Best Practices for Applying the MBTI® Instrument in Organizations: A Skills-Building Workshop Seminar # 8595
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You’ve finished the MBTI® Qualifying Program…but are you prepared to apply it in your organization?
The Myers-Briggs Personality Test® instrument can open the door to a whole new way of benefiting your organization—but only if you’re ready to use it. Completing the qualifying program is a great first step, but to become confident you have to practice, practice, practice! This interactive, hands-on one-and-a-half day workshop gives you the opportunity to apply the Myers-Briggs Personality Test instrument in common workplace situations. You’ll engage in case studies, real-life scenarios and role play as you and your peers learn from each other, tap into the MBTI expertise of your seminar facilitator and increase your confidence in your work applications.
How You Will Benefit
- Increase your confidence and competence in using the Myers-Briggs Personality Test instrument
- Better understand the connection between your type and your communication style
- Gain insight into how to communicate with your audience using type language
- Identify the links between type and the behaviors of decision makers
- Identify and resolve challenging situations using type
- Design an action plan for using the Myers-Briggs Personality Test instrument in your organization
What You Will Cover
- Identifying and practicing skills in flexing individual styles to communicate effectively
- Clarify descriptions and behavioral characteristics at work of each MBTI preference
- Differentiate the communication needs of different types from a type model
- Role-play using type knowledge to influence clients and/or key decision makers
- Practice recognizing type cue in the behaviors of others
- Applying type knowledge in conflict situations
- Recognize the influence of functions and attitudes on conflict
- Learn your type style in conflict situations, the type styles of others, and type-related techniques for dealing with conflict
- Apply type knowledge and a type model to conflict scenarios
- Utilizing type dynamics to develop leaders and managers in organizations
- Analyze the impact of type on leadership styles
- Identify type-related blind spots on individual development
- Define type-specific do’s and don’ts for facilitating development
- Developing an action plan
- Create next steps in MBTI skill development and integrating various levels of type knowledge into work
Who Should Attend
Trainers, HR professionals, OD practitioners, consultants, managers and all others who have completed an MTBI Qualifying Program and want to practice applying the MBTI instrument in common workplace situations.
Blended Learning
Access AMA’s online resources before the live portion of your training seminar to prepare and help align your learning experience. Continue after your instructor-led training with an online community where you will have the opportunity to view topical Web blogs and communicate with your seminar facilitator and peers to aid in your successful application of the MBTI instrument.
To stay on top of developments in the world of MBTI, visit AMA's Online MBTI Community. You’ll find timely articles and valuable resources such as blogs, discussion groups, current news highlights, book reviews and an “ask the experts” feature.