The Basics of Personality Type
Boston University Faculty Development
and Diversity
March 7, 2011
Ed Evarts, Leadership Development Coach
Evarts Coaching
Today’s Discussion
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Personality Type Origins
Personality Type Mythbusting
The Four Preferences
Personality Types
Thoughts/Questions
Personality Type Exercise
Personality Type Has Ancient Roots
Carl Jung
Myers-Briggs
Mythbusting
Mythbusting
Personality assessments, like
MBTI®, are a test.
Mythbusting
Personality type confines you
to certain behaviors.
Mythbusting
Results will be the same
every time an individual
completes an assessment.
The Four Preference Areas
From where do you get and
to where do you direct your
energy?
Work out ideas
by reflecting
on them
Focused and
contained
Extraversion or Introversion?
Work out ideas
by talking
them through
Energized by
privacy
Extraversion
Introversion
Have broad
interests
Talk about ideas
Reflect on ideas
Live it, then
understand
Sociable and
expressive
Understand,
then live it
Focus on the
depth of their
interests
Energized by
people
Have broad interests
Focused and contained
Live it, then understand
Energized by privacy
Sociable and expressive
Understand, then live it
Energized by people
Focus on depth of interests
The Four Preference Areas
How do you take in
information?
Oriented to
present realities
Sensing or Intuition?
Trust experience
Remember
specifics as part
of a system
Imaginative and
verbally creative
Sequential
Factual and
concrete
Sensing
Intuition
Oriented to present realities Remember specifics - system
Trust experience
Imaginative and creative
Sequential
Trust inspiration
Factual and concrete
Random
Observe & remember specifics
Oriented to future possibilities
Trust inspiration
Random
Oriented to
future
possibilities
Observe and
remember
specifics
The Four Preference Areas
How do make decisions?
Thinking or Feeling?
Like things to be
objective
Analytical
Accept first
Assess impact of
decisions on
people
Empathetic
Like things to be
personal
Drawn to people
Question first
Drawn to data
May appear
“tenderhearted”
Thinking
Feeling
Like things to be objective
Accept first
Analytical
Assess impact on people
Question first
Empathetic
Drawn to data
Like things to be personal
Drawn to people
May appear “tenderhearted”
The Four Preference Areas
How do you orient yourself
to the world?
Spontaneous
Like to see
what turns up
Judging or Perceiving?
Organize their
lives
Systematic
Finish tasks at
the deadline
See routine as
effective
Casual
Finish tasks
before the
deadline
See flexibility
as effective
Like goals and
results
Judging
Perceiving
Organize their lives
Spontaneous
Systematic
Like to see what turns up
See routine as effective
Finish tasks at the deadline
Finish before the deadline
Casual
Like goals and results
Sees flexibility as effective
The Four Preference Areas
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Extraversion
Sensing
Thinking
Judging
Introversion
Intuition
Feeling
Perceiving
Personality Types
ISTJ
ISFJ
INFJ
INTJ
ISTP
ISFP
INFP
INTP
ESTP
ESFP
ENFP
ENTP
ESTJ
ESFJ
ENFJ
ENTJ
Personality Types
Degree of clarity
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Personality Types
My assessment says:
How I focus my
energy
How I take in
information
How I make
decisions
How I structure
my world
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Personality Types
Points of interest / Appendix A
• Look at the totals for sensing and
intuition
• Look at the female category for
thinking and feeling
Personality Types
Points of interest / Appendix B
• Look at the two left columns (sensing)
vs. the two right columns (intuition)
• Look at the two middle columns
(feeling) vs. the two outside columns
(thinking)
Thoughts/Questions
I have a
thought/question,
but do I want
to be first?
Personality Type Exercise
 Find a partner.
 Enter your current type hypothesis.
 Discuss the questions in your workbook.
Thank You!
Ed Evarts
Leadership Development Coach
Evarts Coaching
evartscoaching.com
617-549-1391
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