TEAMBUILDING USING INSIGHTS FROM THE
MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR

Length of Program: 2 days
Number of Participants: 8 - 80
Physical Setting: Indoor space with room for presentation and group interaction.

Basic Premise:

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator is the most widely used personality inventory of our time. To be honest, it is used so often that it is often used poorly. Therefore, we need to share our understanding of its value.

The Theory of Psychological Type was developed by Carl Gustav Jung in the 1920s. After literally decades of study and experimenting, two women - Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs - created a rather simple questionnaire that makes Jung's exquisite Theory understandable and practical. That questionnaire consists of approximately 100 questions that give us an indication of our unconscious psychological preferences around four major aspects of the human personality. When individuals and groups understand their unconscious preferences they can manage them in a deliberate and conscious way. Such self-management leads to greater team effectiveness.

This is our most popular workshop. Roberts Consulting, Inc. has administered to MBTI to over ten thousand individuals and led hundreds of organizations to higher levels of effectiveness. All four of our consultants are qualified users of theinstrument; each one has a specialty --

• David uses the MBTI in a dramatically interpersonal way; he has special training through an organization called True Colors to dramatize four different human temperaments
  
  
• Matthew combines his knowledge of the MBTI with his experience in drama and dance, leading wildly exciting experiences using improvisation and masks.
  
  
• Melissa merges her 20 years as a teacher and a school social worker to take the insights from Jung's Theory of Psychological Type and apply them to Teaching and Learning Styles.
  
  
• And Bill, who once had a fellowship from the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation to study the thinking of Carl Jung and is the author of two books using Jungian psychology to understand change and human development, is recognized a one of the leading scholars and practitioners of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. He is an associate of Otto Kroeger Associates in Fairfax, Virginia, and on their behalf leads introductory and qualifying workshops all over the country. For additional information see www.typetalk.com