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M.B.T.I.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Workshop Bruce Wolford
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Things to Remember About Type

• Helps you understand yourself and your
  interactions with others
• Combination of four letters is an MBTI type
• You decide what type you are
• There are no good or bad types
• All preferences are equally important
• We use all of the preferences at different times

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Things to Remember About Type

• Type is not an excuse for doing or not doing
  anything
• Type should not keep you from considering any
  career or activity
• Type does not explain everything.

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Sign your name
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Now sign your name with your other hand
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Your choice of a writing hand is a
preference
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The MBTI measures your preferences in four
categories

• Energizing
• Attending
• Deciding
• Living

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MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATORCONCEPTS FOR
UNDERSTANDING TYPE
VERIFYING YOUR TYPE PREFERENCE
Worksheet
ENERGIZING
E EXTRAVERT INTROVERT I Energized by outer
world Energized by inner world S SENSING
INTUITION N Works with known facts Looks for
possibilities and relationships T THINKING
FEELING F Base decisions on
impersonal Base decisions on personal
analysis and logic values J JUDGMENT PER
CEPTION P Prefer a planned, decided, Prefer a
flexible, orderly way of life spontaneous
way of life
ATTENDING
DECIDING
LIVING
Very Clear Clear Moderate Slight
Slight Moderate Clear Very Clear
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VERIFYING YOUR TYPE PREFERENCE
E-1 S-N T-F J-P
Self-Assessment Type E S T J
Indicator Type E S T J
Best Fit Type E S/N T J
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MBTI Narrative Report
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Characteristics of Each of Four Scales
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Your MBTI Results
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Descriptions of Your Type
Read the statements and see how it fits you
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Effects of Your Preferences in Work Settings
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We find comfort among those who agree with
us--growth among those who dont.
Frank Clark
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Preferred Methods of Communication
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Your Order of Preferences
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Your Problem Solving Style
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Problem Solving Model
Thinking
Intuition
Sensing
Feeling
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Preference for Sensing
May over rely on their experiences
or how things have been done
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Preference for Thinking
May focus exclusively on the logical, efficient
solution
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Preference for Intuition
May find a new theory so exciting that they
forget to consider experience and realities
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Preference for Feeling
May be so caught up in empathizing with people
and their own personal values that they forget to
look at logical consequences
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The best decisions include all four traits
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Procrastination By Type
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Career Report
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Effects of Each Preference Scale on Career Choice
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50 Most Popular Occupations for Your Type
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25 Least Popular Occupations for Your Type
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Interpreting Your Occupational Lists
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Composite Profile
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Many managers have a TJ preference
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National Academy of Corrections Leadership
Development Program
283 Participants
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Article
Type Profile and the Correctional Manager
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What To Do Next
Self Knowledge Improvement
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Follow Up
Bruce Wolford [phone] brucetrc_at_gte.net www.
trc.eku.edu