The MBTI was developed by an American mother and daughter team, Katharine Briggs and Isabel Myers. They based the Indicator on the work of Carl G. Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, who studied people’s behavior for many years and developed the concept of “Type”. The MBTI provides a useful measure of personality by assessing the extent to which we use the eight style preferences identified.
MBTI functions as a tool that helps people in organizations to:
- Understand themselves and their behavior
- Appreciate others to make constructive and synergistic use of individual differences
- See that approaching problems in different ways can be healthy and productive
Specifically, organizations use the MBTI for:
- Communicating more effectively
- Making the most of an organization’s human resources
- Assisting in career choice and professional development
- Improving teamwork
- Conflict resolution
- Understanding and adapting to differences in management style
Benefits:
- Builds tolerance of diversity through awareness of style differences
- Affirming of all preferences and recognizing the value of diversity
- Examines preferences, not necessarily behaviour
- Not a measurement of trait
The MBTI is a powerful instrument to better understand in-born type preferences and build tolerance for diversity. David is an MBTI Certified practitioners with over 20 years of experience with this instrument.