Communicating Through Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Objectives:
- Develop appreciation for different personality types
- Apply newly developed insights about your preferred communication style and the communication styles of others
- Manage style differences more effectively
Achieve greater success in your personal and professional relationships by gaining insight into your communication style and the communication styles of others. We will use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a well respected and widely used assessment tool which provides the foundation for learning new strategies and techniques to improve interpersonal relations. It can also provide a common language and a common understanding, increasing communication and decreasing conflict.
Myers Briggs is used to provide insight into our own personalities that affect our behaviors in four areas. It is also used to help us became aware of differences in people. Once we understand these differences we are then able to see the value that these differences bring. The tool is:
- Non-Judgmental – looks at strengths and natural differences
- Solid Research Based – Myers and Briggs spent 20 years researching the instrument and since then an additional 20 – 30 years of research has been conducted at the Masters and PhD. Level
- Sorting Rather Than Measuring