WHAT IS THE MBTl INSTRUMENT?

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTl@) instrument is a personality assessment designed to be useful in both work and everyday life. It helps people identify four basic personality preferences that combine to form their individual MBTl@ personality type. Understanding your MBTl@ results can help you understand and appreciate the natural differences in the ways people think, communicate, and interact - differences that can be the source of much misunderstanding.

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Drawn from Carl Jung's theory of psychological types and refined through decades of research, the MBTI® instrument has been used for more than 70 years to establish greater self-knowledge and  interpersonal understanding among people of all ages and backgrounds. It has been translated into  more than 20 different languages for use around the world.

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BENEFITS TO YOU

• Develop capable and effective leadership at every  level of an organisation

• Improve individual and team performance

• Reduce workplace conflict and work more  effectively together

• Create an atmosphere of understanding, clear communication and mutual respect

• Nurture and retain top talent – protect what is most  valuable

• Explore the world of work – help people find their passion

 

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MBTl® INSTRUMENT IS VALID AND RELIABLE?

The instrument's reliability has been proven statistically and its validity has been firmly established in hundreds of separate studies. Reliability refers to whether the results are consistent: Do people tend to reply to the items in the same way when they complete the assessment at a later time and do they tend to get the same four-letter type? Can you count on the results? Validity refers to the instrument's ability to identify psychological types according to Carl Jung's theory.

 

WHAT DO THE LETTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MBTI® INSTRUMENT MEAN?
The MBTI® instrument helps people discover and understand their personality type by identifying their preferences between four pairs of opposites. Each of the opposite preferences is represented by a specific letter:

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• Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I): Your preference indicates whether you tend to focus on and draw energy from people and activity “outside yourself” (E) or your own inner world of thought and reflection (I).

• Sensing (S) or Intuition (N): Your preference indicates whether you tend to focus on information that’s real and tangible (S) or to take in the big picture and the connections between facts (N). 

• Thinking (T) or Feeling (F): Your preference indicates whether you tend to make decisions through logical analysis (T) or by considering what is important to you and to other people involved (F).

• Judging (J) or Perceiving (P): Your preference indicates whether you generally like to live your life in a planned, orderly way (J) or in a flexible, spontaneous way (P).

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WHAT MAKES THE MBTl® INSTRUMENT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PERSONALITY ASSESSMENTS?

The MBT|® instrument was the first tool to describe healthy, normal personalities rather than abnormal ones. It identifies 16 personality types that are all equally valid and healthy. Knowledge of psychological type helps people better understand themselves and each other, resulting in more effective and satisfying human interaction.

 

 

No other personality instrument is backed by as much research and as many years of use as the MBTl® instrument, which has been taken by millions of people worldwide. The MBTl® instrument is continually updated through ongoing research to ensure its ability to identify meaningful personality differences.

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