The Basics of Personality Type Boston University Faculty Development and Diversity March 7, 2011 Ed Evarts, Leadership Development Coach Evarts Coaching

Today’s Discussion Personality Type Origins Personality Type Mythbusting The Four Preferences Personality Types Thoughts/Questions Personality Type Exercise

Personality Type Has Ancient Roots

Carl Jung

Myers-Briggs

Mythbusting

Personality assessments, like MBTI ®, are a test.

Mythbusting Personality type confines you to certain behaviors.

Mythbusting Results will be the same every time an individual completes an assessment.

The Four Preference Areas From to From where do you get and to where do you direct your energy? 1

Extraversion or Introversion? ExtraversionIntroversion Work out ideas by reflecting on them Focused and contained Work out ideas by talking them through Energized by privacy Have broad interests Live it, then understand Sociable and expressive Understand, then live it Focus on the depth of their interests Energized by people Live it, then understand Have broad interests Talk about ideas Sociable and expressive Focused and contained Energized by privacy Understand, then live it Focus on depth of interests Reflect on ideas

2 The Four Preference Areas information How do you take in information?

Sensing or Intuition? SensingIntuition Oriented to present realities Trust experience Sequential Factual and concrete Observe & remember specifics Remember specifics - system Imaginative and creative Random Oriented to future possibilities Trust inspiration Oriented to present realities Trust experience Remember specifics as part of a system Imaginative and verbally creative Sequential Factual and concrete Trust inspiration Random Oriented to future possibilities Observe and remember specifics

3 The Four Preference Areas decisions How do make decisions?

Thinking or Feeling? ThinkingFeeling Like things to be objective Analytical Drawn to data May appear “tenderhearted” Accept first Assess impact on people Empathetic Like things to be personal Drawn to people Like things to be objective Analytical Accept first Assess impact of decisions on people Empathetic Like things to be personal Drawn to people Question first Drawn to data May appear “tenderhearted” Question first

4 The Four Preference Areas orient How do you orient yourself to the world?

Judging or Perceiving? JudgingPerceiving Organize their lives Systematic See routine as effective Finish before the deadline Like goals and results Spontaneous Like to see what turns up Finish tasks at the deadline Casual Sees flexibility as effective Spontaneous Like to see what turns up Organize their lives Systematic Finish tasks at the deadline See routine as effective Casual Finish tasks before the deadline See flexibility as effective Like goals and results

The Four Preference Areas  ExtraversionIntroversion  SensingIntuition  ThinkingFeeling  JudgingPerceiving

Personality Types ISTJISFJINFJINTJ ISTPISFPINFPINTP ESTPESFPENFPENTP ESTJESFJENFJENTJ

Personality Types E S T J I N F P VC C M S S M C VC Degree of clarity

Personality Types How I focus my energy How I take in information How I make decisions How I structure my world ESTP My assessment says:

Personality Types Points of interest / Appendix A Look at the totals for sensing and intuition Look at the female category for thinking and feeling

Personality Types Points of interest / Appendix B Look at the two left columns (sensing) vs. the two right columns (intuition) Look at the two middle columns (feeling) vs. the two outside columns (thinking)

Thoughts/Questions I have a thought/question, but do I want to be first?

Personality Type Exercise  Find a partner.  Enter your current type hypothesis.  Discuss the questions in your workbook.

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