Understanding Yourself and Others: Using MBTI

"The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) questionnaire is part of the most widely used personality instrument, worldwide. More than 3.5m questionnaires are completed every year and there are over 13,000 qualified users in Europe. It is based on over 50 years’ research and development and is available in 19 languages.

The MBTI instrument describes an individual’s personality preferences, which it represents in four dimensions.

The various combinations of these preferences result in 16 ‘personality types’. Each is associated with a unique set of behavioural characteristics and values and provides a useful starting point for individual feedback, self-exploration and group discussions.

Through completion of the questionnaire (‘reported type’) and a personal feedback session (including ‘self-assessed type’ an individual’s unique personal type, with associated characteristics, will be revealed. This will show the individual how they interact with others and how they deal with a range of real-life situations.

Subsequent applications include team roles and development, education and career counselling, management and leadership development, coping with organisational change, dealing with stress and understanding emotional intelligence."

Research Staff

The Research Staff Development Programme is open to Postdocs and other University employees who EITHER have Research Staff contracts (as stated on the contract) OR can demonstrate that their primary responsibility is to conduct research and that they are employed for this purpose.

N.B. We cannot accept bookings from anyone registered for an MPhil or PhD, even if they are also employed by the University (e.g. as a Research Assistant). In such cases, please refer to the training and opportunities provided by the CPPD Graduate Development Programme.

• to introduce the concept and theories behind the MBTI types and the process to obtain your personal profile
• to explore and determine your self assessed and reported MBTI types
• to use the self assessed and reported types to determine your best fit MBTI type (or as close as possible)
• to use your MBTI best fit type in activities relating to real world applications such as communication and understanding differences

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

One full day session

A number of times per term