The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment tool is one of the most widely used personality assessment tools in the world with more than 2 million people taking it every year. The Myers-Briggs® instrument is based on over 50 years of research and is used for purposes such as career counselling, personal growth, team building, leadership/management training and relationship counselling. It takes around 20-30 minutes to complete.
The Myers-Briggs® assessment tool identifies your personality preferences based on the following four scales:
Extraversion (E) –
Introversion (I)
Extraversion – Energised by the outside world of people, activity and things.
Introversion – Energised by the inner world of thoughts, feelings and reflections.
Sensing (S) –
Intuition (N)
Sensing – Tend to focus on information gathered through the five senses.
Intuition – Tend to look for patterns, meanings and possibilities in the information they receive.
Thinking (T) –
Feeling (F)
Thinking – Tend to make decisions based on objective facts and principles.
Feeling – Tend to make decisions based on personal values and feelings.
Judging (J) –
Perceiving (P)
Judging – Tend to prefer a more planned and structured lifestyle.
Perceiving – Tend to prefer a more flexible and spontaneous lifestyle.