MYERS BRIGGS WORKSHOPS

The “MBTI®” refers to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, the world’s most popular personality type assessment. It uses the Myers-Briggs® framework to define 16 four-letter personality types. 

The MBTI® assessment is a powerful and multipurpose personality assessment that provides a common language for understanding personality differences, personal motivations, and group interactions.

The MBTI® assessment looks at our personality preferences on four pairs of preferences:

• Extraversion–Introversion (E–I): Do you prefer to get your energy from, and focus your attention on, the outside world of people and things (E) or your inner world of thoughts, feelings, and reflections (I)?
• Sensing–Intuition (S–N): Do you prefer to gather and trust information that is realistic, concrete, practical, and gathered by your five senses (S) or information based on connections, possibilities, ideas, and what could be (N)?
• Thinking–Feeling (T–F): Do you prefer to make decisions on the basis of objective logic (T) or on how the decision will affect people and whether it agrees with your values (F)?
• Judging–Perceiving (J–P): Do you prefer to live your life in an ordered, structured way, seeking closure (J) or in an emergent, spontaneous way, keeping your options open (P)?

According to Jung-Myers theory, we each have a preference for E or I, S or N, T or F, and J or P.

The Myers-Briggs Company reports that 88% of Fortune 500 companies have used the MBTI^® Assessment. It is used in 115 countries worldwide. It is also backed by 70+ years of research and development, making it a proven choice for your team or organization.

The MBTI® tool is a versatile personality assessment that provides a common language for understanding personality differences, personal motivations, and group interactions. 

Your OptimizeTeamwork Consultant can help you debrief and apply the MBTI^® to help your team:

• Understand individual work styles and strengths
• Recognize communication needs & improve communication
• Enhance decision-making processes
• Manage conflicts more effectively
• Leverage diversity for better performance

In the Decoding your MBTI® Results foundational workshop, you'll explore:

• The fundamentals of the MBTI® framework
• The characteristics of your MBTI® personality type and that of others in your group
• How MBTI® personality affects our approach and team dynamics

Teams can build on this foundation with follow-on workshops targeting specific skill areas to enhance Communication, Change Management, Conflict Management, Decision-Making, Leadership, Resiliency, etc.

Duration can vary greatly depending on (a) the specific program you choose, (b) the objectives for the program, the (c) the number of people in your group, and (d) your needs around time and availability.

On average, each virtual MBTI^® workshop is 2 - 3 hours in duration and in-person workshops are 3 - 6 hours in duration. Your Certified Consultant will work with you to identify your unique needs and suggest a workshop duration or set of workshops to suit those needs.

Yes, we will work with you to assess your learning needs, audience, and goals. Next, we will custom design and tailor a workshop to match your specific needs and goals. This process ensures you can share with us what you’re looking to achieve, and we can then customize the learning experience for you and your team(s). 

We can customize your MBTI^® workshop based on:

• Your team’s specific needs
• Your preferred modality (In-Person or Virtual)
• Audience (Roles, Experience)
• Group Size
• Preferred learning styles (discussions, role-play, reflection, etc.)

Your Consultant will work with you to better understand your goals and needs.

We offer expanded services such as pre and post assessments for learning measurement and evaluation as well as post-workshop support including Instructor-led Sessions, Quarterly and Bi-Annual Team Check-Ins, Group Coaching, & 1:1 Coaching.

Additionally, many of your support materials purchased with your workshop will include access to online learning resources to support continued growth and application.

To better apply what they’ve learned, many organizations find value in MBTI^® refresher sessions or workshops, often conducted twice a year. These sessions are focused on: 

• re-visiting your team’s personality composition, unique characteristics, and challenges from the first workshop
• checking-in on team behaviors and commitments to apply insights and remain accountable, and
• surface specific team challenges, changes, or goals as they evolve

Additionally, teams find that the MBTI^® tool is versatile to help across interpersonal skills and team dynamics. Following an introductory MBTI workshop, teams are encouraged to go deeper and build on this foundation with workshops that explore:

• Improving Team Communication using the MBTI^®
• Enhancing Change Management using the MBTI^®
• Working through Conflict more Effectively using the MBTI^®
• Enhancing Decision-Making using the MBTI^®
• Growing Individual Resiliency & Adaptability using the MBTI^®
• Enhancing One’s Leadership Style & Effectiveness using the MBTI^®

These workshops, delivered quarterly or monthly, are ideal for teams that have been introduced to the MBTI^® tool but have not gone further to apply it in new ways.

Your Workshop will be designed and delivered by a Consultant on the OptimizeTeamwork team. OptimizeTeamwork Consultants are:

• Certified in the administration and ethical use practices of the MBTI^® instrument
• Certified in the application of the MBTI^® Step I and Step II
• Trained in the use of personality and psychometric assessments
• Experts in diagnosing needs and designing and delivering custom learning experiences
• Leadership experts, many with Senior-level leadership experience in corporate settings and Doctorate degrees in Leadership and Organizational Behavior
• Experienced working with Fortune 500/100 corporations, small & mid-size business, local, state & federal government agencies, K12, & higher education

With over 30+ years of combined experience in designing and delivering impactful workshops for organizations, OptimizedTeamwork Consultants are expertly qualified to work with your teams and organization.

Even when individuals have taken the MBTI®, it may be useful for them to retake the MBTI® assessment and have a quality debrief and interpretation session with a certified practitioner. It is not uncommon for the debrief and interpretation session to surface a more complete response from the participant, helping them better estimate and validate their own results.

Reliability refers to the consistency of a measure, both in terms of how well the questions within it align with each other (internal consistency reliability) and how stable the results remain over time (test-retest reliability). For psychometric assessments, a general benchmark for internal consistency reliability is a score of .70 or higher. The MBTI® assessment exceeds this standard, with internal consistency reliabilities for its four preference scales averaging around .90 and test-retest correlations above .80 for intervals of up to 15 weeks. In summary, the MBTI® assessment demonstrates strong reliability. 

Additionally, substantial evidence supports its validity, as documented in four editions of the MBTI® manual (1962, 1985, 1998, 2018) and various technical supplements. The most comprehensive review of validity evidence for the MBTI Step I™ and Step II™ assessments is presented in chapters 9 and 10 of the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments (Myers, McCaulley, Quenk, & Hammer, 2018).