Understanding and Working with Personality Type

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1 Understanding and Working with Personality Type Using the MBTI Assessment to Appreciate Differences PRESENTED BY DARCI D ERCOLE NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

2 OBJECTIVES In this session you will: Increase your understanding of personality type by learning about the Myers-Briggs framework Develop greater self-awareness and awareness of others Identify ways to use personality differences constructively to improve personal interactions and team performance 2

3 TODAY S AGENDA Explain and verify your MBTI results by: Taking the MBTI Self-Scorable assessment Learning about the theory underlying the MBTI assessment and the meaning of preferences Completing a self-assessment Reviewing your individual results and verifying your best-fit type Apply type information to your teamwork by: Experiencing type preferences through activities Developing action plans 3

4 TAKING THE MBTI ASSESSMENT

5 ABOUT THE MBTI ASSESSMENT It s an indicator not a test Looks only at normal behavior Composed of forced-choice questions No right or wrong answers no better or worse types All types have potential strengths and possible blind spots MBTI results are not meant to limit or stereotype people Your results are confidential and belong to you 5

6 YOUR FRAME OF MIND As you answer the questions: Think of what you prefer when you do not have outside pressures to behave in a particular way. Be yourself, outside of the roles you play at work or in your personal life. 6

7 MBTI SELF-SCORABLE ASSESSMENT 1. Read the instructions on the cover. 2. Respond to the 93 items use a ballpoint pen and a hard surface. 3. Do not tear off the side strips and open we ll do this together later. 7

8 INTRODUCING THE MBTI ASSESSMENT

9 PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR Personality The innate ways we think, feel, and act on most occasions Inborn characteristics that are enduring and trans-situational The core of who we are Behavior Observable acts The result of a complex mix of factors 9

10 JUNG S THEORY OF PERSONALITY TYPE Jung observed that everyone uses two kinds of mental processes: Taking in or gathering information and Making decisions and coming to conclusions about that information Everyone has a preferred way of using these mental processes. 10

11 JUNG S THEORY OF PERSONALITY TYPE Jung also observed that we all live in two worlds: The outer world of people, things, and activities and The inner world of our own ideas, thoughts, and observations Everyone has a preference for and is typically energized by either the outer world or the inner world. 11

12 OUR PREFERENCES Jung stated that preferences are innate inborn predispositions for doing things a certain way. He also recognized that preferences are shaped by environmental influences, such as family, culture, education, and work. NATURE MBTI framework VS NURTURE Environment 12

13 ACTIVITY WHAT ARE PREFERENCES? To illustrate the meaning of preferences, let s do an activity. Write your name. Now write your name again using your other hand. Share some words that describe the experience of writing the first signature. Now describe how it felt the second time. 13

14 ACTIVITY WHAT ARE PREFERENCES? Where do we get our preference for using one hand rather than the other? How does the environment influence our preference for using one hand rather than the other? Note: We all can and do use both hands; for writing, one is natural, comfortable, easy. 14

15 MBTI THEORY Builds on and expands Jung s theory. Describes four pairs of opposite preferences like our right and left hands. We all use both preferences in each pair, but we use one more than the other. The MBTI assessment is designed to indicate our inborn preferences. The MBTI assessment is not designed to measure skills or effects of environment. 15

16 THE MBTI PREFERENCE PAIRS The MBTI assessment reports your natural preferences on four pairs of opposites. EXTRAVERSION OR INTROVERSION Opposite ways to direct and receive energy SENSING OR INTUITION Opposite ways to take in information THINKING OR FEELING Opposite ways to decide and come to conclusions JUDGING OR PERCEIVING Opposite ways to approach the outside world 16

17 TYPE VERSUS TRAIT RESULTS Type Identifies inborn preferences for directing our energy and using our mind Assumes that everyone uses both opposites at different times, but each person has a preference; both are equally valuable and useful Trait Enduring behavioral habits Displayed across a variety of situations (e.g., at work, at home, etc.) 17

18 TYPE VERSUS TRAIT RESULTS TYPE THEORY TRAIT THEORY

19 BOARD WORK & THE MBTI PREFERENCES Four key dimensions of board work and related preferences at the school board 1.Communication/problem solving (E I) 2.Planning (S N) 3.Decision making and conflict resolution (T F) 4.Day to day working relationships (P J) 19

20 ACTIVITY UNDERSTANDING EXTRAVERSION AND INTROVERSION 20

21 ACTIVITY UNDERSTANDING SENSING AND INTUITION 21

22 ACTIVITY UNDERSTANDING THINKING AND FEELING 22

23 ACTIVITY UNDERSTANDING JUDGING AND PERCEIVING 23

24 CLOSING Thank you! Darci D Ercole, Director of Leadership Development darci.dercole@nyssba.org 24