NEWSLETTER FROM THE

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE

TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

MBTI Exercise You Can Use

Each issue we will share a Type activity that you can use with groups or individuals.  This one is from Eileen Broer.  Thanks, Eileen! 

Title: T-F Exercise - When do you say "I'm Sorry"? 

Purpose: I have used this exercise to help people understand a characteristic of those who prefer Feeling as contrasted with those who prefer Thinking.   Steve Myers (http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk) shared this one with me.  I've used it with U.S. based groups and with mixed cultural teams of Europeans and Asians, and have had the same results with both.  read more . . .

Results of Our Recent Survey

Leadership, Midlife and Shadow 

Here are the results of our recent brief four-question survey.  Almost all of our members responded, and 33% of our entire mailing list responded.  This is a very good response and we thank those of you who did, as the results have helped the Board meet your needs.

The workshop topics of most interest to you are:

 52% Leadership

40% Midlife

40% Inferior function, Shadow  36% MBTI Step II®

36%Career Development

36%Coaching Managers

32%Self Dev/Life Stages

32%MBTI StepIII®

32%Teams

24%Temperament

20% Life Coaching

20%Eight Functions

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Nuggets From Hile Rutledge Workshop Who's Driving The Car?

By Eileen Broer

We learned about Type dynamics in a humorous and engaging way at Hile Rutledge's RMAPT workshop in Denver, Using Type Dynamics as a Development Tool.

     Hile had us taking turns sitting in four chairs in the front of the room, arranged like the four seats in a car and playing each of the four type functions.  In the driver's seat, of course we had the driver (Dominant).  Next to the driver (the front seat passenger) someone played the Auxiliary function.  There were also two passengers in the back seat -- Tertiary behind the front passenger, and Inferior behind the driver.  Hile had us play these parts showing how they interact (or not!) for several whole Types.  This highly interactive and kinesthetic learning exercise brought type dynamics to life and made it memorable.   

Hile told us that type dynamics is the "gold of Jung's theory."  Here are some of the nuggets I took home: 

-Dominant function - most dependable, most reliable, most trustworthy, most manageable, most predictable and the most favored function of one's personality.  It is, in theory, the most conscious "commanding general" or "boss" of one's personality.

-Auxiliary function - the second most dependable, reliable, trustworthy, manageable,  predictable and favored function.  Myers called it the "loyal lieutenant" or aide-de-camp, and its mission is to work in support of the dominant. read more...