June 2015 The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® (MBTI ® ) A tool for self-reflection by Mark Laothavornwong Potentia Thailand and Vietnam 14th Floor One Pacific Place Unit 1401140 Sukhumvit Road, KlongtoeyBangkok 10110 +66 (0) 2 653-5055 www.potentia.co.th
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June 2015
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® (MBTI®)
A tool for self-reflection
by Mark Laothavornwong
Potentia Thailand and Vietnam
14th Floor One Pacific Place Unit 1401140 Sukhumvit Road, Klongtoey
What is The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) ?
• Tool developed from Carl Jung’s Personality Type Theory;
• Some behaviors are not random, they are innate or inborn
• Our type preferences come naturally
• Preferences make us feel energetic/competent
• Tool for self-reflection or to know/ discover you at your best
• Tool for self-understanding and how to interact with others through
personality differences
• Tool to explore one’s own strengths and weaknesses
Applications
Benefits
• Identifies individual preference
• Engages participants in the use of type concepts
• Summarizes underlying type patterns common to most people
• Leverages learning methods
• Offers supporting materials
• Available as an online assessment, interactive feedback session, and
interpretive report
• Enhances emotional intelligence
The MBTI® instrument indicates preferences on four pairs of opposites, called dichotomies:
The MBTI® Dichotomies
Extraversion E or I Introversion
Sensing S or N Intuition
Thinking T or F Feeling
Judging J or P Perceiving
The Four Preference Pairs
Where you focus your attention
The way you take in information
The way you make decisions
How you deal with the outer world
Extraversion (E) – Introversion (I)
Extraversion (E) :
— Get energy from the environment
— The outer world of people and things.
Introversion (I) :
— Get energy from within— The inner world of thoughts and reflections.
Where you focus your attention
Sensing (S) – Intuition (N)
How you take in information
Sensing (S):
Absorb information directly
Intuition (N) :
Use less direct perceptions
Thinking (T) – Feeling (F)How you make decisions
Thinking (T): Make decisions using logic
Feeling (F): Make decisions considering people involved
P
Starting to think about it
J
Tim
e
Deadline
Start
Finished
Planned
Milestones
and mini-
deadlines
Finished !
Procrastination
Better start doing
something
Oh shit !
Judging (J) – Perceiving (P)How you deal with the outer world?
Judging (J) – Perceiving (P)How you deal with the outer world
Judging (J): Perceiving (P):
Your 16 Preferences Types
ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ
ISTP ISFP INFP INTP
ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP
ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ
Summary of 16 preferences typesISTJ – Most reliable
Organized, compulsive,private, trustworthy,
follows rules and regulations, practical
ISFJ – Most loyalEasy to collaborate with,
works behind scenes, sacrifices readily,
accountable
INFJ – Most reflectiveReflective, introspective, quietly caring, creative,
eloquent speaker/writer, visionary
INTJ – Most independentTheoretical, skeptical,
needs to be competent , sees world as chessboard,
needs things “my way”
ISTP – Most pragmaticObservant, often seen as cool and aloof, practical, unpretentious, ready for
anything
ISFP – Most artisticWarm, sensitive,
unassuming, team player, in touch with self and nature
INFP – Most idealisticHas strong personal
values, seeks inner order and peace, creative,
nondirective, reserved with people
INTP – Most conceptualChallenges others to think, high need for competency,
socially cautious, independent
ESTP – Most funUnconventional, fun,
gregarious, lives for the here and now, problem-
solver
ESFP – Most generousSociable, spontaneous, loves surprises, cuts red
tape, juggles many projects, shares readily
ENFP – Most optimisticPeople-oriented, creative,
seeks harmony with others life of the party, better at starting than
finishing
ENTP – Most inventiveGiven to brinkmanship,
tests limits, enjoys arguing both sides, likes challenges
ESTJ – Most forcefulOrderly and structured, sociable, opinionated,
results-oriented, productive, traditional
ESFJ – Most harmoniousGracious, thoughtful lives to
please, has strong interpersonal skills,
accomplished host/hostess
ENFJ – Most persuasiveCharismatic, idealistic,
ignores unpleasantness, sees the potential in
others, compassionate
ENTJ – Most commandingVisionary, gregarious,
argumentative, planner, leader, impatient with
incompetence
Celebrity TypesISTJ – Examiner
- Management- Administration- Law enforcement- Accounting- Careers that can use the experiences and the attention to detail to get the task done
ISFJ – Defender
- Education- Health care- Religious settings- Food service- Careers that can draw on the experience base to personality help people in a behind-the scenes manner
INFJ – Confidant
- Religion- Counseling- Teaching/Training- Arts- Careers that can facilitate emotional, intellectual, or spiritual development
INTJ - Strategist
- Scientific or technical fields - Computers- Law- Military- Careers that can use intellectual knowledge to conceptualize, analyze, and get the task done
ISFP – Artist
- Health care- Business- Law enforcement- Social Worker- Chef/waiter/waitress- Careers that can use gentle, service-related attentiveness to detail
ISTP - Craftsman
-Skilled trades- Technical fields- Agriculture- Entrepreneur- Law enforcement- Military-Careers that can use the hands-on, analytical work with data or things
INFP – Dreamer
- Counseling- Writing- Arts- Fashion designer- Journalists- Translator/Interpreter- Careers that can use creativity and focus on self values
INTP – Engineer
- Scientific or technical fields- Architect- Financial planner- Judge- Historian/logician- Careers that can use the solitary, objective analysis of problem based on self technical expertise
ESTP – Persuader
- Marketing- Skilled trades- Business- Law enforcement- Sales representative- Network specialist- Careers that can use action-oriented focus to attend to the necessary details
ESFP – Entertainer
- Health care- Administrative Assistant- Teaching/ Coaching- Childcare worker- Skilled worker- Marketer- Photographer- Careers that can use the ongoing nature and enthusiasm to help people with self practical needs
ENFP - Advocate
- Counseling- Teaching- Religion- Arts- Banker/Economist- Journalist- Career counselor- Careers that can use creativity and communication to help foster the growth of others
ENTP – Originator - Science- Management- Technology- Arts -Politian- Sales representative- Inventor- Careers that have an opportunity to take on new challenges continually
ESTJ – Overseer
- Management- Administration- Law enforcement- Banker/Accountant- Editor- Careers that can use logic and organization of the facts to get the task done
ESFJ – Supporter
- Education- Health care- Religion- Administrative Assistant- Researcher- Careers that can use personal concern to provide service to others
ENFJ - Mentor
- Counseling- Arts- Teaching- Event coordinator- Facilitator- Careers that help people with self emotional intellectual, and spiritual growth
ENTJ – Chief
- Management- Leadership- Business Administrator- Entrepreneur- Politician- Careers that can use tough-minded analysis, strategic planning and organization to get the task done