Exploring

Your Preferences
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The MBTI Can Help You To.

! Appreciate important dierences between people and understand how dierent types can work together in a complementary way

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You can apply this knowledge to:

Make use of all the problem-solving ! strategies Improve working relationships Make communication more eective Develop your leadership style Help manage change

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Myers-Briggs History
Based on the work of Carl Jung Developed in 1940s and 50s Mother and daughter team Translates into useable format 50 years of research, on-going

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Basic Assumptions of Type Theory

The MBTI reports on preferences Everyone uses all the preferences Preferences are not abilities, MBTI doesnt tell you what you can and cant do There are no better types People are the best judges of their own type
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What Does Preference Mean?

Pick up your pen!

How did that feel?

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The MBTI Preferences

Energy

Information gathering

Decisionmaking

Lifestyle

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What Does It Involve?

4 dichotomies Opposites You choose your preference from each dichotomy Some choices will be dicult - but go with your rst instinct

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Health warning

Its not about putting you in boxes!!!!!

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Energy

external outside thrust talk thoughts through breadth involved with people, things interaction action do-think-do

internal inside pull keep thoughts in depth work with ideas, thoughts concentration reection think-do-think

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To test your preference

If there is a silence. At the end of a hard day Design an ideal working environment

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To clarify
Not about friendliness Not about extroverts and introverts Introverts like people Extraverts still need time out

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Information Gathering S N
present orientation what is real practical facts perfecting established skills utility step-by-step the 5 senses future possibilities what could be theoretical inspirations learning new skills novelty insight-by-insight the sixth sense, a hunch

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Sensing/iNtuition
What does that cloud look like to you? A childhood memory of candy oss? A mountain in India? A warm luxuriant cushion to curl up on at the end of the day? No, I think we are going to get wet!

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Guess the Preference?

Its not dragging our feet towards some shining goal - its building in a step-by-step fashion on what we have achieved. John Major On the UKs caution about a federal Europe

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To clarify
Ns are not mind-readers or mystics! Ss are not sensitive You will gather information using both preferences, but your preference feels more natural

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Making Decisions T F
logical system head objective justice criticism principles reason rm but fair value system heart subjective mercy compliment harmony empathy compassionate

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How do decisions affect you?

How do you like to be appreciated or recognised? What for? How do you feel if you arent? Are your decisions based on subjective or objective perspectives?

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Can Tim have the day off?

Tim wants the day o to attend an important event at his sons school. His son is nervous and wants his dad there. Tims committed to work, but feels family is important. Unfortunately, this clashes with an training event which you as supervisor/team leader feel is really important to building a good research culture and team spirit within the Faculty. Would you give him the day off ? Why?

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To clarify
Fs think and are rational Ts feel and have emotions When making decisions you will apply logic and values, but your preference may have more inuence

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Lifestyle J
decide about information regulate control plan ones life set goals closing o organised

P

pay attention to/ gather information ow adapt let life happen seek options opening up exible

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Lifestyle
Perfectly organised for my spontaneity exercise

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Exploring the preference

Which statement are you more drawn to?

Position yourself along the imaginary line according to the strength of your preference

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Why are plans and planning extremely important?

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To clarify
J doesnt mean you are judgmental P doesnt mean you are perceptive Js can adapt to change Ps will meet their deadlines ..or if they dont theyll find a brilliant excuse!

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External pressure
In society there are pressures to behave in certain way These may inuence you to feel that some preferences are better than others The pressure tends to be towards:

Extraversion Sensing Thinking Judging

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Remember
You may not always demonstrate your natural preferences The more similar the types, the sooner the group will understand each other Decisions are made more quickly.

. But are more likely to have errors

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Groups with many types

Groups with many types will reach decisions more slowly (and painfully) but may reach better decisions Teams that come to appreciate and use dierent types may experience less conict

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Good decisions
Basic facts (Sensing) New possibilities (iNtuition) Logic applied (Thinking) Values protected (Feeling)

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In a nutshell..
The MBTI is not about pigeon-holing It is about dierent gifts and preferences You can nd out more On course Careers Service websites

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Thank you

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