Myers-Briggs Type Indicator & Understanding Personal Preferences
The MBTI® provides a positive and constructive way of
understanding and valuing differences between people. Zarine is a licensed MBTI
practitioner, and can help individuals and teams to make the most of their
natural strengths by understanding their Type.
The MBTI is the world’s leading indicator of personal
styles. It is a questionnaire that is used to capture fundamental differences
between people; the frameworks it employs for doing this is elegant and easy to
apply in a range of occupational and non-work settings.
How
is the MBTI used?
Some of the most common applications are:
Developing Leadership
Potential
Self-awareness is fundamental to good leadership. An
understanding of the impact that personal style has on people’s motivation and
commitment is essential. The MBTI helps managers assess their strengths, their
preferred style of problem solving and also how their style relates to other
people’s styles, particularly those that are different from their own.
Developing
Effective Teams
Using the MBTI, teams can evaluate their strengths and also
clarify biases in their working practices. For instance, does the team
over-emphasise logical assessment at the expense of considering personnel
issues, such as morale? Or does it focus too strongly on strategy and not enough
on the practicalities of implementation? By assessing these biases, teams begin
to appreciate the importance of valuing different approaches and perspectives.
Managing Change
Individuals of different Types tend to experience change and
the process of transition in quite different ways. Building awareness of these
different reactions can help managers and organisations support their staff and
themselves through the trauma of organisational change.
Problem-Solving
The MBTI gives an insight into potential strengths and
blindspots in problem solving and hence can allow individuals and groups to
improve the breadth and depth of their analyses.
Counselling
The MBTI is very helpful in building self-esteem as it
explicitly emphasises the positive contribution that each Type can make. It can
also help in dealing with conflict in relationships as, having identified the
differences, it focuses on valuing those differences and gives people a clear
way of understanding them.
Improving Teaching/ Training Methods
The MBTI can be used to analyse and improve teaching methods. It provides a
framework for understanding differences in learning styles, and hence for
creating learning situations which will appeal to different Types. It also helps
teachers explore various styles of communicating with people.
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