I’m a bit reflective today because I’m formulating my Zig Ziglar inspired Wall of Gratitude (to be blogged later this weekend…stay tuned). It has me thinking about all of the pivotal moments and life-changing people I’ve experienced in my short professional career.
Be sure to check out this new blog by some of my favorite writers. You may recognize the names Katherine and Elizabeth Hirsh from well known Myers-Briggs publications.
They co-wrote Introduction to Type and Teams, Introduction to Type and Decision-making, and my personal favorite the Teambuilding trainer’s binder.
Guest Post: Alex Gammelgard
Last week, I attended the AMA webcast, “Managing Globally Using the MBTI Instrument: 6 Ways to More Effectively Communicate Across Cultures,” with CPP authors Betsy Kendall and Linda Kirby.
First of all, I thought AMA did an awesome job, I am sure almost everyone walked away with an appreciation for cultural relativity – it was good to be reminded that we shouldn’t take American culture for granted, or assume that our national norms are world-wide norms as well.
I generally don’t go to seminars or workshops billed as “motivational” events for the same reason I don’t read the latest books on motivation- basically, I think they’re junk. I tend to believe you either are a motivated person or you’re not. I don’t believe a book on motivation or even someone with an abnormally large head (Tony Robbins) can really create motivation where it does not already exist.
I promise tomorrow I will go back to blogging about the MBTI, but I have one last post about Twitter.
The 10 Commandments of Twitter
1. Thou shalt not welcome each new follower with an @ reply. (It’s unnecessary and wicked annoying).
2. Thou shalt not set up auto-DM’s that tell people to go to your website when they follow you.
After I posted the 20 Signs You Twitter Too Much, I received a boatload of emails (I stopped counting at 40) from people who wanted me to re-post the list plus the additions made in the comments so they could email the post to their friends. (My thought: um…just RT it…but whatev!)
Far be it for me to disappoint my Tweeps, so here it is…the mostly new and improved…
Signs You Twitter Too Much
I may need to go to Twitter rehab!
20 Signs You Twitter Too Much
20. You’ve lost friends because they have chosen not to join Twitter.
19. You’ve Twittered during a speech about Twitter.
18. You’ve said the phrase “I’m big on Twitter.”
17. Your significant other never worries about you cheating on him/her because your brightkite tweets are better than GPS.
16. Something goes wrong in your day and you respond “Fail Whale!”
15. You decide not to argue a point with someone because it will take more than 140 characters to respond.
14. You can write a consumer review of more than 10 Twitter Applications
13. You go to more Tweet-ups than dates
12. Your child’s first word was “Tweet”
11. You know what FTW means.
10. When you forward something, you add RT in the subject line.
9. You refer to people by @. “My @mom went to @starbucks and forgot my latte.”
8. You categorize life events by fake hashtags. “My @mom went to @starbucks and forgot my latte. #thatwomanhaslostherfreakingmind”
7. You add a “tw” to the beginning of every word. “I Twittered my friends from twurch about the tweetup at the twoffee house twonight.”
6. You live life in 140 character increments.
5. You stay up hours after you planned on going to sleep because you have Twitter F.O.MO (Fear of Missing Out).
4. You’re more concerned about improving your Twitter Grade than your performance review.
3. You believe you are close and personal friends with @guykawasaki @jasoncalcanishttp://www.twitter.com/scobleizer and @chrisbrogan
2. You tell your fiance you will save money on wedding invites because you plan to DM most of them.
1. Your grandma logs on to Twitter because that’s the only way she can get a hold of you!
Bonus signs:
- You sold your soul to @NEENZ and @guykawasaki to get on http://twitterati.alltop.com (I did- and I’m not ashamed to admit it!)
- Your home page is http://twitter.alltop.com
Twitter friends- what signs am I missing?
As I was helping a friend re-write her resume this evening, it occurred to me that knowing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) preferences of the interviewer can be a significant advantage in the job search process.
In this particular instance, my friend knew the interviewer was an ISTJ which is exceedingly helpful. I was able to structure her resume in terms of statistics, facts, and percentages. Fluffy language will do nothing to impress an ISTJ. If anything, the more verbose the resume, the less likely the ISTJ will pay attention. We focused on specific deliverable and accomplishments she achieved recently. At all times we made the successes quantifiable- something that ISTJ’s love.
It’s official, we have a new president!
The title was actually a reader question I received over the weekend, and ironically I had a similar question for myself today.
I just got back from a “Girl’s Weekend” with my mom and 2 aunts to the Lake of the Ozarks. This is an annual trip for all the girls in our family (though my girl cousins usually come too). The weekend is always fun with great stories, lots of laughing, plenty of drinking and way too much shopping. I’ve been looking forward to this trip for months and as always, it did not disappoint.
Happy Halloween everyone from the Queen of Bling!
The Queen is nothing if not generous, and though there is candy and other treats a-plenty at the Royal Court (sometimes mistaken for Kansas City), there is something special that everyone will enjoy this holiday season.
The MBTI Step II is a more robust, deeper version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). In the MBTI Step II, you receive not only the 4 letter code for your personality, but also further descriptions provided by 5 facet scores under each dichotomy. For a list of the dichotomies, check the Wikipedia entry for MBTI Step II. Also, it will be helpful to see a sample report of the Step II to understand the narrative info and layout of the facets.
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Let’s play a game.
Think of 20 words/phrases that describe you. You can write them down…or entertain me and post them in the comments.
I’ll play along and go first. I am (a/an):
- female
- blogger
- professional
I was in Austin, TX for 3 days this week for a conference and and after a bit of reflection I thought I’d share my personal experiences from the trip:
- I LOVE my job. I love what I do. I adore my customers. I learn something new everyday, and am inspired by the thoughts others in the field share with one another. My job helps me grow and learn more about myself as a person. I can’t imagine working anywhere else, with any other assessments, or any other coworkers.
The second verse was same as the first when it came to the 2nd day of the MBTI Conference in Austin, TX- meaning it was phenomenal!
Day two was packed with conversations about using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) strategically throughout organizations to solve major issues with culture, conflict and team-building.
The MBTI Conference starts tomorrow in Austin, so I had an early morning of travel today. I was up by 6am, which is 3 hours earlier than my normal schedule. I had my dad drive me to the airport and he clearly didn’t know about my no talking before 8am rule.
Today was an exciting, exhausting, and inspiring day at the MBTI Conference sponsored by CPP, the MBTI Club, and The Delta Associates.
The day began with an engaging and lively discussion by Dr. Richard (Nick) Grant. He is a big fan of temperament theory in conjunction with the MBTI, and even mapped the temperaments onto things like the 12 step programs, grief process, addiction recovery and addiction types. Few people can successfully transition from mapping temperament onto human sexual response straight into temperament in the Lord’s Prayer and books of the bible- but he did! He absolutely brought a new view to Jungian psychology and set the tone for the day. Including an interesting approach to using the MBTI to guide performance review questions. This topic deserves a separate future post.
Here are a few tid-bits I took from the presentation:
- Personality type is like a computer’s Operating System. There are 16 “human operating systems” and much like computers, when you connect two different operating systems, there is difficulty in communication.
- J’s create stress in life.
- Put a J kid in a P class and he’ll ask “Is this on the test?”
- Put a P kid in a J class and he’s labeled ADD.
- It is a misconception that only J’s make lists to plan their day. P’s do it too, they just lose the list.
Nest, Dr. Carol Kallendorf of The Delta Associates covered how to use the MBTI Step II. I video-taped this fantastic presentation and will post the video with additional slides created by the Delta Associates in the coming weeks as well.
Both Southwest Airlines and H-E-B were gracious enough to share how their unique organizations use the MBTI for various applications including Leadership, Team-Building, Coaching, Executive Coaching, Emergency Preparedness, Conflict Management, Change Management, and Stress Management. (Videos will be posted on this session later this week).
One of the more popular sessions was led by Jeff Johannigman who presented on using pop culture icons to illustrate personality preferences. He used clips from Star Wars, Star Trek, Parenthood, Shrek, and the X-Files to illustrate each of the 4 dichotomies of the MBTI. Then taking a temperament approach, we looked at the 4 main characters of various shows and plotted them into temperament styles (MASH, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Harry Potter, The Wizard of Oz, etc.). Again…this topic deserves its own post and will be covered sometime next week.
Finally, Norma Barr of Barr and Barr discussed the issue of true dramatic personal change through the MBTI. Her stories were touching, emotional and amazingly salient examples of true type development out of tragedy, crisis and stress. Sometimes the worst moments in life can create the most dramatically positive life changes. No blog could do her stories justice, so you’ll definitely want to watch her presentation on video next week.
All in all, this has been an inspiring conference. I have material for months of blog posts, and have such a more deep appreciation for the application of the MBTI instrument.
My goal is to bring a 2 day conference like this to other areas of the United States. Would you come to a conference like this in Denver, Kansas City, or St. Louis? What would you like to see at a local MBTI Conference?
Tomorrow’s topics: Using the MBTI for Team-Building, Type and the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, and using Type from an Artist perspective!
I am very excited to head to Austin, TX this week for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Advanced Applications Conference sponsored by The MBTI Club, The Delta Associates, and CPP!
National Boss’ Day is October 16th and Totally Consumed commemorated the event by reviving the HR Carnival.
Stop by and check out the posts by HR Minion, Dan at Great Leadership, Punk Rock HR Pro, Jon Ingham, Wally Bock and others!
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