Briggs Initiative

Sailing the Social Sea Thriving as an Introvert in an Extroverted World James Walker Part 1 - Extrovert, Introvert, or Ambivert? 1 Types of Personalities According to Jungian analytical psychology, there are two types of personalities - Extrovert and Introvert. The notion of “Ambivert”, which refers to a mix of both, was added to the paradigm later on. Extroverts draw energy from actions. They act first and think later. The less they act, the less motivated they…

twenty-four strengths according to how well you use them. The second test that I took was the Myers-Briggs personality test. This test deciphers your personality, and categorizes you under one of sixteen personality types. According to the VIA survey results that I received, kindness, humor, social intelligence, judgment, and leadership are my top five strengths. When I took the Myers-Briggs test I was identified as an ISFP. This personality group includes individuals that are Introverted,…

This paper proposes a descriptive model of good leadership behaviors & traits based on the outcome of taking Thoroughgood’s destructive leadership behavior scale and personal results from the Jung Typology Test on personalities. In addition, it briefly describes the characteristics of destructive leadership behaviors and how it can become contagious. More importantly, it highlights the link between a successful leader, and the significance of how well their followers follows. The dynamic…

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) explained by Kendra Cherry psychology expert that “a self-inventory designed to identify a person’s personality type, strengths, and preferences.” The Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator is a self-inventory it was develop to identify a person personality type based on a list of question developed by Isabel Myers and her mother Kathrine Briggs that was founded on the works of Carl Jung’s theory. The results of the personality types come from the question…

Introduction The Meyers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a valuable tool to help understand your personality type so that you can develop better strategies to understand how you interact with the world around you. To develop leadership skills it is better to understand where you align on the MBTI grid to strengthen the skills you currently possess and to improve the ones that will help you succeed. Ethical decisions may not be an everyday occurrence in business, but to understand the foundation…

Admittedly that indeed sounds like me, but it was not until I did further research that I was finally sold on that the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator is accurate. The first letter represents where I get my primary source of energy. My primary source of energy is E, which stands for extroversion. Minh Tan wrote a profile of ENFJ which went through every aspect of the personality traits to career choices. Tan referred to the ENFJs as the Teachers/Givers and wrote, “As an ENFJ, you’re primary mode of…

Understanding personalities in the workplace has never been more important to be successful. Taking the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) allows an individual a comprehensive look into their personality strengths and weaknesses. Results and explanations of the extraverted, sensing, thinking, judging (ESTJ) personality are explained. The test results were then researched in “Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job.” to address communication issues an…

The Myers-Briggs personality test is used to assist us in discovering how people think and interact, factors which ultimately contribute to an individual’s overall personality. Over the years I have taken numerous personality test and have consistently described me as having an ISTJ personality type. In this paper I will discuss the results and validity of my personality type as scored by the Jung Typology Test. I will also discuss what I have learned from these test as well as how my…

am the life of the party. When they meet me on a depressed day (I like to call them low days) they think of me as boring or easily agitated. It is hard to keep friends with this situation and I have yet to get used to it. I looked over the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and chose the letters that I…

The Myers Briggs Personality Test is a test that judges your personality, and gives you a four lettered code out of sixteen combinations. The code then, gives you a sense of how you are and may think or act psychologically. These categories are separated into introvert, or extrovert; sensing, or intuition; thinking, or feeling; judging, or perceiving. You would receive one of the types for the test and in result, you have an overview of your personality. This can be used to predict many things…