Team development
Talking psychometrics with the Start, Scale, Grow podcast
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Kevin Wood, Global Marketing
Talent selection, remote working, and psychological safety are among the topics covered on the Start, Scale, Grow podcast with consulting psychologist Cameron Nott
How Australia Post used MBTI personality type to build trust and increase productivity
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Vanessa Bradford
Managers have a lot on their plate – from exceeding customer expectations to taking care of their employees. This blog explains how sales and operations managers at Australia Post improved company success by using the MBTI personality assessment to build trust and collaboration.
Why knowing your personality type is critical to a growth mindset
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Global Marketing, The Myers-Briggs Company
If people think ability is innate, it could be holding them back
How personality type affects team performance and job satisfaction
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Global Marketing, The Myers-Briggs Company
New research sends clear message to team leaders
Why and how innovative organizations welcome conflict
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Global Marketing, The Myers-Briggs Company
Effective conflict management is a pillar of high-performing organizations
Uncover the (in)visible elements of team success
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Author Vanessa Bradford
There are many psychological factors that affect team success. This article helps managers and leaders understand how those factors affect performance – and why the MBTI personality assessment is one of the best opportunities for growth.
Leadership wake-up call: how’s your team’s orientation?
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Vanessa Bradford
In the workplace, there are hidden elements that can make or break team success. This blog post helps managers and leaders understand the importance of team orientation – and the role inclusive leadership plays in boosting it.
To build better teams, start by building trust
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Vanessa Bradford
At work, there are hidden elements that can make or break team success. This blog post helps managers and leaders understand how inclusion – and inclusive leadership – cultivates the trust and psychological safety that teams need to be effective.
The worst thing about teams? Poor leaders
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Kevin Wood, The Myers-Briggs Company
New research explores team performance, job satisfaction, and the role of personality type
Enhancing communication in teams
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
In this post we explore practical strategies for improving team communication and recommend tips to improve how team members interact on the job.
Working Across Cultures
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
What are the biggest challenges people face working across cultures? Listen to this episode of The Myers-Briggs Company Podcast with Frank Garten, cross-cultural expert and global leadership trainer to learn how to mitigate cultural challenges and improve communication.
Overcoming team communication challenges
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
In this post, based on an interview with Myers-Briggs Professional Services Principal Consultant and Depth Psychologist Dr. Marta Koonz, we discuss communication in teams, the psychological needs of teams, and their impact on collaboration.
Happiness and profit are synergistic
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Global Marketing, The Myers-Briggs Company
Why well-being is crucial to employee and organizational performance
To be an inclusive leader, you need to understand and respect personality preferences
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Global Marketing
What does inclusion look like for executives and the people they lead?
In-person development and the importance of human synchronization
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
What is human synchronization and why is it important for learning and development trainers, consultants and coaches to consider?
Measuring the behaviors of successful, inclusive leaders with the FIRO-B tool
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Author Vanessa Bradford
Did you know that interpersonal behaviors can be measured in an objective way? Through the FIRO-B® assessment, HR professionals and leadership consultants can check how well a person’s behaviors cultivate inclusion and success in the workplace.
Inclusion is a priority, but how do leaders actually become inclusive?
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Global Marketing
Research shows there’s a self-perception gap when leaders assess their inclusion efforts
Introverts in conflict: what we learned in 2022
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Kevin Wood, The Myers-Briggs Company
New research and data shows how different personality types approach conflict. But what does it mean for Introverted types?
Will Gen Z usher in a new generation of work-related conflict?
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Global Marketing
Awareness of different approaches to conflict could help multi-generational workforces understand each other and work together better.
Use conflict as a health check for your team
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Kevin Wood, The Myers-Briggs Company
Is lack of conflict a sign of dysfunction? And what do people feel about conflict today?
How to build a more effective hybrid workplace
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Global Marketing, The Myers-Briggs Company
Paying closer attention to employee needs is the way to make remote, in-office, and hybrid teams function better
What are the new sources of conflict at work?
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Kevin Wood, The Myers-Briggs Company
Learn the types and causes of conflict to be better prepared in how you manage conflict
Conflict at work: what are your options?
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
If conflict management is something you dread, here’s how to start turning it around
Conflict Management
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
How can conflict management save organizations money?
Leadership, Extraversion & Introversion
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
What should leaders be aware of about these well-known personality differences?
Introducing The Myers-Briggs Company Podcast
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
The Myers-Briggs Company is launching a new podcast about psychology, personality, work life, and how to get the best from life.
Were you asked if you wanted to go back to the office?
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Kevin Wood, The Myers-Briggs Company
If not, you might be part of a hybrid strategy that’s about to fail.
Social contracts, returning to the office and retaining your people in the new hybrid workplace
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
As employees return to the office, they’re expecting more flexibility in their social contracts with employers. How can HR help?
Using interpersonal needs to make the hybrid model work for teams
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
Is it possible to get the best of both worlds with hybrid work?
How to develop high potential people using MBTI personality insights
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Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
HR professionals get insight into team dynamics, individual strengths and more with potential leaders when using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment.
Using Personality Assessments for Team Building
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Melissa Summer, Global Content Marketing Manager
How can personality assessments like the MBTI tool help teams work together more effectively and understand each other better?
Patrick Lencioni on team trust, vulnerability, and the MBTI® assessment
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Kevin Wood, Writer at The Myers-Briggs Company
The author of 5 Dysfunctions of a Team shares his insights on the MBTI assessment for individual and team development...
The Platinum Rule for business
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Rachel Cubas-Wilkinson, Senior Consultant, The Myers-Briggs Company
How observing the Platinum Rule builds stronger workplace relationships
Trust and remote working
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Helen Rayner, Thought Leadership Lead Consultant, The Myers-Briggs Company
What can you do to help maintain positive relationships remotely?
People need people!
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Nikhita Blackburn, Thought Leadership Lead Consultant, The Myers-Briggs Company
Tips for working from home
Making a social impact
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Helen Denny, Head of Global Customer Experience, The Myers-Briggs Company
Reflections on our first charity partnership
The importance of purpose
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Will Cleare, Head of HR (Europe), The Myers-Briggs Company
How developing your business goals can increase engagement
The changing shape of teams
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The Myers-Briggs Company
Teams and Google’s Project Aristotle
Type and teams
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Helen Rayner, Lead Consultant at The Myers-Briggs Company
Take our survey on personality and teamwork
How to motivate the people you manage
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Melissa Summer, PR and Content Marketing Manager at The Myers-Briggs Company
Motivation - more than 'get it done’
Six things managers and executives can do to improve company culture
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Jeff Hayes, President and CEO of The Myers-Briggs Company
6 things managers and executives can do
Are some personality types happier than others?
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The Myers-Briggs Company
Read our latest research on well-being
Are you a gig worker?
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John Hackston, Head of Thought Leadership for The Myers-Briggs Company
If you aren’t sure, read on…
The Psychology of Change
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Melissa Summer, Content Marketing and PR Manager at The Myers-Briggs Company
There’s an important part of business growth that’s often overlooked – change.
The changing world of work
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MBTI Talk
PeopleFWD 2018 promises insights and practical solutions
Together, not together
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John Hackston, Head of Thought Leadership, OPP
Want to stop people speaking to each other? Put them in an open-plan office
Hidden figures
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Katy Lyne, Principal Consultant, OPP
Gender, leadership and the pressure of organisational culture
Le Tour de France – it's all about high-performing teams
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Claire Bremner, Senior Consultant at OPP
Cycling-inspired tips for team and leadership development
Decoding communication issues between MBTI Types
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Betsy Kendall, COO and Head of Professional Services, OPP
Inside-Outside Typies - a new way to explore Type dynamics by combining Typies and Core Characters
Introducing the Core Characters of Type
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Betsy Kendall, COO and Head of Professional Services, OPP
How can we make it easier to talk about the real power of MBTI: Type dynamics?
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