Family Services and Involvement Section (FSIS)has 5 certified Myers-Briggs trainers who can administer and score the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) and conduct workshops for school staff, parents, and students, as well as for businesses. Myers-Briggs workshops enhance understanding of personality preferences, increase awareness of individual differences, and facilitate communication.
The MBTI®
The MBTI is one of the most widely used personality inventories in the world for identifying preferences and patterns in human behavior. It is a reliable and easy-to-use instrument that identifies individual preferences in four key areas:
- Perception
- Judgment
- Orientation of Energy
- Orientation to the outer world
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Preferences in these four areas combine to yield one of sixteen different personality types. There are no right or wrong preferences or types. The MBTI only indicates our natural preferences--similar to the way we exhibit a natural preference for right- or left-handedness. The MBTI provides valuable insights into:
- Personal behavior patterns
- Self-motivation
- Interaction with others
- Communication patterns
- Decision-making styles
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The Way We See the World
Have you ever noticed how two people can see and experience the same situation and come up with totally different interpretations of what occurred? What accounts for these discrepancies, and how do they impact the way we live and work with others? What may seem like random variations in human behavior are actually quite orderly and consistent behavioral patterns that are due to the basic differences in the way individuals take in information and form judgments about that information.
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The Benefits of MBTI
For Individuals (parents, students, staff, employees, and managers):
- Provides a valid and straightforward tool for self-awareness.
- Clarifies individual preferences.
- Creates insight and understanding of different perspectives.
- Enhances interpersonal communication and understanding.
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For Organizations and Teams (schools, businesses, and community groups):
- Helps organizations and teams utilize different skills.
- Provides insight into individual and group decision-making and problem-solving processes.
- Provides a tool for creating and building effective teams by utilizing diverse skills.
- Enhances understanding of organizational/group norms and culture.
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The Workshops
MBTI workshops are fun and stimulating -- no boring lectures. Participants validate their own results of the MBTI and are assisted in interpreting the results by trained facilitators. Dynamic group exercises are designed to help participants clarify their preferences and understand different ways that people gather and process information.
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Participant Comments
When asked "What were the highlights of the workshop?" participants responded:
- "It gave me a better understanding of how and why I think and behave the way I do."
- "Excellent workshop; it gave me a better understanding of people's comfort zones and preferences."
- "It will help immensely in communicating with coworkers."
- "The exercises were so much fun and interesting; they gave me a unique insight into myself and my peers."
- "Helped me understand why my child and I seem to be on different wavelengths!"(parent)
- "Helped me understand why my children are so different from each other and me!" (parent)
- "I liked the group exercises because we could see how we reacted; kind of like looking in a project 'mirror' through others." (student)
- "This has gotten me closer to understanding myself and showed me that it's OK to be different." (student)
- "I now have myself in words." (student)
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Questions and Information
To receive more information about how to schedule MBTI workshops for your group or organization, contact Mary Shepherd at 703-277-2639.
®MBTI and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator are registered trademarks of Consulting Psychologist Press, Palo Alto, CA.
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