1. Flavors of Leadership

2. Looking at Personality
Is personality important to leadership?
What role does personality play in leadership?
Why do your personality traits matter?
Why do the personality traits of your subordinates matter?

3. Personality in Context
It is not straightforward, people aren’t books
Look at behavior…
Values say a lot about personal traits
Personality doesn’t affect leadership, it affects style

4. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Most Popular Personality Test by far
Developed by Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs
Looks at personality through four different perspectives
Does NOT look at individual traits

6. Introversion vs. Extroversion
Introverts
Get their energy from ‘personal time’
Generally focus their thoughts inward
Extroverts
Get their energy from social interaction
Thoughts are more outward focused
Introversion vs. Extroversion
It is all about energy

7. Intuition vs. Sensing Intuitives Sensors Focused on the ‘big picture’.
Less inclined to small details
“Why are we doing this?”
Sensors
Focused on the individual components
Individual parts over grand concept
“What do we need to do?”
Intuition vs. Sensing

8. Thinking vs. Feeling Thinkers Feelers
Prioritizes facts, evidence, and logic
Less trustful of emotional decisions
Feelers
Prioritizes ‘gut intuition’
Trusts emotions to guide them
Thinking vs. Feeling

9. Judging vs. Perceiving Judgers Perceivers Value structure and order
Capable of following schedules
Often very organized
Perceivers
Value flexibility and free-time
Follows mental task-lists
Often sporadic and less-organized
Judging vs. Perceiving

11. MBTI in Context It is not a go to, be all
MBTI can help you understand your people better
Interpeting the Results

12. Final Question
How much should we as leaders reference personality?