MBTI ®

Myers Briggs Type Indicators

CPP, Inc., is the exclusive publisher of the MBTI® instrument. MBTI, Myers-Briggs, and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator are trademarks or registered trademarks of the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Trust in the United States and other countries

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Why Learn about MBTI ? ®

• Purpose
– To develop a greater understanding of
yourself and others

• Benefit
– To increase your flexibility and effectiveness
when communicating

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Uses for MBTI ®

• Enable problem solving

• Improve communication and influence
• Assist team development
• Improve decision making
• Understand reactions to stress and
change

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What are the preferences?

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Dimensions

Where you focus your attention

E I
S How you take in information N
How you make decisions
T F
How you orientate yourself
J in the world P
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Types of Type

Reported Type

Self Assessed Type

Your Best Fit Type

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Where do you focus attention?

EI
Extraverted Introverted

External Environment Inner world

Communicate by talking Communicate by writing
Breadth Depth
Learn by doing Learn by reflection
Sociable and Expressive Private and Contained
Do - think - do Think - do - think
Involved with people Work with ideas
& things & thoughts

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Extroverted - Introverted

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How do you take in information?

SN
Sensing Intuition
step-by-step leap around
the five senses sixth sense
what’s real what could be
practical theoretical
present orientation future possibilities
facts insights
use established skills learning new skills

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Intuition or Sensing

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What do you see?

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Sensing - Intuition

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How you make decisions

TF
Thinking Feeling

head heart
logical system value system
objective subjective
justice mercy
principles harmony
reason empathy
firm but fair compassionate

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Thinking – Feeling

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Thinking - Feeling

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How you structure your world

J P
Judging Perceiving

planned
spontaneous
regulate
flow
control
adapt
run one’s life
let life happen
set goals
gather information
decisive
open
organised
flexible

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Judging - Perceiving

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Things to remember about type

• There is no right or wrong type

• There are no better or worse combinations
• Type scores don’t measure skill or ability
• Type scores measure clarity of preference
• Each type is unique
• Type enables you to understand yourself
• Type enables you to understand others
• Type is not an excuse
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Type...

• Is innate and influenced by:

– External pressure
– Mid-life
– Current circumstances
– “Fitting–in” with organisational expectations
– Faith / Religion
– Culture

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Gender differences

Men Women

– % Thinking 64.8% – % Thinking 29.6%

– % Feeling 35.2% – % Feeling 70.4%

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Type distribution in the UK

ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ

13.7% 12.7% 1.7% 1.4%

ISTP ISFP INFP INTP

6.4% 6.1% 3.2% 2.4%

ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP

5.8% 8.7% 6.3% 2.8%

ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ

10.4% 12.6% 2.8% 2.9%
Standardisation of MBTI Step 1 in the UK population
source: OPP

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Using type difference at work

• The clearest vision of the future usually comes

from an “N” type
• The most practical realism usually comes from
an “S” type
• The most incisive analysis comes from the “T”
type
• The most skilful understanding and handling of
people usually comes from an “F” type

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