Survive and emerge from tough times: how the MBTI® Instrument can influence decisions about your organisation
Nancy Barger and Linda Kirby in London
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The last year has been a challenging time in the workplace. While experts tell us the recession is ending, they also tell us it will be another year or two before employment improves. And this has come at a time when our economies were already struggling to deal with impacts of global competition, ageing workforces, and environmental and energy challenges.
- It's natural for organisations and their people to go into survival mode - what can we cut, how can we stay solvent, how can we weather this time?
- It's natural for organisations to see employee development as a "nice-but-not-necessary" part of their financial and time budgets
By deepening and expanding our use of psychological type in the workplace, we can provide crucial bottom-line benefits for both individuals and organisations during these challenging times. This seminar will look at common crisis scenarios and introduce several practical type tools that will improve our organisations and further our own personal development.
Session highlights include:
- How to use MBTI to make smarter decisions on talent retention coming out of tough times
- Type consistency in inconsistent times
- Type theory and how to make it accessible
- Survival plans to support your own resilience
- The MBTI decision tree
Nancy J. Barger (ENFP)
Nancy J. Barger, M.A., has 25 years of experience in international organizational applications of the MBTI instrument, working in the U.S., Canada, U.K., New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, Denmark, Finland, India, and South Africa. She specializes in helping people in organizations deal more effectively with organizational change by working with leaders and employees to assess the impacts of change initiatives and develop successful change training programs.
Nancy provides a wide range of training in applications of the MBTI tool for HR professionals: MBTI Step I and Step II, leadership development, team building, coaching, and cross-cultural applications. She leads MBTI® Certification and applications programs for the American Management Association and for CPP, Inc., in the US and for CPP distributors around the world.
Barger's publications include:
- Type and Culture, with L.K. Kirby and Elizabeth Kendall, 2007
- Introduction to Type® and Change, with L.K. Kirby, 2004
- WORKTypes, with Jean Kummerow & Linda K. Kirby, Warner Books, 1997
- The Challenge of Change in Organizations: Helping Employees Thrive in the New Frontier, with L. K. Kirby, Davies-Black, 1995
- Uses of Type in Organizations and Uses of Type in Multicultural Settings with L. K. Kirby; in Myers, McCaulley, et. al. MBTI® Manual, CPP, 1998
- Type and Change MBTI Leader's Guide & Type and Change Participant Guide, with L. K. Kirby, CPP, 1997
Linda K. Kirby (INTP)
Linda Kirby, Ph. D., is an organization consultant and trainer. She designs and delivers organizational training programs focused on applying the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) tool to organizational change, leadership development, and team effectiveness.
She leads MBTI® Step I and Step II Certification and applications programs for the American Management Association and for CPP, Inc., in the US and for CPP distributors around the world, training in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, India, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, South Africa, and Dubai.
Kirby's publications include:
- Type and Culture (2007), with E. Kendall and N. J. Barger. CPP, Inc.
- Introduction to Type® and Change (2004), with N. J. Barger. CPP, Inc.
- Introduction to Type® (1998), 6th ed. I. B. Myers, rev. by L. K. Kirby and K. D. Myers. CPP, Inc.
- Type and Change: MBTI® Leader's Guide and MBTI® Participant's Guide (1997) with N. J. Barger. CPP, Inc.
- Developing Leaders (1997), co-ed. with C. Fitzgerald. Davies-Black
- WORKTypes (1997), with J. M. Kummerow and N. J. Barger. Warner Books
- The Challenge of Change in Organizations: Helping Employees Thrive in the New Frontier (1995), with N. J. Barger. Davies-Black
- Introduction to Type® Dynamics and Development (1994), with K. D. Myers. CPP, Inc.
- Uses of Type in Organizations and Multicultural Uses of Type chapters in Myers, McCaulley, Quenk, & Hammer, eds., MBTI® Manual, 3rd ed. (1998). CPP, Inc.
- Multicultural Applications with N. J. Barger, a chapter in MBTI® Applications: A Decade of Research on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (1996). A.L. Hammer, ed. CPP, Inc.