Personality Matters Blog
Posted 09 February 2023 by
Vanessa Bradford
Vanessa Bradford
Measuring the behaviors of successful, inclusive leaders with the FIRO-B tool
Did you know that interpersonal behaviors can be measured in an objective way? Through the FIRO-B® assessment, HR professionals and leadership consultants can check how well a person's behaviors cultivate inclusion and success in the workplace.
Posted 06 February 2023 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
Inclusion is a priority, but how do leaders actually become inclusive?
Research shows there’s a self-perception gap when leaders assess their inclusion efforts
Posted 19 December 2022 by
Melissa Summer
Melissa Summer
Inclusive Leadership
Why aren’t leaders as inclusive as they think? Listen to the latest podcast episode from The Myers-Briggs Company featuring Dr. Rachel Cubas-Wilkinson.
Posted 27 October 2021 by
Melissa Summer
Melissa Summer
What are the best tools and training materials for DEI initiatives?
3 experts share their DEI know-how in this webinar from WorkWider
Posted 22 October 2021 by
Melissa Summer
Melissa Summer
What’s stopping leaders being inclusive?
Everyone knows that inclusion is a complex area. There’s no single thing that stops it happening or slows it down. There are several and they’re probably happening at the same time.
Posted 07 September 2021 by
Kevin Wood
Kevin Wood
Inclusion: Can your business afford not to be inclusive?
Learn the business case for inclusion and why diversity alone doesn’t work...
Posted 04 September 2020 by
John Hackston, Head of Thought Leadership, The Myers-Briggs Company
John Hackston, Head of Thought Leadership, The Myers-Briggs Company
Diversity and inclusion...and personality?
Today’s businesses aren’t all just about shareholder values–many measure their performance with a triple bottom line. Profit, yes, but also People (caring for customers, workers and the wider community) and the Planet (caring for the environment).
Posted 12 June 2020 by
Jeff Hayes, CEO, The Myers-Briggs Company
Jeff Hayes, CEO, The Myers-Briggs Company
Black Lives Matter
We know we can do better. We stand firmly in support of #equality and racial and social #justice. Read more from our CEO...
Posted 28 August 2019 by
Jeff Hayes
Jeff Hayes
Talent Development and Diversity in Dubai with the MBTI Tool
CEO Jeff Hayes shares insights around diversity, talent development and other observations from Dubai.
Posted 02 July 2017 by
Global Marketing
Global Marketing
Helping U.S. Navy Teams Find Synergy
It's always interesting to us to know the story of where some of our assessments came from, and we wanted to share the FIRO-B assessment backstory because it's one of the most fascinating histories we've heard. In the 1950's, the United States Navy approached psychologist William Schutz and said, "We're having a really hard time with teams on submarines. We don't know how to put people together, and you can imagine being underwater in close quarters for six months can be a trying environment....
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2023
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- How to use the MBTI assessment with the Strong assessment
- Why knowing your personality type is critical to a growth mindset
- Should personality assessments be used in hiring?
- How personality type affects team performance and job satisfaction
- The Psychology of Leadership
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August (7)
- Targeted Leadership Development and Succession Planning through CPI 260 Certification
- Working Across Cultures
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January (6)
- MBTI personality type and relationships
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2022
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October (7)
- Finding a Career with Purpose
- The New TKI® Team Report
- What are the new sources of conflict at work?
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- Leveraging Your Personality Type for Stress Management During the Job Interview Process
- For an Authentic, Effective Job Interview, You Must First Understand Your Own Personality Type (Part II)
- For an Authentic, Effective Job Interview, You Must First Understand Your Own Personality Type
- Effects and Causes of Conflict Among Employees
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2017
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- Leadership and the Intuition–Feeling (NF) Process Pair
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- Myers-Briggs Personality Types and Leadership
- Webinar: Build the Workforce of Tomorrow
- Combining Coaching Tools: Myers-Briggs & FIRO Assessments
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January (9)
- Showing Appreciation—INFP
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- What I'm Thankful For...
- MBTI® Users Conference—Type, Interpersonal Needs, and Stress: A FIRO-B® and MBTI® Workplace Culture Connection
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December (10)
- How Your Life's Mission Statement Will Guide You To Greater Work-Life Balance
- MBTI® Users Conference—“Culture Matters” Panel: Macro and Micro Perspectives
- Appreciating Family During the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
- These Bosses Want to Know Your Type
- MBTI® Users Conference—Networking and the Step II™ Receiving Facet Challenge
- Using the MBTI in Education in the Way It Was Designed
- MBTI® Users Conference—Creating a Culture of Clarity / It’s Not Meant to Be Predictive
- MBTI® Users Conference—Creating a Culture of Clarity / It Is Reliable
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November (10)
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- MBTI® Users Conference—Creating a Culture of Clarity
- MBTI® Users Conference—Communication Breakthroughs: The Genesis for Better Understanding of Others
- CPP Acquires UK-based OPP
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October (9)
- MBTI® Users Conference—Culture Matters
- New Ready-to-Deliver Workshops for Easier Facilitation
- Washington State DOT Gives Green Light for Leadership Training with the CPI 260 Tool
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—Conclusion
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September (10)
- Know Your Myers-Briggs Type? Here's How It Could Affect Your Money Decisions
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- Companies Would Benefit from Helping People Who Prefer Introversion to Thrive
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—Perceiving Is Alive and Well
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- Allianz Global Improves Leadership, Teamwork with the FIRO-B Tool
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- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—Early Morning and Ready to Go
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- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—Step II Facets in Action
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—Step II™ Planful, Out-of-Preference
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—NF Blessing, NF Curse
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- Enhance Your MBTI® Step II™ Training + Free Exercises
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July (10)
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—Father’s Day Too!
- Free eBooks to Help Optimize Your MBTI® Step II™ Training
- Executive Office of the President Uses FIRO-B for Team Development
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—INFP Preferences in Overdrive
- Optimize Your MBTI® Step II™ Training With a New Tool
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—Extraverted Intuition Meets Introverted Sensing
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—Day One Adventure
- Leading culture from your strengths
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—Out-of-Preference Planful
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary—We Have Arrived!
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June (14)
- Celebrating a 60th Wedding Anniversary
- Summer Vacation Decision Making—Introverted Feeling
- American Red Cross Uses CPI 260 Tool to Identify Leadership Potential
- Summer Vacation Decision Making—Extraverted Feeling
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- Summer Vacation Decision Making—Extraverted Thinking
- Fortune 500 Chemicals Co. Increases Team Efficiency Up to 20% Using TKI Tool
- Summer Vacation Decision Making—Introverted Intuition
- Summer Vacation Decision Making—Extraverted Intuition
- Summer Vacation Decision Making—Introverted Sensing
- Putting E–I and S–N together to support student success, Part 3
- Summer Vacation Decision Making—Extraverted Sensing
- USC Marshall School of Business Finds Students 75% More Engaged with Strong Interest Inventory
- I’m Back and Summer Is Almost Here!
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May (10)
- Type at the Family Conference Table: In the Grip
- Type at the Family Conference Table: Introverted Intuition
- Type at the Family Conference Table: Extraverted Sensing
- Type at the Family Conference Table: Extraverted Feeling
- Type at the Family Conference Table: Introverted Thinking
- Type at the Family Conference Table: Extraverted Intuition
- High Growth IT Services Company Utilizes CPI 260 to Achieve Talent Management Objectives
- Type at the Family Conference Table: Introverted Sensing
- UMMS Professionals Give Patients Top Care While UMMS Cares for Professionals with FIRO-B
- Type at the Family Conference Table: Introverted Feeling
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April (10)
- Anderson University Career Services Finds Success with Strong Tool
- Type at the Family Conference Table: Extraverted Thinking
- Type at the Family Conference Table
- How to Decide on Management Styles for Your Company
- Farming, Leadership Development and the TKI Tool
- 16 Types in the Workplace—ENTJ
- 3 Simple, Brilliant Ways Introverts Can Conquer Public Speaking
- 16 Types in the Workplace—ENFJ
- Harnessing Diverse Personalities to Move Your Career Forward
- 4 Exclusive Secrets of the Myers-Briggs Tool
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March (15)
- 16 Types in the Workplace—ESFJ
- 16 Types in the Workplace— ESTJ
- “I’m Both!”
- Square Pegs in Round Holes
- Common Criticisms of the MBTI are Misguided
- 16 Types in the Workplace—ENTP
- Career Ready, Career Strong
- Trapped in an Unfulfilling Job? How to Find Out What You Want to Do
- Introducing the Next Wave of Refreshed MBTI® Products!
- 16 Types in the Workplace—ENFP
- The Biggest Discoveries from the MBTI Influence Research Project
- 16 Types in the Workplace—ESFP
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- Clarifying Clarity
- 16 Types in the Workplace—INTP
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January (9)
- JDSU Uses Personality Typology during Management Empowerment Camps
- Is It Over Already?
- I’m Next! Part 2
- Gender and the Strong Interest Inventory®: Two of the Most Common Questions
- I’m Next!
- MBTI® Tool and Influencing—The Power of the Mental Processes
- Connecting with Food and Drink
- MBTI® Criticism
- Type and Influence
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