Understanding Myers Briggs to Improve Communications and Build on Strengths

1. Understanding Myers-
Briggs to Improve
Communication and Build
on Strengths

2. Scott Nash
ENFP
1. Ideation
2. Strategic
3. Communication
4. Woo
5. Positivity

3. Scott Nash
ENFP
1. Ideation (N)
2. Strategic (N)
3. Communication (E)
4. Woo (E and F)
5. Positivity (F)

4. Myers-Briggs and
Strengths Finder

5. What is the difference?
Myers-Briggs
• 16 Personality Types
• Based on preferences
• How does each person
think
• Understanding our own
preferences
• Recognizing others
preferences
Strengths Finder
• 36 Strengths
• Looks at out talents
• Strategies and ways to
increase our talents

6. Wake up the brain
• If you role two 6 sided dice one
hundred times what number will
you likely get the most times.

8. What is the Myers Briggs
Type Indicator (M.B.T.I.)?
•Developed by Katharine Briggs (mother)
and Isabel Myers (daughter) in the 1940’s
to help people discover more about
themselves and their personality types.
•Expands on Carl Jung’s theory that
all individuals fit into a pattern based
on how they prefer to take in
information, make decisions, and
function in the outer world.

9. Thoughts
Beliefs
Personalities
Learning
Styles
Attitudes
Wants/Needs
PEOPLE ARE
DIFFERENT
Actions
Communication
Styles
Aptitudes
Skills

10. ACTIVITY:
•Are you right or left handed?
•Hold up your writing hand.
•Put a pen or pencil in the opposite hand.
•Write your name on a piece of paper.
•How did it feel?

11. •If we broke our dominant hand and had to start
using the other hand, we would get better with
practice.
•We may not prefer to use the hand, it may be out
of our comfort zone.

13. HOW ARE YOU ENERGIZED?
By other people and the outer world?
E
OR
are you energized from within yourself
and the inner world?
I
Extraversion
Introversion

14. EXTROVERTS tend to:
•Be Social and outgoing
•Learn more by working with others
•Express their emotions
•Process information externally
•Have large social groups

15. INTROVERTS tend to:
•Be reserved and quite
•Learn better working alone
•Hold their emotions
•Process information internally
•Have handful of close friends

16. Identifying Extraversion:
•Uses rapid speech
•Appears to think aloud
•Interrupts
•Speaks with a loud voice
•Approaches you at both or workshop

17. Identifying Introversion
Pauses in answering or giving information
•Reflects silently
•Uses shorter sentences; does not run on
•Speaks with a quiet voice
•May lurk at a booth or workshop

18. You are on an airplane and the person next to
you engages you in conversation as if you
were old friends.

19. You are on a car ride with a co-worker. During
your drive time, he rarely talks to you and
prefers to work on his phone alone with her
headphones on

20. You are at a conference and the speaker asks
you, without warning, to come up on stage and
share about some of your experiences.

21. You are watching a presentation with a group of co-
workers. You have been explicitly told that no talking or
texting is permitted during the presentation. However,
the speaker discusses a topic that sparks an idea in your
mind and you want to share it with your group.

22. COMMUNICATION STYLE
Talking with EXTRAVERTS (E)
•Be enthusiastic and energetic
•Respond quickly without long pauses
•Use face to face interaction over written
forms of communication
•Allow talking out loud and conclusions
with out definite answers

23. COMMUNICATION STYLE
Talking with INTROVERTS (I)
•Include time to build trust
•Don’t force I’s to get involved in conversation
•Allow time for I’s to think before speaking
•Use written forms of communication such as
email and memos when possible
•Do not assume an “I” is uninterested - they
may be taking time to process information

24. Group Session
• Extraverts group up with groups of fellow extraverts (5-8 people per group)
and discuss strategies to use in conversations with introverts.
• Introverts- Step out of your comfort zone and introduce yourself to
someone in the room you do not know.

25. • 1=3
• 2=3
• 4=4
• 5=4
• 6=3
• 7=5
• 8=5
• 9=4
• 10=3
• 11=?

26. HOW DO YOU TAKE IN INFORMATION?
“Facts, please!”
S Sensing
Sensing refers to perceptions:
•Observable by the senses
•Focusing on immediate experience

27. HOW DO YOU TAKE IN INFORMATION?
“Give me the big picture, patterns
relationships!”
iNntuition
Refers to perception of
possibilities, meanings, and
relationships by way of insight
beyond what is visible to the
senses.

28. SENSORS (S)
•Be practical
•Focus on facts
•Start at the
beginning, step by step
•Have set routines
•Cautious about
change
•Listen to details
•Act in the present

29. INTUITORS (N)
•Be daydreamers
•Know where going - why use steps?
•Look at possibilities
•Be inventive
•Shut down on details
•Focus on multiple ideas and situations

30. Identifying people who are Sensing(S)
•Asks for step-by-step information or instruction
•Asks “what” and ”how” questions
•Uses precise descriptions
•Is interested in practical applications
•Focuses on specifics

31. Identifying people who are (N)
•Asks for current and long range implications
•Asks ”why” questions
•Talks in general terms
•Is interested in possibilities
•Focused on long range
•Starts racing with their own ideas

32. At a presentation covering data what do you
pay more attention to the facts and the
numbers or insights the data gives.

33. A new company manger introduces a new
exciting concept but gives you very few details
about the roll out.

34. Your significant other just got home from a
big job interview. They tell you how it went by
giving you a description of the entire
interview from start to finish.

35. Your significant other texts you they just put
$1,000 down for a car that will arrive in two
years and simply says it awesome you will
love it.

36. COMMUNICATION STYLE
Talking with Sensors (S)
•Show evidence - give facts, details, and
examples
•Explain why it makes sense
•Have a thought out plan with details in
advance
•Show the steps involved
•Don’t switch back and forth between
subjects

37. COMMUNICATION STYLE
Talking with Intuitives (N)
•Give the main idea first and present
global schemes
•Don’t give lots of details unless
asked
•Let N’s dream and don’t burst their
bubble - encourage imagination
•Indicate future benefits

38. This type of difference causes the
biggest struggle in communication!
N
S
I wish
he’d
focus &
give me
more
details!
“Step 1….,
Step 2…..,
Step
137…”
Detail
overload –
Mind is
wandering
…
Hey, I’ve
got a great
idea!”

39. • I am always open when I am closed and closed
when I am open. What am I?

40. HOW DO YOU PREFER TO MAKE
DECISIONS?
“Logically!”
T
“By considering the impact on people”
F
THINKING
FEELING

41. When making a decision, you rely more on
your feelings than on analysis of the
situation?

42. Your actions are sometimes influenced by
your emotions.

43. You have trouble giving and receiving
constructive feedback?

44. THINKERS (T)
•Deal with facts
•Decide with the head
•Analyze
•Say “I think…” when
answering
•Justice

45. FEELERS (F)
•Base decisions on
effects of people
•Be personal and
subjective
•See within situation
•Says “I feel….” when
answering
•Harmony

46. Identifying those who are thinkers (T)
•Appears to be “testing you” or your knowledge
•Weights the “objective” evidence
•May feel need to “win”
•Is not impressed with others buying decisions
•Follows a pattern of checking logic: “if this then that”
•Focus on how it will benefit the numbers and results.

47. Identifying those who are feelers (F)
•Strive for harmony in the interaction
•May talk what they “value”
•Asks what others are doing
•Focuses on how it can benefit people (students and
teachers)
•May have strong emotional bond to product
•Loyal to people

48. Group Time
• Find a handful of people with the same letter (F) or (T)
as you!

49. Your team has been working on a project to
present at a conference at Waikiki Beach,
Hawaii.

50. All members of the team are
to travel and stay for 1 week
to present the project.

51. A budget cut limits those
who can go to two. How do
you decide who can go?

52. COMMUNICATION STYLE
Talking with Thinkers (T)
•Be brief and concise
•Be logical and do not ramble
•State principles involved
•Be calm and reasonable
•List the pros and cons
•Present emotion and feelings as facts to
be weighed in the decision

53. COMMUNICATION STYLE
Talking with Feelers (F)
•Get to know the person 1st, be friendly
•Tell who else is for the idea
•Present areas of agreement 1st
•Show why the idea is valuable to people
•Realize that F’s may have difficulty giving
and receiving negative feedback
•Watch body language and non-verbal cues

54. LIFESTYLE?
“I prefer a planned, orderly lifestyle”
J
“I prefer a flexible, spontaneous way of life!”
P
Judging
Perception
This difference causes the most tension
between manager and co-worker!

55. You open a new LEGO® Brick set do what
do you do first?

56. Would people call you organized?

57. Do you like to closely follow an agenda?

58. Do you pre-plan your outfits the night
before?

59. JUDGERS (J)
•Be decisive
•Have a plan
•Be structured
•Follow an agenda
•Like closure

60. PERCEPTIVES (P)
•Be flexible
•Are spontaneous
•Go with the flow
•Experience life
•Be curious, like
surprises
•Like openness

61. Identifying those who are judgers (J)
•Consistently on time or early for appointments
•Wants to move through the process
•Wants a clear plan
•Craves structure and does not like changes
•May decide prematurely
•Uses “…ed” we looked, compared, evaluated

62. Identifying those who are perceptive (P)
•May be late for appointments or “forget” the time
during appointments
•Seems to want “space” to make own decisions
•Reacts negatively to incremental or trial closes
•May make last minute changes
•General wont decide until the “last minute”
•Uses “…..ing” words: looking, comparing,
exploring

63. Group Time
• Find a group with a similar letter (J) or (P)

64. Career Day
You’ve been assigned the task of coordinating and
organizing “career fair” at your school.
10 employers have signed up to present
The entire activity will last 2 hours
Create an agenda for the career day.

65. Career Day
On career day, 3 employers arrive who want to
participate. However, they are not on the schedule
and you have not allotted space for them. They
have brought information, and are eager to share
about their career. What do you do?

66. COMMUNICATION STYLE
Talking to Judgers (J)
•Present a timetable and stick to it
•Don’t surprise J’s - give warnings of
changes when possible
•Allow time to prepare
•Show your achievements and results
•Take a stand, don’t be wishy-washy

67. COMMUNICATION STYLE
Talking to Perceptives (P)
•Allow for things to flow, not to follow
your time and action calendar
•Bring in new information and ideas
•Allow for options and changes
•Realize any change in direction is not
necessarily impulsiveness

68. Initiating the
Relationship
• Extraversion- Talk it Out
• Introversion- Think it Through
Investigating
Needs
• Sensing- Specifics
• Intuition- Big Picture
Course of
Action
• Thinking- Logical Implications
• Feeling- Impact on People
Obtaining
Agreement
• Judging- Joy of Closure
• Perceiving- Joy of Processing

70. Facts
(ST)
Service
(SF)
Logical
Options
(NT)
Their
Vision
(NF)
Sensing (Specifics)
iNtution (Big Picture)
Thinking
(Logical
Implications)
Feeling
(Impact on
People)

71. The ST Person
• Focuses on
• The specifics
• The logical implication of these specifics
• Values
• Acting responsibly
• Working with those who act responsibly
• Remember
• State the FACTS

72. The SF Person
• Focuses on
• The specifics
• The impact of these specifics on people
• Values
• Personal loyalty
• Working with those who personalizes and individualize
services
• Remember
• Give PERSONAL SERVICE

73. The NF Person
• Focuses on
• The general concept or big picture
• The impact of the big picture on people
• Values
• Making a difference
• Working with those who help make their vision a reality
• Remember
• Support the VISION

74. The NT Person
• Focuses on
• The general concept or big picture
• The impact of the big picture creates logical options
• Values
• Having options that fit their needs now and in the
future
• Working with those who show competence
• Remember
• Provide and support LOGICAL OPTIONS

75. • E and I
• S and N
• F and T
• J and P

81. Homework
Identify one STRENGTH and
how you are going to
highlight that strength as a
group
Identify one WEAKNESS and
determine strategies that
would help your group
address the weakness
Identify one OPPURTUNITY
and make a plan of how
you will capitalize on that
opportunity.
Identify one THREAT and
come up with what need to
help address the threat