Personality Matters Blog

Posted 16 December 2021 by
Melissa Summer

Using personality assessments for team building

How can personality assessments like the MBTI tool help teams work together more effectively and understand each other better?

Posted 09 December 2019 by
Melissa Summer

Do Ambiverts Exist?

What if you feel like you have both Extraverted and Introverted preferences? Are you an ambivert?

Posted 16 May 2018 by
Global Marketing

For an Authentic, Effective Job Interview, You Must First Understand Your Own Personality Type

I remember my first job interview. It was a long time ago. I was very young and had yet to learn how to be true to myself. I was trying to get a job for the summer in between undergraduate and graduate school, and remember thinking to myself: “Answer how they [my interviewers] want you to answer, no matter what.” I got that job, and at first I was thrilled. Once I began to do the work, however, I hated it. I couldn’t wait for the summer to end! What could I have done better?...

Posted 22 November 2016 by
Global Marketing

MBTI® Users Conference—Creating a Culture of Clarity / Type Dynamics

Another criticism Patrick Kerwin addressed is that “Jung even said there is no such thing as a pure Introvert.” Patrick (and I) actually agree! We all live in both the extraverted and introverted worlds. And, if you understand type dynamics, we all use a mental process in the extraverted world and a mental process in the introverted world. For example, I have preferences for INFP. I am not an Introvert. Instead, I introvert (I use this word as a verb since I don’t believe in ...

Posted 05 April 2016 by
Global Marketing

4 Exclusive Secrets of the Myers-Briggs Tool

By Damon Brown, Entrepreneur and author, "Our Virtual Shadow". Originally published by INC. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator has been a standard personality measurement for decades, but it's really come into vogue recently as Susan Cain and other thought leaders encourage us to understand the benefits of introverted leadership. In the just-announced Influence Research Project, Myers-Briggs owner CPP has "new research showing that MBTI personality type is intricately connected ...

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