It’s one of the most common questions I hear from MBTI® professionals: “I don’t want to reinvent the wheel. Is there a ready-to-use MBTI® team-building workshop I can get my hands on?”
And the answer is, “Finally, yes!”
Using the MBTI® instrument as a foundation, the Optimizing Team Performance (OTP) program offers an innovative, mix-and-match modular format that allows you to design and deliver workshops that best meet your clients’ team needs. The OTP Leader’s Guide and CD include everything you need to introduce the MBTI® assessment to team members and deliver any combination of six team-building applications modules, and include sample program and administration emails, timelines, scripts, activities, and PowerPoint slides.
This program is approved for 7 continuing education credits for the MBTI®Master Practitioner Credential Program.
You’ll select one of three Type Introduction modules to open the OTP workshop:
- Type Introduction #1: This two-hour module is designed for participants who will complete the MBTI® instrument on-line prior to the OTP program, and includes an introduction to the concept of personality preferences, a description of the eight preferences, a review of the participant MBTI® Reports, and a review of the full-page personality type descriptions.
- Type Introduction #2: This two-hour module is designed for participants who will complete the MBTI® Self-Scorable instrument prior to the OTP program, and includes content identical to that of Type Introduction #1, but also includes scoring of the MBTI® Self-Scorable Report.
- Type Introduction Review: This 20-minute module is designed for participants who have recently completed the MBTI® instrument, and includes a review of the preference descriptions and a review of the full-page personality type descriptions.
You’ll add any one of the following six modules, or any combination of these modules, to a Type Introduction module to form a complete OTP program. Alternatively, you can pick and choose activities from the various modules and assemble a workshop that you think best suits your team’s needs.
- Optimizing Team Communication (4 hours)
- Experience communication differences of the 8 MBTI® preferences
- Learn to spot verbal and non-verbal “type cues”
- Examine the influence of type on email communication
- Practice flexing your style to better meet the communication needs of others
- Commit to specific behavioral changes to optimize team communication
- Optimizing Team Strengths (3.5 hours)
- Discover type differences via the Living Type Table activity
- Assess team strengths and challenges via the team type table analysis
- Commit to specific changes in order to optimize team performance
- Optimizing Conflict Management (3 hours)
- Analyze conflict comfort & type preferences
- Identify type-related conflict areas
- Discuss do’s and don’ts when dealing with conflict
- Discover a type-related model for using in conflict situations
- Commit to specific behavioral changes to optimize conflict management
- Optimizing Change Management (2 hours)
- Discuss a model of organizational change
- Identify how type affects responses to change
- Apply type to change implementation and management
- Commit to specific behavioral changes to optimize change management
- Optimizing Stress Management (2.5 hours)
- Discover the dynamic interplay of the personality type preferences
- Discuss the impact of stress on type
- Identify type-related energizers, stressors, and stress-reactions
- Discover type-specific strategies for returning to normal
- Commit to specific behavioral changes to optimize stress management
- Optimizing Individual Development (2 hours)
- Identify type-specific strengths, contributions, and challenges
- Discover potential type development needs and related development suggestions
- Examine the congruence between best-fit type vs. work type
How do I get the OTP Program?
The OTP Leader’s Guide, CD, and related materials are available through the full-day OTP Train-the-Trainer workshop. In this workshop, you’ll:
- Learn the OTP program flow and format
- Observe the facilitation of OTP activities
- Participate in OTP activities
- Gain the knowledge and confidence you need to deliver effective OTP programs
The cost for the workshop is $575 per person, which includes the OTP Leader’s Guide, CD, and related materials. The workshop runs from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm.
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