THE MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI)

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is the single tool that can do the most to cut the enormous cost of wasted effort and miscommunication in teams. But you will only realize the power of MBTI if it is skilfully administered with a clear focus on the business outcomes the team must achieve and the business challenges it faces.

The picture of personality presented by leading Swiss Psychologist Carl Jung revealed that individual preferences play an important role in people’s communication style, preferred work environments, ways of interacting with colleagues and prime motivators at work. MBTI is the development of Jung’s work by Myers and Briggs into an accessible questionnaire and provides a practical, logical and systematic way to understand the normal differences people bring to work.

Because it identifies these fundamental differences, the MBTI tool is widely used in organisational development, team building, management and leadership development and individual coaching.