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Leadership Skill 101 Talking to People 2

Key Elements Understanding the people who we need to work through to achieve our plans. Using conversations and conversational awareness to enable success. 3

Jung’s Theory Every person carries out two kinds of mental process: –we take in information (Perception) –then make decisions (Judgment) about the incoming information. There are only two ways to take in information: –Sensing and –Intuition 4

Jung’s Theory (contd.) There are only two ways to make decisions about incoming information: Thinking-decisions made on impersonal, objective logic. Feeling-decisions made with a person-centered, value-based process. Both processes are rational and we use both of them, but usually not equally easily. 5

Jung’s Theory (contd.) Jung also described another ‘attitude’ or ‘orientation’. He observed that we all live in two worlds: the Outer world of things, people and events, and the Inner world of our own thoughts, feelings and reflections. Because you can’t be in both worlds simultaneously – you have to choose. 6

Four Dichotomies Extraversion/Intraversion Sensing/ iNutition Thinking/ Feeling Judging/ Perceiving (MBTI Types: ISTJ, INTJ, ESTJ, ENFP etc.) 7

Extraversion or Introversion E or I The direction we focus our attention and energy 8

Sensing or iNtuition S or N The way we take in information and the kind of information we like and trust. 9 Meaning Associations Relationships

Thinking or Feeling T or F Ways of making decisions 10

Judging or Perceiving J or P Our attitude to the external world and how we orient ourselves to it. 11

Four dichotomies Extraversion/Intraversion Sensing/ iNutition Thinking/ Feeling Judging/ Perceiving (MBTI Types: ISTJ, INTJ, ESTJ, ENFP etc.) 12

Using your knowledge of MBTI types to improve your leadership of others? running meetings communicating with particular individuals or groups acting with self awareness of your own preferences catering for all MBTI preferences in your planning allocating tasks to team members. 13

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