch

Future

Intuitive Data (possibilities)

Imaginative

5 Senses

Current

Sensing Data (facts)

Functional

ensing tuition i

First sees patterns.

Values the abstract. Values the tangible.

Sees the possibilities, underlying meanings, and implicit relationships.

Sees the facts and directly relevant information.

First sees specifics.

ensing tuition i

Sens

ing

Intu

ition


Starts at the beginning and moves step by step

Works hands - on with the parts to see the overall

design

Likes opportunities for being inventive Studies the

overall design to see how the

parts fit together

Starts anywhere and skips steps

Likes things that are definite,

measurable


Sens

ing

Intu

ition


Likes change and variety. Can

be very creative and ideas come

from nowhere

Lives in the future and

thinks about what could

be

N’s may seem fickle, impractical dreamers to

S’s

S’s may seem materialistic and

literal - minded to N’s

Lives in the present and

enjoys what is there

Likes set procedures,

established routines. Can be very creative,

but changes what already exists


Principles Personal Values


hinking eeling

Subjective

Extenuating Circumstances

Appreciative

Objective

Laws

Critique

hinking eeling

Values empathy and harmony.

Values cause and effect reasoning

Decisions are influenced by how people will be impacted.

Decisions are made by logical analysis.

Fairness focuses on Rationality

Fairness focuses on Values

hinking eeling

Thin

king

Fe

elin

g



Spontaneously appreciates things and sometimes overlooks mistakes

Values principles of

truth and fairness

Values relationship

s and harmony

Tends to criticise and immediately

finds mistakes

Thin

king

Fe

elin

g



Sees things as a participant, from within a

situation

Decides with the

heart

Decides with the

head

Sees things as on-looker, from outside a situation

“That’s a wrap.” “Let’s not rush to judgement.”


erceiving udging

Options

Adaptable

Casual

Gather more data

Closure

Systematic

Planful

Decided

erceiving udging

Seeks resolution when “time” is right.

Seeks resolution in most issues and situations.

Follow-through is most important.

Wants to experience their world as it happens.

Likes organization and planfulness in the world.

Adaptability is most important.

erceiving udging

Judg

emen

t Pe

rcep

tion TENDENCIES / CHARACTERISTICS


Enjoys being curious,

discovering surprises

Prefers opennes

s and enjoys

the process in itself

Is curious and open for any

kind of surprise

Likes to make

decisions fast Likes

completing tasks

Enjoys being

decisive

Judg

emen

t Pe

rcep

tion TENDENCIES / CHARACTERISTICS


Meets deadlines by last minute

rush

Prefers a flexible lifestyle

P’s may seem disorganised, messy irresponsible to J’s

J’s may seem demanding, rigid,

uptight to P’s Prefers a

regulated life Handles

deadlines, plans in advance

Myers Briggs Individual Profile

J T S E

31 41 23

Confidence Scale 67 0 67

E I

3

MBTI & Leadership

• What do you think your MBTI profile is?

• What could be the implicaHons of your MBTI preference for your leadership style?

• Discuss in trios

JAPANESE MANAGERS

ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ

ISTP ISFP INFP INTP

ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP

ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ

7% 6% 4% 8%

3% 5% 5% 5%

4% 6% 5% 7%

10% 7% 4% 12%

(N - 35,663: Sample collected by Takeshi Osawa, Vice President, Nippon Recruit Centre, Tokyo)

UK MANAGERS

ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ

ISTP ISFP INFP INTP

ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP

ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ

22% 8% 2% 7%

5% 2% 3% 2%

5% 1% 3% 6%

18% 7% 2% 7%

N = 1000: Sample collected by Ralph Lewis, Cranfield University)

US Managers

ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ

ISTP ISFP INFP INTP

ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP

ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ

16% 6% 3% 5%

3% 3% 4% 4%

3% 3% 6% 5%

18% 7% 4% 10%

N = 300: Source MBTI Data Bank )

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