Build Team Chemistry Using MBTI + =

Build Team Chemistry
Using MBTI
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Questions we will answer today!
 What is MBTI and how does it help build
chemistry?
 What is my best-fit “type”?
 What are some specific examples of how using
MBTI contributes directly to better
relationships and better results?
 Where do I look to learn more?
Many concepts, diagrams, and pictures were taken from the MBTI Presenting Types in
Organizations, developed by David Freeman, Linda Kirby, and Nancy Barger
MBTI Quick Facts
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A 93 question assessment used to determine innate preferences and assign
a 4-letter personality type
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(i.e. INTJ, ESFP, ENTP, ISFJ, etc.)
Used by most Fortune 100 companies
Over 2 Million administrations per year- translated into 30 languages, used
in 70+ countries across industry
Based on Swiss psychologist Carl Jung’s (1875-1961) type theory and
shaped by Katherine Briggs and Isabell Briggs Myers until 1980, refined
and tested since then
Most widely used reliable and valid tool for understanding personality
differences
Does not predict behavior for any individual, but does accurately predict
behavior for groups (note: that each team has a group profile!)
MBTI Objectives
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Enhance self-understanding for coaches and players
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Natural strengths and blind spots
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Potential areas for growth
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Motivations and communication patterns
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Distress signals and how stress affects you
Understand and appreciate (rather than just tolerate) diversity
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Reduce tension & judgment, increase empathy and effective
communication among team members and coaches
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Embrace, utilize, and leverage different preferences to complete tasks,
achieve goals, and confront adversity
Increase range and scope of communication
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MBTI creates a framework and language for continued development in
a team context and life long personal context
What do you mean by preference?
 Write your name using your dominant hand:
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 Write your name using your NON-dominant
hand:
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We can all use both hands for writing, but
one is natural, comfortable, automatic
I Love the HOV Lane
(your brain loves the easy way, too)
MBTI Preferences – 4 Dichotomies
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Where you direct your energy
• Extraversion vs Introversion
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How you gather information
• Sensing vs iNtuition
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How you make decisions
• Thinking vs Feeling
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How you deal with the outside world
• Judging vs Perceiving
More about preferences…
Preferences are not measured on a spectrum
– either you prefer this or you prefer that
Preferences do not change – they stay
the same over our lifetime.
What changes is how we use them, and the
accuracy with which we can recognize and
measure the clarity of our own preferences.
How do you Direct your Energy?
Extraversion
Introversion
Action
Outward
People
Interaction
Many
Expressive
Do-Think-Do
Reflection
Inward
Privacy
Concentration
Few
Quiet
Think-Do-Think
What do E’s and I’s look like and do?
Seek and value input from many
Respond to external expectations
Seek assistance actively
Share things openly
Seek group interaction
Focus on breadth
Start with actions
Seek input from chosen few
Focus on internal objectives
Rely on inner resources
Keep things to themselves
Seek small group interaction
Focus on depth
Start with ideas
How do you take in information?
What do you like? What do you trust?
Sensing
Intuition
Facts
Realistic
Specific
Present
Keep
Ideas
Imaginative
General
Future
Change
Theoretical
What could be
Practical
What is
What do S’s and N’s look like and do?
Enjoy practical conversations
Use detailed description
Move sequentially
Prize specifics and realism
Rely on and trust experience
Confidence grows from repetition
Use accepted ways of leading
Notice specifics/facts
Enjoy clever conversations
Use metaphorical descriptions
Skip around
Prize hunches and insights
Rely on and trust inspiration
Confidence from innovation
Try new ways of leading
Notice subtleties/pattens
How do you make decisions?
Thinking
Head
Distant
Things
Objective
Critique
Analyze
Firm but fair
Feeling
Heart
Personal
People
Subjective
Praise
Understand
Merciful
What do T’s and F’s look like and do?
Start with a critique
Examine conflict to find truth
Business-like
Want feedback to improve
Apply policy consistently
Seek efficiency
Results-based
Objective analysis
Start with praise
Avoid conflict to maintain harmony
Sociable
Want support for efforts
Make exceptions to policy
Seek dedication
Consensus-based
Subjective analysis
How do you deal with the outside
world?
Judging
Perceiving
Organized
Decision
Control
Flexible
Information
Experience
Now
Closure
Deliberate
Plan
Later
Options
Spontaneous
Wait
What do J’s and P’s look like and do?
Use decisive words/fixed positions
Dislike being sidetracked
Put work before play
Value steadiness/thoroughness
Act on set priorities
Prefer to have control
Make quick decisions
Use hedging words/tentative possibilities
Being sidetracked is interesting
Combine work and play
Value flexibility and adaptability
Respond to opportunities as they arise
Prefer to have freedom
Avoid making decisions
What is Your Type?
What is Your Team’s Type?
What are your preferences? How do
we see them play out in team
chemistry issues?
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What kind of communication do you
expect during learning/in the game/in a
team meeting?
How much detail and process goes into
goal setting vs how much vision and big
picture?
What constitutes fairness? Equal
treatment or are there situational
considerations? What if somebody arrives
to practice late?
Is every minute of practice scheduled and
posted in advance or do you play it by ear?
When you are in a situation that requires you to act out of
preference for a long time, STRESS WILL RESULT
Columbia Volleyball
What MBTI informs in our program…
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Accountability group
assignments
Matching mentors to freshmen
Individual player meetings and
one-one communication
Maximum player engagement in
team meetings
Locker room talk expectations
and understanding
Court “energy” expectations
Individual and team motivation
Conflict management
What our players have to say…
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Gives me confidence to give feedback
and have more open communication. I
know who I can be straightforward
with and who to be gentle with (ENTJ)
Helps me connect with my teammates
to make things better on the court by
understanding how people might
perceive the same thing differently
(INFJ)
Helps with communication issues
(ESTP)
Helps me understand the best way to
approach, communicate, and motivate
my teammates – we need to know what
makes people open to discussion and
what makes them closed off and
defensive (ENTP and captain)
MBTI Objectives
Questions we ask ourselves at Columbia
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Enhance self-understanding and acceptance
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How can I be the most productive, positive person? How can I derive the most pleasure
from this experience?
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What motivates each player: relationships, understanding, physical activity?
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Do our players understand what triggers their own stress points and those of their
teammates? Can they manage those triggers?
Understand and appreciate diversity
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How do we discover the source of and manage intrapersonal conflict?
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Do our rules, goals, and team communications address the needs of all types?
Increase range and scope of communication
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Do our players have the skill and confidence to communicate with potential employers
about their strengths and weaknesses? Do they feel better about recognizing what
helps/hinders quality relationships? Do they have tools to problem solve and adapt to
different types? Will they consider careers that play to their preferences?
• Knowing that there are collateral, long-term benefits to using MBTI on our team
helps keep our players engaged and invested in learning and applying MBTI.
What about you, coach?
Understanding your own type, as well as the “TYPE” of job you do, and the types
of people around you can help you tailor your world to create a better fit for you,
and a different perspective about what doesn’t fit very well… it can help you keep
your PASSION and ENTHUSIASM for the job you do.
What types of workshops can you
do with MBTI and your team?
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Team Building
Conflict Management
Communication Style
Stress Management
Career Development
Type and Change
Type and Organizations
Innovation
Functions and Temperaments
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Decision Making Style
Leadership Style
Type Dynamics and Development
Emotional Intelligence
Types and Teams
Types and Selling
Types and Coaching
Project Management
Where do I look to learn more?
Visit www.cpp.com for a full listing of reports,
resources, products, and services. Visit
www.cpp.com or www.amanet.org for more
information about becoming a certified MBTI
practitioner. Visit www.myersbriggs.org for more
history and information about the assessment and
available products and services. Google MBTI
consultants to find one in your area – also, most
sports and other psychologists are MBTI trained.
Contact me for any way I can help:
Brie Katz, [email protected], 212.854.9901
What are some of the
observable behavioral differences
you notice between
Extraverts and Introverts?
Write/Discuss responses
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Extraverts are more talkative, energetic, and
overtly enthusiastic about the task.
Introverts are more reflective, may not show their
enthusiasm outwardly.
Extraverts answer questions immediately.
Introverts are quiet when first asked a question.
Extraverts interrupt one another.
Introverts wait to see who will answer.
Extraverts may sit closer to each other.
Introverts may keep more physical distance.
To determine who may be an S and who may
be an N, have your team look at the following
slide (or any abstract picture) for 1 ½ minutes
silently and either have them write down what
they see, or be prepared to share with the
group what they think they’ve been looking
at.
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Describe what they literally see:
◦ Physical attributes of the picture
(color, shapes, artist’s name, size)
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Then try to make sense out of the shapes—
object sense
Others can usually agree with the
interpretations of the shapes
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Interpret the picture, seeing possibilities and
meanings that are highly personalized
Often make up a story about the picture
May come up with a big-picture
interpretation of the meaning
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We must remember that we all trust our own
perceptions, while knowing that there are
many other ways of seeing the same
object/situation.
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Imagine that you have been invited to a party
with your partner or a close friend.
Your partner/friend arrives, ready for the
party. You look at what the person is wearing
and say to yourself, “Oh no! Is he/she really
going to wear that?”
What do you do and say in this situation?
Discuss in your groups.
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Thinking types concentrate on achieving their
desired outcome—the partner/friend changes
clothes or they don’t go.
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Feeling types often say they don’t care what
the person is wearing.
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Thinking types are frank and to-the-point in
stating their views about the clothing.
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Feeling types are often concerned about
embarrassing the person, take a tactful,
indirect approach.
Assuming that you are all friends,
plan a social picnic for your group. Break into
groups and discuss.
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Judging types plan everything to the nth
degree, liking to cover every contingency.
Perceiving types leave things open, desiring
flexibility.