Business Performance Group

The PSI is based on Carl Jung’s theory of personality types. Jung found recognizable and repeated patterns in behaviors linked to our conscious perceiving of the world, our decision making about the world, our attitudes toward life, and our relationship to the expectations of the world. These patterns, for almost all of the people Jung observed or read about, fell into 1 of several pairs of reactions. We all engage in all of these behaviors, but almost always engage in only 1 of each pair with any facility.
 
The pairs of reactions — or personal style preferences — include:

• Extraversion or Introversion
• Sensing or Intuiting
• Thinking or Feeling
• Perceiving or Judging

How It Works

Individuals respond to a series of 32 statements, each describing a behavior associated with 1 of the 4 pairs of personal style preferences. The result is a personality style preference profile that is abbreviated by a combination of four letters (i.e., ISTP = Introverted/Sensing/Thinking/Perceiving).

A powerful tool for both individuals and teams, the PSI also includes a chart for recording team member personality types, questions for team discussion, and detailed instructions for developing a team profile and conducting a complete workshop.
 
Uses for the PSI

The PSI is effective when used as a stand-alone learning instrument or as part of a more comprehensive training program. It’s the perfect start to a style-awareness training program or to programs for:

• Personal Style
• Communication
• Diversity
• Team Building

What to Order/Product Contents:

Order 1 Facilitator Guide per trainer and 1 Participant Guide per participant.

   Facilitator Guide includes:

• Administrative guidelines
• Theoretical background
• Experiential Training Model
• Tips on interacting with each personality type
• Complete 3-hour individual and team workshop designs
• Alternative training designs
• Blank training outline
• Optional activities
• Sample copy of the Participant Guide
• CD-ROM containing Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations and reproducible masters including a Certificate of Achievement, Training Evaluation, and overhead transparency masters
• Binder format

   Participant Guide includes:

• 32-item inventory
• Pressure-sensitive scoring form
• Descriptions of the 8 dimensions of personality and the 16 Basic Personal Styles
• Interpretive information
• Insights on how strengths of different styles supplement each other
• The Strength/Weakness Paradox
• Charts for scoring individual and team results
• Individual action planning
• Team discussion questions

Key Training Points:

• Identify preference for 1 of 16 personality styles
• Explore the potential strengths and weaknesses of each personality style
• Understand how each style is likely to affect other individuals and/or group members
• Discover how to capitalize on strengths of others

Product type: Assessment

Available languages: English