IREM® FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE“The Platinum Rule: How to Manage Your Behaviors to Create More Gold”

“GOOD TYPE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE ACHIEVED AT ANY AGE BY ANYONE WHO CARES TO UNDERSTAND HIS OR HER OWN GIFTS AND THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THOSE GIFTS. WHATEVER STAGE PEOPLE HAVE REACHED, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASICS OF TYPE DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP THEM GO ON FROM THERE.”

- Isabel Myers in the book Gifts Differing

“The Platinum Rule: How to Manage Your Behaviors to Create More Gold”

Ron Gjerde, VP IREM Knowledge Center

IREM® Fall Leadership Conference

Objectives:

Use the MBTI to build self-awareness of your personality, and how it affects your behaviors

Identify the personality types of others and how your behaviors impact them

Use this knowledge to improve working relationships

Golden Rule

“Treat others as you would have them treat you”

Platinum Rule

“Treat others as they would want to be treated”

A (really) Quick Assessment

A non-scientific, quick version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Four “either/or” questions You might like both responses, but you can pick only one Pick the answer that is most descriptive of you, or your

highest preference There are no wrong or right answers, or better/worse types

I like toMeet new people and take action (E)

Tangible and love the specific details (S)

Through detached rational and logical thought (T)

Have matters settled (J)

orReflect on my thoughts and ideas

(I)

I trust theor

Abstract and love to generalize a pattern (N)

I make decisionsor

By getting a feel for the situation and looking for consensus (F)

I prefer toor Keep decisions open

(P)

MBTI Basic Assumptions

No type is better than another Type is innate We can use all, but certain preferences will always

be more easily used Skills related to preferences can be learned MBTI is an indicator. It is not an identifier MBTI measures preferences not abilities

MBTI Has Many Uses

Psychological Type is About

Normal Differences Extraversion--Introversion: Two different and normal

ways of focusing energy

Sensing--Intuition: Two different and normal ways of taking in information

Thinking--Feeling: Two different and normal ways of making conclusions/decisions

Judging--Perceiving: Two different and normal ways of arranging one’s external life

Where We Get Our Energy

Extravert-----------IntrovertExternal world

Speaks while considering

Enthusiastic

Variety

Energy, talking

49.3 %

Focus

Communication

Approach

Interests

Gift

Frequency

Internal world

Consider, then speak

Cautious

Depth of understanding

Depth of listening

50.7 %

Sensing---------------iNtuition

How We Take in Information

Through 5 Senses

Facts, Data, Specifics

Physical World

Present

Sense of Reality

73.3 %

Gets Information

Prefers

Notices

Time Frame

Gift

Frequency

Through 6th Sense

Ideas, Big Picture, Patterns

Imagination

Future

Sense of Possibility

26.7 %

Type in Action! © 2002 by Barbara D. Mathews and Catharine A. Larkin. Illustration © 2002 by Barbara D. Mathews. Published by Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this master for workshop use. Duplication for any other use, including resale, is a violation of copyright law.

The Subway

Thinking-----------------Feeling

How We Make Decisions

External, Objective, Analytical

Skeptical

Directness

Brief Businesslike

Objectivity

40.2 %

(M=56.5%, F=24.5%)

Criteria for Decisions

Tendencies

Values

Communications

Gift

Frequency

Internal, Subjective, Value-Driven

Trusting

Harmony

Long, Meandering

Compassion

59.8 %

(M=43.5%, F=75.5%)

Judgment ------------ Perception

How We Arrange Our Life

Adapt Situation to Beliefs, Proud of Predictability

Make Decisions, Bring to Closure

Unleashes Creativity

Creates Structure, Makes Decisions

54.1%

Approach

Activity

Structure

Gift

Frequency

Adapt to Fit Situation

Collect Info, Generate Options

Can Inhibit Creativity

Spontaneity, Tolerance

45.9%

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Type in Action! © 2002 by Barbara D. Mathews and Catharine A. Larkin. Illustration © 2002 by Barbara D. Mathews. Published by Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this master for workshop use. Duplication for any other use, including resale, is a violation of copyright law.

Breakdown by Type

ISTJM - 16.4%F - 6.9%T - 11.6%

ISFJ M - 8.1%F - 19.4%T - 13.8%

INFJM - 1.3%F - 1.6%T - 1.46%

INTJM - 3.3%F - 0.8%T - 2.1%

ISTPM - 8.5%F - 2.4%T - 5.4%

ISFPM - 7.6%F - 9.9%T - 8.8%

INFPM - 4.1%F - 4.6T - 4.4%

INTPM - 4.8%F - 1.8%T - 3.3%

ESTPM - 5.6%F - 3.0%T - 4.3%

ESFPM - 6.9%F - 10.1%T - 8.5%

ENFPM - 6.4%F - 9.7%T - 8.1%

ENTPM - 4.0%F - 2.4%T - 3.2%

ESTJM - 11.2%F - 6.3%T - 8.7%

ESFJM - 7.5%F - 16.9%T - 12.3%

ENFJM - 1.6%F - 3.3%T - 2.5%

ENTJM - 2.7%F - 0.9%T - 1.8%

In the GripWhen the Inferior Function Takes Over

According to Jung, people use all four cognitive functions (S; N; T; F). However, one function is generally used in a more conscious and confident way.

The least conscious (Inferior) function is always the opposite of the dominant function.

In the GripWhen the Inferior Function Takes Over

TriggersFatigue IllnessPhysical or

psychological stress

Life transitions

Inferior FormExaggerated

or extreme Inexperienced

or immatureUndifferentiat

ed or categorical (everything is black and white)

“In the Grip – Classic Example”

Typical Uses of Assessments at Work Performance Improvement

Can be very effective in: Self improvement Leadership development Teambuilding Conflict management Improved communication

Four Levels of Competency

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IncompeteIncompetencence

ConsciousConscious

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QUESTIONSThe Platinum Rule

“GOOD TYPE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE ACHIEVED AT ANY AGE BY ANYONE WHO CARES TO UNDERSTAND HIS OR HER OWN GIFTS AND THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THOSE GIFTS. WHATEVER STAGE PEOPLE HAVE REACHED, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASICS OF TYPE DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP THEM GO ON FROM THERE.”

- Isabel Myers in the book Gifts Differing

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