The MBTI (Myers-Briggs), is probably the most popular and well researched personality inventory, but it's often misused. Learn about its strengths and weaknesses here.
By Andrew Samuels
- Jung's activities and ideas have been the subject of intense criticism from the 1930s to the present day, but he has not lacked his ardent defenders. That defence has usually taken the form of testimony to the absence of antisemitism in his dealings with Jewish colleagues. Jung, it has been affirmed, was particularly generous in support of those colleagues who were experiencing practical difficulties in the 1930s because of their Jewish origins. As an analyst, Jung was apparently adept at putting patients in touch with their ethnic and religious antecedents
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By Robert Bacal
- You can find them almost everywhere. Myers-Briggs, Enneagrams, leadership styles, learning styles, communication styles, teaching styles, conflict management styles...all designed to classify or label people so they can better understand themselves and others. More and more training vendors are using style questionnaires as a basis for training and development. The question is: are they really useful, or are they just fun exercises akin to astrology?
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By NA
- Learning to understand your own and others' Myers Briggs preferences can be immensely valuable in the workplace. For example, it will reduce time spent on unproductive work due to personality differences, enable you and colleagues to reach better decisions more quickly, and improve your enjoyment of work. This article looks at one of the Myers Briggs preferences - "Extroversion vs. Introversion" - and gives you some guidelines on ways to work better with someone of the opposite preference.
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By NA
- This article introduces 'Myers Briggs', one of the most popular models of personality in the world. It also provides some help in working out your own Myers Briggs type.
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