Type Talk at Work

How can personality typing help us understand ourselves and our co-workers? In this talk, we’ll dispel common myths about personality tests and how they can be thoughtfully applied to our work lives. Everyone’s different, but these shortcuts can help bring understanding and empathy to work.

(huge credit to Jerry Hurley for this slide deck material)

Transcript

1. TYPE TALK AT WORK @JMCCARTIE SENIOR MANAGER, TECHNICAL SUPPORT HEROKU / SALESFORCE
2. KNOW THYSELF, FOR ONCE WE KNOW OURSELVES, WE MAY LEARN HOW TO CARE FOR OURSELVES Socrates “
3. PERSONALITY TYPES
4. TYPE WATCHING CAN HELP YOU IDENTIFY YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCES RECOGNIZE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES ELEVATE “LABELING” TO A POSITIVE, HEALTHY EXERCISE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE NO GOOD OR BAD TYPES — ONLY DIFFERENCES
5. BE BETTER LEADERS BUILD MORE COHESIVE TEAMS BE BETTER FRIENDS & FAMILY MEMBERS MAKE BETTER DECISIONS TYPE WATCHING CAN HELP US
6. ORGANIZATIONAL BENEFITS COMMON LANGUAGE AND MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS TURNS DIFFERENCES INTO POWERFUL TOOLS OBJECTIVELY VIEW ACTIONS OF OTHERS MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, DECISION MAKING, & PRODUCTIVITY BRING YOUR “BEST SELF” TO WORK EVERY DAY
7. TYPING SYSTEMS MYERS BRIGGS (MBTI) DISC WINSLOW PROCESS COMMUNICATION HOLTZMAN INKBLOT TEXACO REVISED NEO PERSONALITY PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT BIRKMAN ENNEAGRAM
8. WHAT THEY ARE TOOLS FRAMEWORKS SHORTCUTS
9. WHAT THEY ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC COMPREHENSIVE MAGIC
10. I CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO BOTTLE FAME, BREW GLORY, EVEN PUT A STOPPER ON DEATH. Severus Snape “
11. MYERS BRIGGS
12. EXTROVERSION (E) INTROVERSION (I) WHERE YOU GET YOUR ENERGY
13. ENERGIZED THROUGH CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE OR ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES ENERGIZED THROUGH THE WORLD OF IDEAS, PULLING BACK FROM ACTIVITIES TO ALLOW TIME FOR THOUGHT AND REFLECTION EXTROVERTS INTROVERTS
14. SOCIABLE INTERACTION EXTERNAL EXTENSIVE MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS ENERGY EXPENDITURE EXTERNAL EVENTS OUTGOING SPEAK, THEN THINK TERRITORIAL CONCENTRATION INTERNAL INTENSIVE LIMITED RELATIONSHIPS ENERGY CONSERVATION INTERNAL REACTIONS REFLECTIVE THINK, THEN SPEAK EXTROVERTS INTROVERTS
15. EXTROVERSION (E) / INTROVERSION (I) ACTIVELY SEEKS INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES KEEPS HER THOUGHTS TO HERSELF AND CAN BE QUIET TENDS TO ACT OR SPEAK FIRST, THEN THINK LATER PREFERS SOME ADVANCED WARNING OF DISCUSSIONS EXTROVERT EXTROVERT INTROVERT INTROVERT
16. SENSING (S) INTUITION (N) HOW YOU GATHER INFORMATION
17. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY PERCEIVE THROUGH FIVE SENSES PAY ATTENTION TO A SIXTH SENSE (MEANING, HUNCHES, INTUITION) SENSORS INTUITIVES
18. SENSORS SEE THE OBVIOUS CONCRETE “WHAT IS” REALISTIC PRACTICAL DETAILS LITERAL WORDS PRESENT FACTS INTUITIVES SEE BEYOND THE SURFACE ABSTRACT “WHAT CAN BE” IDEALISTIC IMAGINATIVE GENERALITIES METAPHORS & ANALOGIES FUTURE THEORY
19. SENSING (S) / INTUITION (N) CONTRIBUTE CREATIVE IDEAS; FOLLOW INSPIRATION PREFERS DEALING WITH CONCRETE FACTS AND TRUSTED SOLUTIONS LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING BETTER TAKES A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO LIFE, TRUSTING EXPERIENCE INTUITIVE INTUITIVE SENSOR SENSOR
20. THINKING (T) FEELING (F) HOW YOU MAKE DECISIONS
21. BASE THEIR DECISIONS ON IMPARTIAL CRITERIA, CAUSE-EFFECT REASONING, CONSISTENT PRINCIPLES OR TRUTHS, AND LOGICAL ANALYSIS CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THEIR DECISIONS ON PEOPLE — THEIR NEEDS AND THOSE OF OTHERS, THE VALUES TO BE SERVED, AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL OR COMMUNITY VARIABLES THIINKERS FEELERS
22. OBJECTIVE FIRM-MINDED LAWS FIRMNESS JUST CLARITY ANALYTICAL POLICY DETACHED SUBJECTIVE TENDERHEARTED CIRCUMSTANCES PERSUASION HUMANE HARMONY APPRECIATIVE SOCIAL VALUES INVOLVED THIINKERS FEELERS
23. THINKING (T) / FEELING (F) DECIDES BY IDENTIFYING THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED TENDS TO SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE IN A SITUATION IS INTERESTED IN COSTS AND BENEFITS IS INTERESTED IN THE IMPACT ON PEOPLE THINKER THINKER FEELER FEELER
24. JUDGING (J) PERCEIVING (P) HOW YOU APPROACH LIFE
25. LIKE TO ORDER THEIR LIVES: PLAN AHEAD, WRAP THINGS UP, AND ACCOMPLISH SET GOALS LIKE TO LIVE LIFE AS IT UNFOLDS: KEEP THEIR OPTIONS OPEN AND ENJOY WHAT COMES ALONG JUDGERS PERCEIVERS
26. FIRM & CONTROLLED ORGANIZED SERIOUS ROUTINIZED DISLIKES SURPRISES CAN BE CLOSE-MINDED GETS THINGS DONE HARD WORK USES SCHEDULES FLEXIBLE & RELAXED DISORGANIZED CAREFREE SPONTANEOUS ENJOYS SURPRISES CAN BE FICKLE PROCRASTINATES LEISURE GOES WITH THE FLOW JUDGERS PERCEIVERS
27. JUDGING (J) / PERCEIVING (P) TAKES LIFE AS IT COMES AND SEEKS TO ACT SPONTANEOUSLY MAKES DECISIONS QUICKLY AND STICKS WITH THEM LEAVES THINGS LOOSELY DEFINED AND MAINTAINS OPENNESS ORGANIZES PEOPLE AND/OR THINGS PERCEIVER PERCEIVER JUDGER JUDGER
28. WHAT IS YOUR TYPE?
29. NEXT STEPS HOW CAN YOU USE PERSONALITY TYPE TO BUILD A COHESIVE TEAM? HOW CAN PERSONALITY TYPE HELP BUILD AN ATMOSPHERE OF MUTUAL TRUST AND RESPECT? WHAT ARE SOME WAYS PERSONALITY TYPE CAN HELP YOU MAKE BETTER DECISIONS?
30. GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1. LIFE TENDS TO SUPPORT OUR PREFERENCES, MAKING US EVEN MORE DISTRUSTFUL TO OUR NON-PREFERENCES 2. YOUR STRENGTH MAXIMIZED BECOMES A LIABILITY 3. TYPE WATCHING IS ONLY AN EXPLANATION; 
 IT’S NEVER AN EXCUSE 4. TYPE WATCHING IS EASIER SAID (OR THOUGHT ABOUT) THAN DONE 5. TYPE WATCHING CAN’T SOLVE EVERYTHING
31. @JMCCARTIE SENIOR MANAGER, TECHNICAL SUPPORT HEROKU / SALESFORCE
32. RESOURCES “TYPE TALK AT WORK” - MCKEOWN HTTPS://AMZN.TO/2XQCA2A “THE ROAD BACK TO YOU” - CRON 
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