Focus on Underlying Motives: The Key to More Productive Conflict
FLEX TALK: Understanding Yourself and others Better through MBTI Personality Type Theory
Focus on Underlying Motives: The Key to More Productive Conflict
Center for Training and Education, Linda Dillon-Jones, Ph.D., Director, Instructor
10/09/08, 8:30 - 11:30, 2024 E. Monument Street, Suite 2-1000
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12/18/08, 9:00 - 4:00pm, Johns Hopkins at Eastern, Room B102
Registration:http://training.jhu.edu
Understanding the behavior that governs your interaction with others is the first step in reducing interpersonal conflict. This one-day workshop will help you understand your personal strengths in relating to others under two conditions: when things are going well, and when you are faced with disagreement that may produce conflict. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to better deploy your personal strenghts,that is,move strategically to take a position for more effective action. You will also understand how the predictable manner in which you behave during conflict impacts the way others respond to you and, ultimately, your relationships with them.
**Registration for this course must be completed one week prior to the class date so that the Strength Deployment Inventory can be completed prior to the class session.
FLEX Talk: Understanding Yourself and Others Better Through MBTI Personality Type Theory
Center for Training and Education, Linda Dillon-Jones, Ph.D., Director, Instructor
12/02/08, 9:00 - 4:00, 2024 E. Monument Street, Suite 2-1000Registration:http://training.jhu.edu
Communication matters. It’s at the heart of how professional people function effectively. Even people who communicate well typically would volunteer that they also believe they could communicate better. Better and more influential communication can provide an advantage to everyone, especially in understanding individuals whose preferred behavior is different than your own. This course strengthens participants’ self-awareness as individuals and leaders by providing feedback on key components of personality as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and offers a review of how participants can use the cues which they see in the behavior of others to provide insights into what their Myers-Briggs personality type might be, thus providing opportunities to flex their own behavior to more effectively work with others. This approach offers a greater opportunity to build a rapport with others, and to influence their decision making and behavior by understanding their preferences for the type of data they normally value most, and the ways in which they most often use it to make choices. Psychological Assessment: Participants are offered the opportunity to complete the MBTI Step II in advance. Small group activities will be structured around MBTI preferences, and in order to participate fully in the sessions, we do ask that you be willing to share your four-letter MBTI code (although personal scores do not need to be shared). If you do not wish to complete the assessment in advance, or to have your Myers-Briggs type known to the group, please let the course coordinator know in advance. In this case, you’re welcome to attend as an observer, but may not receive the most advantage from your participation since you won’t have your personal data to consider during discussions.
