TEAM BUILDING USING THE
MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR

Have you ever watched people around you and noticed that their personalities are different from yours?  Some may appear to be very outgoing or not interested in many details while others may appear quieter and may be uncomfortable if they don’t know all they can about a situation.  We can derive from these observations that each of us has an unique personality with its own interests, gifts, and strengths.  Allowing an individual access to his or her personality or psychological type helps that person to:

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• Understand themselves and thus be able to manage themselves better

• Understand others so that they are better able to communicate

• Understand the different needs and orientations of others to help alleviate conflict

• Understand how others may react to change

• Understand how others may go about problem solving and decision making

• Understand different leadership styles

• Understand the culture and dynamics of a group, that is, which group members will prefer to do what tasks? What work or organizational environment will be the most beneficial to an individual? 

• Understand how individuals may deal with stress

Many instruments have been developed to help understand these personality models.  We use the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).  We will help you to understand the MBTI and provide some activities that will illustrate its constructive use with individuals and groups.  Our objective is to help you understand:

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• Where people prefer to focus their attention— EXTROVERSION/INTROVERSION

• The way people prefer to take in information— SENSING/INTUITION

• The way people prefer to make decisions— THINKING/FEELING

• How people orient themselves to the external world— JUDGING/PERCEIVING