Do You Recognize these Challenges?
You have no doubt repeated this phrase when you are training: “But of course you can and do, do both.” And you have had to continually address these or similar objections and stereotypes in your workshops: “I’m an Ambivert,” I’m a high E and an off-the-chart P,” I fall in the middle so I can flip-flop more quickly than most,” You are always talking because you are an E,”; “I can’t do that, I am a Feeler.”
It can feel like you are playing an uneven game of tug-of-war!
The fundamental problem: we underestimate the power of the collective misunderstanding of the MBTI and our participants’ mindset when they come to our workshops. Misinformation in the popular press seeps into our participants’ consciousness; they may think Type is a set of standalone preferences with high and low scores, rather than a Whole Type instrument based on a theory. It’s hard to dispel stereotypes, especially after participants see their PCI which intuitively looks quantitative .
“Those of us who teach people about Jung’s psychological types and try to coach them in constructive uses….have a persistent problem to tackle at the outset. The problem is that our clients bring to the dialogue a preconceived view of personality variables that do not include type differences… they can’t latch onto the main idea of type until they broaden their mental picture of personality makeup.”
– Gordon Lawrence
Easing the Tension – Taking Type Beyond the ‘4-Letters’
Our unique methodology helps change participants’ fundamental mindset in real-time, eliminating the frustration of repeating what we know to be true about Type. In our train-the-trainer programs, we show you how to:
(1) Introduce Type by Integrating Jung’s Theory
Learn to weave Jungian principles into introductory MBTI sessions using subtle language changes, nuanced facilitation techniques, and our Jungian-based type tools without redesigning your current programs. Changing your program with subtle techniques to present Type as a more dynamic system will help your clients leave an introductory MBTI workshop wanting to learn more!
(2) Incorporate Type Dynamics into MBTI Application Workshops
Learn to incorporate Type Dynamics into application workshops such as communication and decision-making, conflict intervention and mitigation, stress management, and individual, team, and leadership development. Using Myers’ Type hierarchy of Functions and incorporating Jung’s Eight Functions into the mix provides clients with a more profound, memorable, and actionable blueprint for resolving organizational and team issues.
Taking your clients beyond the 4-letter Type Code to dig deeper into team issues does not require complexity or teaching more theory. We have created the Eight Function Image Metaphor suite of Type Products that you can use to help your client teams and individual team members understand their Dominant Jungian mental functions to provide them with a rich opportunity to engage in profound growth and development.
(3) Link Type to other Assessments and Models
Type is a fundamental tool for understanding how we think, and the patterns of behavior that evolve from our particular lens. When we connect Type with other models, such as Emotional Intelligence, our participants gain an even fuller picture of themselves; how we think, and how we feel – two essential elements of increasing self-awareness. Our Type has an impact on how we feel, and how we behave, and vice-versa.
Our Type is essential to how we see the world so that we can link it to every aspect of organizational life. For example, Type directly impacts how we define Trust, Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, and Success. As such, it has powerful links to team models such as Patrick Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. When we look at Communication, Type influences such issues as whether we have a more directing or informing Style, with direct links to our Interaction Styles. Type also connects to our value system, and what motivates us, what our Essential Motivators might be.
And there is so much more! Essentially, Type is a tool that can act as a catalyst for creating psychological safety, especially in combination with other powerful human development models. Our programs help you link your current tools to the MBTI in easy to understand ways.
Customized Training and Coaching
I partner with my practitioner clients to identify professional development goals and skill-building while keeping their client goals in mind. I meet my clients where they are, and together, we carve out a Type-related development plan.
I do this through train-the-trainer on-site workshops for in-house MBTI-certified groups, one-on-one customized development and design with on-site support for Independent Consultants and one-to-one practitioner coaching.
Here are just some of the customized programs that we have delivered to practitioners and our clients:
- Grounding Practitioners in the Fundamentals of the MBTI and Jungian Typology
- Introducing the MBTI as a Dynamic System of Energy
- Problem-Solving for Teams Leveraging Jungs 8 Mental Functions
- Learning and Leveraging the 8 Languages of the Jungian Mental Functions
- Incorporating the MBTI and the Jungian Functions as the cornerstone for Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team
- Leveraging Type to Establish Team Trust and Psychological Safety
- Introducing and Applying the MBTI Step II with Teams and Leaders
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Contact us to book a Train-the-Trainer program for the MBTI-certified practitioners in your Training and Development department. If you are a sole practitioner or independent consultant, we can help you advance your MBTI skills.