July 2015

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® (MBTI®)

A tool for self-reflection

by Mark Laothavornwong

Potentia Thailand and Vietnam14th Floor One Pacific Place Unit 1401

140 Sukhumvit Road, KlongtoeyBangkok 10110

+66 (0) 2 653-5055www.potentia.co.th

Introducing Potentia

• Official partner for CPP USA, who is the expert of development assessment instruments especially MBTI®

• Official Distributor of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) in Thailand and Vietnam

• Focus on assessing and developing talent and potential using a first class range of instruments, training, and individual coaching.

Focused attention on all three ensures potential transforms to results.

capability. energy. mindset.

What We Do

Potentia is located in Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam and assesses and

develops talent and potential using a first class range of instruments, training, and

individual coaching.

•Our solutions are tailored to various business issues and cover:

• Talent Effectiveness

• Team Effectiveness

• Virtual Teams

• Leadership Effectiveness

• Work Effectiveness

• Emotional Intelligence

Selection and Assessment of Talent from CPP

Some of Our Partners

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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

Time

Deadline

Start

Finished

PlannedMilestonesand mini-deadlines

Finished !

Procrastination

Better start doingsomething

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

Now, what type are you?