1. Introduction to Personality Type TYPEFOCUS TM CAREERS V 5.0

2. What will you learn today? 1 Overview of Personality Type Theory Four type-factor preferences Affirm your own personality type Application of Theory Understanding yourself better when: career planning Understanding others better when: communicating one-on-one communicating in a team

3. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 2 Carl Jung 1875 - 1961

4. It all starts with self-awareness 3 Your strengths & talents What affects your job satisfaction Identify areas of growth Increases self-acceptance Helps you understand others: Better communications Improved teamwork Less conflict

5. Why do self assessment? 4

6. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 5 Energy EXTRAVERSION INTROVERSION Being energized through contact with other people or through engaging in activities(the outer world) Being energized through ideas, quiet times, or solitude (the inner world)

7. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 6 SENSING INTUITION Paying attention to what you perceive through the five senses: seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting Paying attention to what might be described as the sixth sense—the unseen world of meanings, inferences, hunches, insights, and connections Information

8. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 7 THINKING FEELING Making decisions based on impartial criteria— cause-effect reasoning, constant principles or truths, and logic Making decisions based on values-based, person-centered criteria, seeking harmony Decisions

9. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 8 JUDGING PERCEIVING Want to live an ordered life, with goals and structure, making decisions so you can move on Want to live a spontaneous life with flexibility, staying open to new information and possibilities Approach to Life

10. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 9 Function Pairs

11. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 10 Reframing What a feeling person perceives: Feeling Lens Logic Compassion Decisions based on Policy and procedures Taking people’s feelings into account Mercy

12. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 11 Reframing What a feeling person perceives: Feeling Lens Logic Business-like decisions Decisions based on Policy and procedures Decisions based on organizational needs Justice The person does NOT see the COMPLEMENTARY STRENGTH - only the lack of feeling - therefore the perception is a NEGATIVE one - that is: UN-feeling.

13. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 12 TypeFlexing Working to the OTHER PERSON’S strengths For Extraverts - action, talking, group work For Sensing-types - practical applications, specific examples For Thinking-types - want logic and business-like approach For Judging-types - want schedules and deadlines For Introverts - prefer written communication, one-on-ones For iNtuition-types - consider future possibilities, broad issues For Feeling-types - prefer to be compassionate and harmonious For Perceiving-types - resist too much organization, open to change.

14. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 13 Organizational Culture

15. Understanding Others Through Understanding Yourself 14 The End