The Myers-Briggs Types Indicator (MBTI) is the most widely used instrument for understanding normal personality differences. In particular, MBTI is a comprehensive tool to help team members better appreciate the diversity within the group; thereby improving trust and cohesion.
Developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katharine Briggs, the purpose of the Myers Briggs Types Indicator is to make the theory of psychological types described by Carl Jung understandable and useful in people’s lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in individual’s behaviour is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment.
Jung theorised that there are four principal psychological functions by which we experience the world: sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking. One of these four functions is dominant most of the time.
The aim of the MBTI is to make the insights of type theory accessible to individuals and groups; both inside and outside the workplace environment. The following list shows some of the wide variety of uses of the Myers Briggs Types Indicator.
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator works very well with helping coaching clients gain a better understanding of how they view the world, and sets up actions based on their own personal and business goals.