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Personality Preferences – a Tool Kit for Development
Author: Jerry  | Posted: 14-05-2008 | Comments: 0 | Views: 6 | Rating: (163)  (?) 
Ever wondered why the best-laid plans for your team (or church, or department, or school…) are still hard to put into practice?
The answer may be that the people in your team are just not aware of how different they are from one another. The result can be a failure to communicate properly, or to understand each other’s agendas. A good plan can run off the rails just because the people involved don’t understand one another, or themselves.
One way of addressing this is to use a trusted psychometric instrument like the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). MBTI shows up the sometimes hidden preferences we have at the root of our personalities. It helps us understand how we prefer to make decisions, how we take in information, the kinds of situations we find energising or draining, and the way we like to organise our lives.
Clients using the MBTI typically reflect that it is a very creative process – they recognise themselves more clearly in the type descriptions used, and are able to understand how others may differ from them. It begins to unlock relationships in teams and groups that work together. And it does so without judging or threatening – it really is just as good to be one type as another.
MBTI uses a simple questionnaire that takes about 30 minutes to complete. The best way of experiencing MBTI is through one-to-one feedback on this questionnaire with a trained practitioner, but it is also possible for large groups to receive feedback together. The Myers Briggs Personality Indicator can be used to help with the development of workplace teams but it is also of great benefit in assessing career options, in leadership development, in refining communications skills, and in coaching for success in many areas of life.
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About the Author:Bristol based life coaching and mentoring specialists, Perception, offer individual solutions to help individuals and teams clarify and address their needs, through a range of different techniques: perception uses the MBTI, amongst other coaching and mentoring tools, to help people develop their leadership skills and potential and to enhance leadership training and communication skills.
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