The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a self report questionnaire designed to make Jung’s theory of psychological types understandable and useful in everyday life.

MBTI results identify valuable differences between normal healthy people and help individuals to identify their unique gifts. This information enhances understanding of individuals motivations, natural strengths and potential areas for growth. It can also help individuals to appreciate people who differ from them.

After more than 50 years of research and development the current MBTI is the most widely used instrument for understanding normal personality differences and over 3.5 million Indicators are administered annually worldwide.

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How Can It Be Used?

The MBTI is a tool that can help organisations to:

Make the most of their human resources
Utilise individuals’ natural strengths
Improve teamwork
Understand and adapt to differences in management and leadership style
Enhance effective communications
Assist in career development
Resolve conflict
Design training and development plans

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How to Discover Your Preferences?

Individuals complete a question form which is scored by a qualified MBTI practitioner and then discussed in a feedback session. The indicator looks at eight personality preferences that everyone uses at different times. On taking the Indicator four of these preferences are combined into a type.

Although each preference identified by the Indicator helps to enhance understanding of oneself and others, it is the combination of the four preferences that provides the fullest and richest picture of each type.

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Characteristics of Each of the Preferences

Energising
Extraversion (E) Preference for drawing energy from the outside world of people, activities and things	or	Introversion (I) Preference for drawing energy from one’s internal world of ideas, emotions and impressions
Perceiving
Sensing (S) Preference for taking in information through the five senses and noticing what is actual	or	Intuition (N) Preference for taking in information through a ‘sixth sense’ and noting what might be
Deciding
Thinking (T) Preference for organising and structuring information to decide in a logical, objective way	or	Feeling (F) Preference for organising and structuring information to decide in a personal, values oriented way
Living
Judging (J) Preference for living a planned and organised life	or	Perceiving (P) Preference for living a spontaneous and flexible life

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Output From Taking the MBTI

Reports on an individual’s MBTI preferences can include:

Characteristics of their type
How others may see them
Potential areas for growth
Leadership style
Contributions to the organisation
Preferred learning style
Problem solving approach
Preferred work environments

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