TEAM-BUILDING USING THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR

The use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator within organizations has grown significantly as company leaders have recognized its practical usefulness in addressing concerns such as:

• Communication effectiveness
• Conflict resolution
• Appreciation for differing work styles
• Leadership and management development
• Team building opportunities

The above concerns can be addressed using the MBTI® to facilitate understanding among co-workers and team members in an organization. Benefits of the group facilitation include:

• A focus on how individuals take in information and how they prioritize data to make decisions
• An opportunity for individual workers to clarify and better understand their personal work style
  preference while also addressing possible areas of weakness
• Understanding and appreciation for differences in how individuals solve problems,
  communicate thoughts and work under stress
• Concrete ways to approach effective team-building among co-workers in accomplishing goals and delivery of services
• Avenue of enhancing the interpersonal relationships among participants thus improving the organization

Career Span offers the administration, scoring and interpretation of the MBTI® to promote team effectiveness and cohesion. Each MBTI® team session is structured to meet the specific goals of the workshop.

For example, if communication effectiveness is a primary concern of team members, the workshop exercises will be directed toward ways of increasing communication effectiveness. Career Span requires the following based on ethical guidelines to administer the inventory:

• Each employee who participates in the group facilitation has done so on a voluntary basis
• The MBTI® results belong to the employee and will be shared only as the individual wishes
• The results are strictly confidential and cannot be used to hire, promote or terminate an individual

Career Span offers the following choices for group facilitation:

1. Three-hour workshop: This includes the introductory to type and the four preference scales, which indicate one of the sixteen types for the individual. Also included are group exercises, which facilitate dialogue and understanding among participants. Workshops are tailored to the company's request.

2. Six-hour workshop: This includes the introductory to type and the four preference scales, which indicate one of the sixteen types for the individual. In addition, it includes intensive group exercises which facilitate dialogue among participants in understanding the differing work styles of group members. Problem solving, effective communication and team-building models are designed based on the understanding of differing work styles. Workshops are tailored to the company's request.

Call our office at 859.233.7726 or e-mail info@careerspanUSA.com for our current workshop prices.
Career Span also requires travel costs if not local. Fifty percent of the total amount is due as a deposit.
The remainder to be paid on day of group facilitation.