Leadership: Leading and Managing with Personality Type

Leadership | Discovering Personalities | Enhance Collaboration, Productivity and Communication | MBTI Insights

Created by: Robin Hills
Business Psychologist, Emotional Intelligence Trainer

What Will I Learn?

• Assess your Personality Type and determine what this means as a leader
• Develop an understanding of the value of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and its applications in work
• Recognise ways to appreciate, value, manage, and lead all the Personality Types based on their preferences
• Discover how to build deeper relationships as a leader through common understanding and improved communication
• Identify applications in team building, communication, change, decision making and problem solving
• Demonstrate your effectiveness as a leader by involving others in projects, by working with people's strengths and through effective communication using Type
• Support others through challenging and stressful situations using empathy, compassion and understanding

Requirements

• You will have a basic understanding of the combination of attitudes and preferences measured by bi-polar scales that make up Jungian Personality Types.
• You are keen to explore your understanding of Personality Types and its application in the workplace at a deeper level.
• The course will be of interest to you if you are looking to learn more about yourself as a leader.
• You will be a leader or a manager of a team made up of different types of people.
• You will be a leader or a manager responsible for a number of projects involving people.
• You will be interested in learning more about personality type and its application in the workplace.
• You will have a willingness to complete the practical activities to grow and develop your self-awareness and build your relationship skills.

Target audience

• Anyone in a leadership role who wants to understand themselves better through self-awareness.
• Anyone with a basic understanding Personality Types who is keen to learn more and apply their knowledge at a deeper level.
• Anyone interested in finding out about personality types and the best way to communicate with each.
• Anyone wanting to understand how others behave and how to best interact with them.