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AMA will hold six open-enrollment training sessions
in 2005 on how to administer the most widely used personality
inventory in the world.
NEW YORK, January 26, 2005—American
Management Association (AMA), the world’s leading
membership-based management education and development organization,
has been selected by CPP, Inc., the exclusive publisher
of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment,
to offer the MBTI Qualification Program. AMA’s offering
of this program not only qualifies participants to administer
the renowned MBTI instrument, but will provide recommendations
and guidelines on how individuals and organizations can
apply the results to the unique business challenges they
face.
Using the Myers-Briggs® assessment, individuals identify
their personality type and learn how to work more effectively
with others who have similar or different personalities.
As organizations today focus more on the impact of their
culture on the productivity and capacity to collaborate,
adapt and innovate, the MBTI instrument provides the necessary
understanding of employees’ personalities. A heightened
awareness of this can help an organization achieve a positive
work environment, reduce conflict and increase productivity.
The Myers-Briggs instrument helps managers understand the
different personality types within their organization and
how the types tend to interact, thereby improving their
management, communication and organization development efforts.
Those who administer the instrument can help with leadership
development, career planning, team development, conflict
resolution, employee retention, diversity management and
coaching and counseling. The MBTI tool can be used in a
wide range of work environments, including corporations,
government agencies and nonprofit organizations.
“AMA has used the MBTI instrument in its training
programs with great success for a number of years, and we
are delighted to now be authorized by CPP to offer the Qualification
Program,” said AMA President and CEO Edward T. Reilly.
“The MBTI tool is the most widely used and well respected
personality inventory in the world, and we are confident
that this program will prove beneficial to AMA members,
individual seminar attendees and our corporate customers,”
Reilly added.
The Myers-Briggs Qualification Program is designed for
HR professionals, training directors, organization development
consultants, coaching professionals and managers who are
interested in administering the MBTI instrument. AMA will
offer the program beginning in March 2005 at AMA’s
Executive Conference Center in New York City. Other sessions
will be held at AMA Centers in Atlanta, Washington, D.C.,
Chicago and San Francisco. For a complete schedule, visit
AMA online at www.amanet.org.
In addition to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Qualification
Program, AMA offers more than 170 seminars in general management,
interpersonal skills, project management, communication
skills, human resources, sales, marketing, leadership and
finance. Programs are offered to business professionals
at all levels, from CEOs and senior executives to new managers
and administrative professionals. Business professionals
with real-world experience facilitate AMA programs and use
practical, action-oriented content that can be immediately
applied in the workplace.
About AMA
American Management Association is the world’s leading
membership-based management development organization. Since
1923, it has provided valuable and practical action-oriented
learning programs to business professionals at every stage
of their careers. Each year, more than 500,000 AMA customers
and members learn new skills and behaviors, gain more confidence,
advance their careers, and contribute to the success of
their organizations through a wide range of AMA seminars,
conferences, and executive forums, as well as through AMA
books and publications, research, online learning and self-study
courses.
About CPP, Inc.
CPP, Inc., is a leading provider of innovative assessments
and training tools administered by professionals that meet
individual and organizational development needs. Its hundreds
of offerings have been used by millions worldwide for more
than 45 years in such applications as leadership development,
coaching, team building, retention, and career management.
In addition to the MBTI instrument, CPP’s research-validated
products include the Strong Interest Inventory®, Thomas-Kilmann
Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), FIRO-B®, California
Psychological Inventory™ (CPI™), CPI 260™,
and Parker Team Player Survey assessments. In addition,
Davies-Black® Publishing, a division of CPP, offers
cutting-edge business and career management books. To learn
more about the MBTI assessment and other tools or to learn
how to become a qualified practitioner, visit www.cpp.com.
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