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Myers-Briggs Qualifying & Type Application Programs
Check out the 2008 schedule offered by Type Resources , the first provider of Myers-Briggs Qualifying Programs. Type Resources offers a cutting edge approach to introducing Type to organizations and individuals. Type Resources emphasizes the importance of the 8 Jungian functions identified by famed Swiss psychiatrist Dr. Carl Jung while honoring the classic approach through the Myers-Briggs preferences. TR also offers tailored in-house programs for clients upon request.
The 2-day qualifying program is designed for those who need to save $$ and time and can dedicate 10-20 hours to pre-work. The program moves fast. If you are already somewhat familiar with Type concepts, this may be the program for you!
The 4-day qualifying program offers more time to incorporate the depth of the theory, experience the concepts, and consider typical applications. I wouldn’t call this leisurely but it takes the pressure off to study extensively before attending.
Scroll down and click anywhere on the MBTI, Firo-B, Personality Dimensions (PD), and Thomas Killman Instrument (TKI) logo on the right to enroll or find more information.
Should my client retake the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?
People often ask this question when their client self-selects a Myers-Briggs Type Code that differs from the one that was reported on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
The answer is No. It is not necessary to retake the MBTIｮ.
Why not? Wouldn’t they then get an official, perhaps computer-generated report, that proves that it is their type? Not necessarily. And what’s the point anyway?
The goal is for them to identify their type. You can help them confirm their type by guiding the client through a self-selection process and then confirming type by reading any number of excellent type description booklets out there.
(more…)The Thinking-Feeling Choice: 6 Reasons Why It’s Not Always An Easy Decision
Lately, I’ve seen many wrestle with the Myers-Briggs decision-making dichotomy of Thinking or Feeling. They can’t decide how they prefer to decide! The 6 reasons are listed first followed by more background information.
- They’ve never thought about it.They are trying to figure this out for the first time in their life and have not previously done enough self-reflection to understand their decision-making process. Remedy: Encourage the client to notice in the course of their days and weeks how they do decide. (more…)
Personality Type: An Owner’s Manual by Lenore Thomson
Thomson has years of experience both writing about theology & psychoanalysis and teaching university courses on psychological type. She brings her wealth of experience to this comprehensive book on Myers-Briggs Type. She uses commonly known cultural figures and familiar cartoon strips to provide examples of a cognitive process or type. If you are a trekkie and love type, you’ll definitely relate to her examples.
She shows a depth of understanding of the 16 types and the 8 cognitive processes. It is a meaty read, enthralling and dense with information, insight, and perspective.
(more…)Which Myers-Briggs Type says “It depends”?
It depends!...on their psychological make-up. I considered Myers-Briggs Typeｮ, Temperament, and cognitive processes while thinking this through.
For the past few years I’ve thought that mostly the Artisan Temperament uses that phrase frequently. Yesterday I gained new insight while reading Personality Type: An Owner’s Manual by Lenore Thompson Bentz.
Why might you care? (more…)
The Introvert Advantage
An MBTIﾃつｮ qualification program participant who prefers introversion introduced me to a 300+ page book devoted entirely to the topic of introverts. I wondered what could one possibly say about one of Myers-Briggsﾃつｮ eight preferences (Extroversion, Introversion, Sensing, iNtuiting, Thinking, Feeling, Judging, Perceiving) that would take up that much space. I recommend you check this one out.
(more…)Verbal Clues to Myers-Briggs® mental functions: Ni, Fe
Caveat: I DO NOT recommend solely using phrases people say to make an hypothesis about what their Myers-Briggsﾃつｮ Type code might be. It may be an indicator of what cognitive process (also known as a mental function or function-in-attitude) they are using at that moment.
I do find that people using the same mental function use similar phrases that provide hints as to which function they are using at that moment.
For instance, I know several people who have preferences for ENFJ.
If you are a qualified MBTIﾃつｮ practitioner, you probably know that the ENFJ’s dominant function is extraverted feeling (Fe) , or making decisions based on what is important to others. Usually you will hear them talk about
(more…)Myers-Briggs® Type Theory and the Enneagram
I participated in a weekend introduction to the Enneagram, an ancient typology that dates back to early Sufi’s and popularized by Russian Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff in the early 1900s. I’ve read books, discussed it with knowledgeable colleagues, been to a one-day workshop on how Myers-Briggsﾃつｮ and the Enneagram work together, taken tests on the web to identify my Enneagram type, all to no avail. I continued to sort between 2 (Giver), 3 (Performer), and 9 (Mediator).
(more…)Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides
Yes, I’m into documentaries these days. They’ve become more interesting to me than most movies available today. I’m not a White Chick movie kind of person, though I hear it’s quite funny. (But I actually am a white chick, perhaps a few years beyond the “chick” category. Go figure.)
What a feast for the eyes and heart. If you love nature, love beauty, love creativity rent or buy this one.
Andy Goldsworthy is a sculptor. Some of his pieces last only seconds. Therefore he photographs all his work. The books of his work draw me in again and again.
I would venture a guess that Andy Goldsworthy is an Artisan, ISFP.
(more…)My Architect: A Son’s Journey
Nathenial Kahn directed this visually intriguing and surprisingly moving documentary about his father Louis I. Kahn. It chronicles his journey to get to know the man and his works. Kahn, a celebrated architect near bankruptcy, died alone in Penn Station when Nathaniel was 11.
The viewer learns about architecture, the man, and the curious life he led. Only Kahn’s closest associates knew that Kahn had three families, and one child from each alliance. But he was really married to his work.
I highly recommend it on its own merits, not because Kahn seems to be a classic example of a Rational. Perhaps INTP, perhaps INTJ. I lean toward INTP. Interestingly, INTPs are sometimes referred to as architects because of their natural design abilities. They don’t always design buildings.
While I’m tempted to tell the story, I’ll focus on Keirsey’s Temperament and Myers-Briggs’ Type clues.
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