Former Member Il y a 5 années Hi Bair. Thanks a lot for this reflection. I think human personalities are more complex than described by these tests. They cannot be shoehorned into a box with a label. They morph and respond based on context and identity. The team shapes as much the personality as the personality shapes the team. I think continuous mindful reflections in the team about how it works and learns together rather leads to improvement of team effectiveness than putting all team members in a static picture frame of a personality type. Répondre 1 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler
Diane Telford Il y a 5 années If the only thing that comes out of personality tests is people are a tad more empathetic, then that is a good thing. However, Myers Briggs is far from perfect. A neuroscientist writes... https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2013/mar/19/myers-briggs-test-unscientific Répondre 1 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler
Former Member Il y a 5 années Hi Blair Thanks for your post. Sounds like your team isn't in the best of places. When you say 'The management consultants hired to make us operate better as a team ' it feels to me that that this might have been 'thrust' upon the team to 'make' you be something as a group. Consultants no matter how good, can't make people do anything they have to engage willingly. As an MBTI step 2 practitioner I look at it as a useful tool to help raise self awareness and help give people a safe language to help with communication and as Diane says has received some criticism but that doesn't invalidate it as a tool as there is always value in encouraging people to raise their levels of EQ. There could be hundreds of factors affecting the group dynamic e.g. change, leadership, culture, workload, home life to name but a few so I can't say what will bring about the results you desire however, individual and team coaching with honest feedback may help. The team will need help to let go of the past and a collective view of a positive future is worth exploring. Patrick Lecioni's work is a useful theory when reflecting on team practice. All the best for the future Martin Répondre 1 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler
David Laughlin Il y a 5 années Sometimes a bit of external analysis, however limited, is good for any team (or individual!), if only for promoting a certain amount of self-reflection on behaviours. Trying to imply that well-balanced teams are always more effective - well, it depends what the team is meant to be doing. An unbalanced team does the run the risk of being labelled "difficult" by the rest of the organisation, and whilst the temptation is to pack your "Improvement" team with like-minded people, there's more of a risk that they'll struggle when facing "outsiders". Répondre 0 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler
Former Member Il y a 5 années I recall being in a team where all of us were visionary types with one detail / completer finisher type. The latter, a chap from Germany called Detlef, was about to retire so we knew we had a problem, Myers Briggs helped us to anticipate this. We got some advice and we got round the problem by those of us remaining taking turns at meetings to play Detlef once he had gone. When it was my turn, it took real effort not to say the things or ask the questions that i wanted to, but to think "what would Detlef say or ask here?". It gave me an insight early in my career about different types and how they see the world in a different way. Overall I like Myers Briggs - its not perfect but nothing is and if it at least helps us to think about different types then this is a good thing. Répondre 1 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler