Today I observed someone's approach to a problem and noticed their first instinct was to find someone to blame. From an outside perspective it seemed obvious that the most important thing that was needed was a solution and that nobody really cared who was responsible for the problem. To make matters worse, the person actually created more of a hassle for everyone involved by acting defensive. It made me wonder, why did they think it was so important to assign blame and why were they so blind to the very obvious and very simple solutions to the problem? Some people seem to just instinctively jump into problem solving mode. Are there times when that is not the best route? Are there times when even those people are emotionally involved that they miss the opportunity and go for the easy blame? Are there ways we can practice this skill so in times of stress we instinctively problem solve?
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is based on the work of Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung. Jung observed that people have inborn preferences for gathering information and making decisions and that these preferences guide an individual’s behavior. The mother/daughter team of Katherine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers expanded on Jung’s theories and created an assessment to make the combined work accessible to all individuals. Today, the assessment is used by most Fortune 100 companies and over two million people worldwide, annually. The assessment identifies an individual’s inborn preferences on four dichotomous scales: where you focus your energy, how you prefer to take in information, how you make decisions, and how you deal with the outer world. Type is best used to understand other people, improve communication, and develop individual skills. The first dichotomy is Extraversion (gets energy from other people) and Introversion (gets energy from reflection). The second is
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