MBTI Consultants & Facilitators

What is MBTI?

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs, drawing on Carl Jung's theory of psychological types. It identifies 16 personality types based on four dimensions: Extraversion/Introversion (where you direct energy), Sensing/Intuition (how you take in information), Thinking/Feeling (how you make decisions), and Judging/Perceiving (how you orient toward the outside world).

The MBTI Step II and Step III versions, published by The Myers-Briggs Company, are substantially more nuanced than the basic type descriptions commonly shared online. Step II breaks each dimension into five facets, producing a more granular profile that captures individual variation within types. The assessment typically takes 25–35 minutes to complete.

More than 1.5 million people take the MBTI each year in professional and organizational settings. It is one of the most extensively researched personality instruments in existence, with decades of peer-reviewed validation studies. Source: The Myers-Briggs Company.

Who is it best for?

MBTI is particularly effective for understanding cognitive diversity on teams — how different people take in information, make decisions, and prefer to work. It is a natural fit for leadership development programs exploring decision-making style, communication preferences, and behavior under pressure.

Organizations that benefit most from MBTI tend to be knowledge-work environments where the quality of thinking and communication directly affects outcomes. It is widely used in professional services, consulting, healthcare leadership, and technology. It is also a standard tool in executive coaching, career development, and management training programs.

What to expect in an engagement

A standard MBTI engagement runs 4–12 weeks. It includes individual assessments followed by verified type conversations — a qualified MBTI practitioner helps each person confirm their type through structured debrief rather than accepting the questionnaire result uncritically. Team workshops then explore how the distribution of types affects communication, conflict, and decision-making.

Leadership-focused MBTI work often includes extended coaching sessions mapping type to specific leadership challenges. MBTI is particularly powerful when combined with 360 feedback data — the combination reveals both how a leader sees themselves and how others experience them.

Is MBTI Right for Your Team?

This methodology works best when:

• ✓ Your team includes people with very different cognitive styles who regularly talk past each other
• ✓ You're building a leadership development program that includes self-awareness and communication as core competencies
• ✓ Your organization values intellectual diversity and wants a framework for appreciating different thinking styles
• ✓ Your managers need to adapt their management style to individuals rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach
• ✓ You're working with a team navigating significant change and want to understand how different types respond to uncertainty

MBTI Consultants

Verified MBTI practitioners available for team engagements.

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