MBTI® as a practical tool for teams, not a personality quiz
The questionnaire is only the starting point. What matters is what happens in the room: understanding, interpretation and applying it to how your team really works.
The four letters are only the start
Many people have filled in an MBTI® questionnaire at some point, read a profile and recognised themselves. Interesting, but the following Monday the team works exactly the same way. That's usually because the session stopped at the result.
Used well, MBTI is a solid, well-researched instrument. It gives a team a neutral, shared language to talk about differences in energy, information, decisions and planning, without judging anyone. That only works when people really understand it and have tested it on their own situations.
That's what my workshops focus on.
From questionnaire to team agreements
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Before the workshop: the official questionnaire
Every participant completes the official MBTI® questionnaire online. Together with the team lead or HR, we agree on what the team wants to get out of the session.
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Discover: verify your type through experience
We don't start with the report. Through exercises, participants first explore each preference and decide for themselves which one fits them best. Only then do they receive their personal report. The questionnaire doesn't always give a clear answer, and people trust a type they've checked for themselves.
“The exercises and examples helped define our profiles, which isn't always evident when filling in the questionnaire.”D'Ieteren
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Understand: feel the differences
Experiential exercises make the differences visible in the room. Colleagues with opposite preferences tackle the same task and see how differently they approach it. Seeing it happen in the room sticks far better than any slide.
“Even though I had taken the test and done my own research, I learned much more today because of the way you presented the info and the exercises.”Guardsquare
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Apply: the "So what?" for your team
We look at the team as a whole: where are you strong together, where are your blind spots, what causes friction? We work on your real situations, such as meetings, decisions, feedback, deadlines and stress.
“Thanks for this amazing workshop and for opening our eyes to plenty of new ways to work together.”Brussels Airlines
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Keep using it
The team leaves with concrete agreements and a shared language they keep using. Want to go further? The follow-up deep dives "MBTI So What?" on communication and on persuasion build on the same types.
“We all believe we should use it in our team meetings and in our 1-on-1s with our manager.”D'Ieteren
Tell me and I forget. Let me experience it and I remember.
People remember far more of what they experience than of what they're told. That's why every workshop is built the same way: short input, lots of doing, and time to reflect together.
What MBTI is, and what it isn't
MBTI is
- A framework for natural preferences: where you get energy, how you take in information, how you decide and how you organise your life.
- A neutral language to talk about differences without judging.
- A starting point for better communication, decisions and collaboration.
- Something you decide on yourself: you are the expert on your own type.
MBTI isn't
- A test you can pass or fail. There are no better or worse types.
- A measure of skills, intelligence or performance.
- A box to put people in or an excuse for behaviour.
- A tool for selection or recruitment. It isn't designed for that, and I don't use it that way.
Choose the format that fits your team
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