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MBTI typies step1
What?
Why?
Deontology
Our working method?
Individual MBTI® debriefing interviews
  • The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) is an instrument that helps people to get to know themselves better by means of reporting behavioural preferences.
  • This indicator was developed by Katharine Cook Briggs (1875-1968) and Isabel Myers (1897-1980) who studied Jung’s theory on the relation between the ‘unconscious’ and the ‘conscious’ and the psychological types for many years.
  • After more than 50 years of research and development, the current MBTI® is by far the most used instrument in the world to understand personality differences .
  • The reported information from the personal MBTI®-questionnaire helps you to:
    • come to a better personal understanding
    • shape your personal development
    • understand and appreciate others better
    • boost the team spirit
  • The individual MBTI® profile is a very suitable instrument for further projects (team coaching, training, workshop, …) with the following goals:
    • Generating respect for and understanding of human differences
    • Gaining insight into better/different communication with the other team members
    • Team-focused thinking in function of complementarity
    • Linking concrete agreements to personal commitment
    • Effective implementation of the agreements made
  • Bureau Jos Moons only works with certified MBTI®-trainers who are also coached internally in the application of MBTI® within the ‘Leadership’ and ‘Team’ domains.
  • The MBTI® is not threatening: it is not a test about ‘good’ or ‘bad’
  • The MBTI® refers to mental preferences , and no preference is better or worse: they are equal to each other.
  • The participants/coachees will be notified about the use of MBTI® during a preliminary interview or kick-off: ‘What is MBTI® and why do we use MBTI®?
  • The trainer-coach mails the electronic questionnaire , together with the required instructions , to the participants.
  • The participant fills in the questionnaire (preferably in a quiet moment), saves it (on his own PC) and sends the saved document to a specific e-mail address .
  • The trainer-coach is automatically notified and downloads the MBTI® report .
  • During the individual MBTI® debriefing interview, the participant receives the MBTI® report and an MBTI® book (see above).
  • The participants/coachees will be notified about the use of MBTI® during a preliminary interview or kick-off: ‘What is MBTI® and why do we use MBTI®?
  • The trainer-coach mails the electronic questionnaire , together with the required instructions , to the participants.
  • The participant fills in the questionnaire (preferably in a quiet moment), saves it (on his own PC) and sends the saved document to a specific e-mail address .
  • The trainer-coach is automatically notified and downloads the MBTI® report .
  • During the individual MBTI® debriefing interview, the participant receives the MBTI® report and an MBTI® book (see above).

Years ago Bureau Jos Moons chose to always conduct the MBTI® debriefing on an individual basis.

Advantages of the individual MBTI® debriefing:

  • The participant understands the MBTI® reporting correctly
  • The participant can also ‘translate’ the MBTI® reporting to his/her practice
  • The participant defines his/her ‘best fit type’ (see explanation below).
  • No (debriefing) loss of time in the next project step (e.g. team building)
  • The participant is better capable of implementing the MBTI® insights, during the projects, but also afterwards in the daily working/living environment.

The individual MBTI® debriefing is conducted as follows…

  • This interview lasts 1h30/pp (step 1) or 2h/pp (Step 2) and is fully in accordance with the professional debriefing method as instructed by OPP®.
  • Content
    • Trainer-coach and participant meet
    • Basic explanation of MBTI®
    • Self Assessed Type: the participant anticipates his/her type (the report is not shown yet)
    • Reported Type: coach and participant discuss the report
    • Best-Fit Type: if there is a difference between ‘self assessed type’ (3) and reported type (4) coach and participant together search for the ‘best fit type’. It is very important to do this professionally!