Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

The definitive personality profiler

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) questionnaire is the most widely used personality questionnaire worldwide. More than 3.5m questionnaires are completed worldwide every year. It is based on over 50 years research and development. The MBTI questionnaire describes an individual's personality preferences. It represents these in four dimensions:

Extraversion	or	Introversion
Prefers to draw energy from the outer world of activity, people and things		Prefers to draw energy from the inner world of reflections, feelings and ideas
Sensing	or	Intuition
Prefers to focus on information gained from the five senses and on practical applications		Prefers to focus on patterns, connections and possible meanings
Thinking	or	Feeling
Prefers to base decisions on logic and objective analysis of cause and effect		Prefers to base decisions on a valuing process, considering what is important to people
Judging	or	Perceiving
Likes a planned, organised approach to life, and prefers to have things decided		Likes a flexible, spontaneous approach and prefers to keep options open

The various combinations of these preferences result in 16 personality 'types'. Each is associated with a unique set of behavioural characteristics and values. These provide a useful starting point for individual feedback, self-exploration and group discussion.

Administration
Takes approximately ½ hour to complete and submit in email format. Individual feedback is preferable, accompanied by brief report or more detailed booklet.

Costs
Setting up, scoring, booklet and feedback on an individual basis, approximately £150

Unique features
Well established and one of the best known. Simple to understand and use. Excellent for individual and group development.

Further information
http://www.opp.co.uk/uploadedFiles/MBTI%20Step%20I(1).pdf

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Chris Chater

Chris Chater has a background in accountancy with Grant Thornton he then gained experience as a Management Consultant, where he extended his capability by working with clients to achieve business success through maximising the performance of their people. He is trained as a psychometric test user to British Psychological Society approved standards - level “A” for testing and interpreting ability tests and level “B” for personality profiling. He uses the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, the 15FQ+ and FIRO-B to add a further professional dimension to his work. He brings a practical and sympathetic approach to solving people issues, reinforced by well established processes in people development. He has run organisational development programmes for companies such as Perkins Engines, ICE Ergonomics, Champneys, Retail Motor Industry Federation and Carlsberg UK.

Liz Pinfold

 

Liz Pinfold Liz Pinfold is an training and development consultant based in London, who has a particular interest in working with organisations operating in an international context. Her expertise, based on twenty years experience in a broad range of HR roles in a multinational oil company, centres on the development of continuous learning policies, processes and programmes which enhance both business competitiveness and individual potential. She specialises in organisational development and continuous learning policies, processes and programmes, such as introducing competency frameworks and 360 feedback tools into organisations. She combines strategic thinking ability with the drive and communication skills to ensure the practical delivery and implementation of initiatives. Liz also works as an associate Executive Coach on Leadership Development Programmes run for Senior Executives by the Centre for Creative Leadership (Brussels) and INSEAD.

Robin Alcock, BA, FCIPD, MAC

 

Robin completed two years counselling training with Metanoia and he holds Primary and Performance coaching certificates from the Centre for Coaching, led by Professor Stephen Palmer. An enthusiast for lifelong learning, his coaching training is on-going. Robin holds a BA (Hons), is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Member of the Association for Coaching. His business career began with several years in IBM, holding various management positions, including management development and as a training manager. He then changed sector and spent the next few years in Bankers Trust and Saudi International banks, responsible for recruitment, training, development and running HR teams. He delivered management development events personally and managed others, including three-month programmes in London for guest managers from all over the world. Subsequently he worked for KPMG and Coopers and Lybrand (now PwC), carrying out recruitment assignments for clients.

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