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Boost Your Value Proposition with the MBTI® Step II™ Assessment


Yvonne Nelson-Reid, BEd, MA, MA, PhD Doctoral Candidate

Associate ConsultantThe Myers-Briggs Company

MBTI® Certified Practitioner

Areas of expertise: - Interpersonal Communication- Career Coaching- Conflict Management- Team Development


-Fundamentals of the MBTI® framework

-MBTI® Step II™ assessment – value and implementation

-Explore ways you can use the Step II™ for individual, team, and leadership development

Objectives


-MBTI® knock-offs-Online quizzes-Critics (books, articles)

Challenges Faced by MBTI® Practitioners


- Experiences and expresses their type

- Differences within same type preferences

- Type description may not fit

- Insight behind unclear preferences

- Developmental opportunities

How can your clients benefit from a MBTI® Step II™ feedback session?

Deeper Understanding ...


- Expand current customer base

- With more to offer, stand out as a practitioner

- Provide unique in-depth workshops – tailor your use of Step II™ results to meet the needs of clients even better

- Enhance current applications: team building, coaching, career counseling, individual counseling, and more

How can you benefit?

Fundamentals of the MBTI® Framework



Jung-Myers Personality Theory

- Re-labeled in the new certification program- Dynamic interaction of type preferences- Identifies preferences and their interaction


The Four MBTI® Preference Pairs


Myers-Briggs® Type Table

The MBTI® Step II™ Assessment



MBTI® Step II™- Global Step II assessment (143 items)

- Step I (4-letter type) and Step II (adds 20 facets) results

- Goal: to identify and describe within type differences – our individuality

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Facets

-Some aspects of the overall preference (NOT ALL)

-Provide insight into the distinctive ways a person expresses their type

-May reflect ways that less-preferred aspects of personality are expressed

-Are still preferences, client chooses what fits best for them


The 20 Step II™ FacetsYour Step II™ Facet Results


Describing the Facets

-Described in categories: in-preference, midzone, out-of-preference

-Each category of results provide a different description in the report – verified type required

-The goal of the Step II is to identify and describe within type differences - individuality


Understanding Facet Graphs


In-preference Facet-Score of 2-5 on the same side as the overall preference

-Client typically agrees with the description

-Occasionally, however, they will disagree

-Review descriptions for midzone and out-of-preference facets to see if they fit better

-Read report – “You report in-preference abstract, how does this fit with your understanding of yourself?”


Midzone Results-Score of 0 or 1 on either side of preference pair

-Not necessarily good at both, remember assessment does not measure skill

-Possible reasons: habitual/situational use of both or ambivalence on which one to use

-Read report – “You report midzone active-reflective, how does this fit with your understanding of yourself?”


Out-of-preference Facets-Score of 2-5 on side opposite overall preference

-Identifies how you may be different from others with the same type preference

-May reflect long-standing behavioral habits

-May result from individual development or training

-Read report – “You report out-of-preference methodical, how does this fit with your understanding of yourself?”


Interpretative Report for Step II™

-Includes descriptors for each facet based on your verified type and category

-Additional pages for communication, conflict, change, and decision making styles and how to enhance them

-Type dynamics, individualized type, overview of results


Interpreter’s Summary


Polarity Index-How consistently you responded to the items on

each facet

-Polarity Index Score 0-100 (most adults score between 50-65; higher scores common; below 45 means many facets midzone)

-Score below 45 – possible invalid report

-Reasons – mature situational use, lack of self-knowledge, ambivalence, misunderstand items, or random answering

Applications for Step II™



When to Use Step II™-Any situation you would use a

Step I

-Time – feedback session twice as long or longer

-Client needs and purposes – is this the appropriate assessment?


Feedback Session - Individuals

-Check polarity index

- Introduce or review Step I information

- Introduce the Step II approach

-Describe how to read facet results, briefly explain each facet and go over results

-Explain Step II individualized type, client’s Step II “name”

-Discuss relevant applications from back of report


Feedback Questions-Do you agree with the description of your facet results?

- If so, how does this help you? How does this not help you? Ask for examples.

- If not, do one of the other categories fit better for you?-What may have influenced how you answered the items?

-When and how do you think out-of-preference facets developed for you?

-How do midzone and out-of-preference facets influence your use of this preference?

-Effective use? Developmental opportunity?


Back to Step I-Review type description in Introduction to Myers-Briggs® Type

-Step II may explain why some of that description does not fit for you

-Step II may separate natural dispositions from environmental learning

-Does Step II help you to verify your Step I results?-How does knowing your Step II facets influence your

understanding of your Step I type preferences? Remember that Step II facets are just some aspects of each overall preference. Each preference is multi-faceted!


Individual Success Stories-Beth (ENFJ): reported “very likely”

preferences for NFJ and a “somewhat likely” preference for E. A few months after a Step I interpretation session, Beth had questions:

- Sometimes I come across as blunt and questioning, I’ve been told I couldn’t possibly have a preference for F, yet it feels right for me. Why might that be?

- Verifies E, why do I seem different than my friends who prefer E?


Individual Success Stories-David (ISTJ/P): reported “somewhat

likely” preference for P, could not verify J or P (unsure):

- Step II reported: out-of-preference planful, midzone systematic/casual, early-starting/pressure-prompted, scheduled/spontaneous, in-preference emergent.

- He verified each of the facets. Why might this be? How did this help him decide?


Feedback Session - Teams or Groups- Similar to a one-on-one session with some adaptations

-Needs more time (4-8 hours)-Check polarity and probability indexes-Remove interpreter’s summary-Check categories in advance to determine activities and/or

groups


Feedback Session - Teams or Groups-Workshop: review Step I (verify), explain facets and

categories, read in-preference descriptors (have participants volunteer to read midzone/out-of-preference for facets group may be interested in)

-Choose activities based on the needs of the group


Team Success Stories

-Understanding differences: personality clashes between similar types

-Dealing with deadlines: pressure-prompted or early-starting

-Conflict: tough or tender


Resources- MBTI® Step II™ Manual, User’s Guide

- Understanding Your Step II Results booklet

- Introducing MBTI® Step II™ Results facilitation kit (Kummerow & Quenk, 2019)

- MBTI® Step II™ Feedback Cards

- MBTI® Step II™ Feedback Session Video –Practitioner Tools

What are your questions?

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