Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

The MBTI is the most widely used personality inventory in the world. It requires a minimum of a four hour session to prepare, administer and then explain and verify results. This personality instrument can be used in educational and business settings as well as in individual or small group counselling. (It is important to note that the MBTI is not an appropriate assessment tool for use in the recruitment of new staff.)

In general, the MBTI functions as a tool that helps people in organisations to:

• understand themselves and their behaviours
• appreciate others so as to make constructive use of individual differences
• see that approaching problems in different ways can be healthy and productive for an organisation

Education:

to analyze and improve curriculum

to identify learning styles

to build teacher, administrator, and student relationships

and to advise students

 

Business:

team building

organisation and leadership development

improved communication

problem solving

conflict management

stress management

career management

and outplacement

 

Counselling:

career change and exploration

couples counselling

conflict resolution

and personal growth

The MBTI measures 4 scales:

Extraversion-Intraversion - how a person is energised

Sensing-Intuition - what a person pays attention to

Thinking-Feeling - how a person decides

Judging-Perceiving - life style a person adopts