The MBTI® is the world’s most widely used indicator of personality types. It is used for individual, team and organizational development in a variety of ways including:

• Self-understanding and individual development
• Career development and exploration
• Organizational development and organizational change
• Team dynamics and team development
• Identifying management and leadership style
• Executive coaching and leadership development
• Change management
• Problem solving
• Relationship counseling
• Education and curriculum development
• Academic counseling
• Diversity and multicultural training.

In general, the MBTI functions as a tool that helps people in organizations to:

• Understand themselves
• Appreciate others so as to make constructive use of individual differences
• Approach problems in different healthy ways so as to be more productive.

Specifically, organizations use the MBTI to:

• Make the most of their human resources
• Leverage individuals’ natural strengths
• Improve teamwork
• Understand and adapt to differences in leadership/management styles
• Enhance effective communication between supervisors, peers, employees and customers
• Assist in career development
• Resolve conflict
• Coach individuals
• Design training activities
• Recognize employee’s unique contributions
• Develop skills in creativity, problem solving, time and stress management.

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• Individual development
Identifying leadership style, developing managerial potential, time and stress management and executive coaching. The positive and affirming nature of the MBTI encourages self-disclosure and respect for individual differences.


• Career development and exploration
Individuals can use MBTI type concepts to evaluate the fit between themselves and their jobs and to explore career paths and options.


• Organization development and organizational change
Understanding and dealing with rapid change, understanding team and corporate conflict.


• Team building and team development
Improving communication, enhancing team problem solving, valuing diversity and resolving conflict.

The MBTI instrument effectively allows project teams and functional departments to assess, without being judgmental, the assets and developmental needs of their organization.


• Executive coaching and leadership development
The MBTI provides a model for personal growth, as well as information on how people of different type use leadership, communication and work skills.


• Change management
The MBTI assessment provides a framework for understanding individual needs, stressors and contributions during times of change.


• Enhance communication…
The MBTI instrument helps people affirm and understand not only their own communication preferences but also those of others. It also helps in developing selling and influencing skills.