Emotional Intelligence – Know Thy Self

This lesson delves into strategies for assessing our own personalities and those of the people we work with (or want to work with).

Steve Jacobs, President of Global BioPharm Solutions, explains his background and how the Myers Briggs Type Indicator applies to working in teams.

Shift your perspective on how people think and process information with this thought-provoking exercise.

This lesson discusses what the MBTI is and what it is not.

Learn the history of how the MBTI was developed.

Steve Introduces you to Jung’s 4 MBTI dichotomies in this brief lesson.

Understand how the focus and attention of extroverts and introverts differ from one another.

This lesson explores the difference in preference between extroverts and introverts regarding focus and attention.

In terms of values, style, and more, these are the key differences between extraversion and introversion.

Find out how sensers and intuitives take in information and present it.

With a simple activity, Steve explores the differences in how sensors and intuitives may perceive an image.

Learn more about how sensers and intuitives see the world.

Steve details what the main focus is for thinkers and feelers when making decisions.

How do thinkers and feelers make decisions? Steve outlines the two’s preferences in decision-making.

Understand how thinkers and feelers perceive each other, as well as where their values and approaches lie.

This lesson reveals how those with perceiving preferences and judging preferences orient themselves to the world.

Delve into the preferences of judging and perceiving folks by considering how you would plan a vacation and what that says about your preference.

Steve sums up the major differences between judging and perceiving.

Once you have your four-letter personality type, how do you interpret your results of the MBTI? Steve provides examples.

Find out if your personality type can change, and how to find your “best fit” if you’re between two personality types.

Learn about the broad spectrum of abilities that leaders need to successfully lead any team, regardless of preference.

Discover which personality types are most common in the U.S., including which types most executives are.

Steve hopes that the first portion of the presentation has helped you realize what you’re wired for and what your thinking style is.

Get ready to take what you learned about yourself and your MBTI and apply it to how you can work on your team.

You may have never heard of Tuckman’s Team Development Model, but maybe you know it by a different name! Steve explains the stages of this model.

Understand which part of Tuckman’s Team Process is the most essential for moving through the stages.

Review the MBTI preferences with Steve, before we make the connection to team stages.

Discover what challenges may arise in an ESFJ-managed team in the forming stage.

Uncover what challenges may occur in the storming stage with a highly empathetic team led by an ISTJ manager.

Using the example of a heavily intuitive team with an INFJ manager, find out if this team has what it takes to move on to the performing stage.

What does a wildly successful team look like in the performing stage? Steve also discusses what happens if a team member is lost or gained.

Going forward, Steve explains how you can thrive with the knowledge of your thinking style and working in teams.