Work Types

by Kummerow, Jean M.; Barger, Nancy J.; Kirby, Linda K.

• ISBN13: 9780446672177
• ISBN10: 0446672173
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

Based on the work of Carl Jung, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is the psychological profile employed by thousands of professionals worldwide. Now, three Myers-Briggs experts show how individuals can use this revealing profile them to recognize their own work style, enabling them to overcome the obstacles of day-to-day tasks and successfully adjust to the constant changes in the work world.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1	(5)
Solutions for Real Problems	2	(1)
Psychological Type	3	(1)
Who Should Read This Book	4	(1)
Reading This Book	5	(1)
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO TYPE	6	(20)
The Office Awakens	6	(2)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Psychological Type	8	(8)
Ways of Getting and Directing Energy: Extraversion (E) and Introversion (I)	10	(1)
Ways of Taking In or Gathering Information: Sensing (S) and Intuition (N)	11	(2)
Ways of Making Decisions: Thinking (T) and Feeling (F)	13	(1)
Organizing our Lives: Judging (J) and Perceiving (P)	14	(2)
Psychological Type and the MBTI	16	(1)
The Sixteen Types	17	(6)
Using Type Knowledge to Help You at Work	23	(3)
Personalizing Type	24	(2)
How Not to Use Type at Work	25	(1)
CHAPTER 2 COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT	26	(29)
Communication	27	(1)
Communication Styles: What's Type Got to Do with It?	27	(12)
Improving Your Communication Skills	39	(9)
Additional Contributions of Type to Communication	48	(4)
Conflict Resolution	52	(3)
Type and Conflict	53	(2)
CHAPTER 3 TIME MANAGEMENT	55	(27)
Time Management in Action	55	(3)
What's Your Time-Management Style?	57	(1)
Time Management Defined	58	(1)
Type and Time Management	59	(16)
Adding Psychological Type to Time Management in Action	75	(4)
Improving Your Time-Management Skills	79	(3)
CHAPTER 4 MEETINGS	82	(25)
Meeting Management in Action	82	(4)
The Importance of Meeting Management	86	(2)
Type and Meeting Management	88	(11)
Adding Psychological Type to Meeting Management in Action	99	(6)
Revisiting the Example	99	(6)
Important Points to Remember	105	(2)
CHAPTER 5 LEADING: BEING IN CHARGE	107	(19)
Leaders We Have Known	107	(3)
Some Leadership Styles	110	(7)
FJ (ISFJ, ESFJ, INFJ, and ENFJ) Leaders	110	(2)
TP (ISTP, ESTP, INTP, AND ENTP) Leaders	112	(1)
TJ (ISTJ, ESTJ, INTJ, and ENTJ) Leaders	113	(2)
FP (ISFP, INFP, ESFP, ENFP) Leaders	115	(2)
Effective Decision-Making	117	(8)
Questions to Aid Decision-Making	118	(2)
Decision-Making Styles	120	(5)
Enhancing Ways of Leading and Following	125	(1)
CHAPTER 6 TEAMWORK	126	(25)
A New Team Is Forming	126	(4)
What Is a Team and How Does Type Impact Teamwork?	130	(2)
Type and Our Team	132	(1)
Effective Teams	133	(1)
Team Process Issues	134	(4)
Type and Working Agreements	135	(3)
Team Relationship Issues	138	(7)
Viewing Others from Our Own Perspective: Type Bias	139	(2)
Warning Signs of Type Bias	141	(2)
Tips for Dealing with Type Bias	143	(2)
Analyzing Your Team	145	(3)
If You Know the Types on Your Team	145	(3)
Using Type Knowledge When You Don't Know People's Types	148	(1)
Teams That Work	148	(1)
Revisiting Our Team	149	(1)
Tips for Teamwork	150	(1)
CHAPTER 7 EXPLORING ANOTHER LEVEL OF TYPE	151	(16)
The Importance of Balance	152	(1)
Balance between Extraverting and Introverting	152	(1)
Balance between Gathering Information and Making Decisions	152	(1)
What Happens When We Don't Have Balance?	153	(1)
The Importance of the Favorite Function: A Type's Core Identity	153	(8)
The Favorite Functions of Each Type	155	(2)
What Do These Eight Favorite Functions Look Like in Action?	157	(1)
Cautions of Sterotyping	158	(1)
Balancing the Dominant Function	159	(2)
Type Development	161	(4)
The Favorite Function in Childhood	161	(2)
Balance Provided by the Second Favorite	163	(1)
The Impact of Environment	164	(1)
Midlife and Beyond	164	(1)
Using Type Dynamics and Development at Work	165	(2)
CHAPER 8 CHANGE	167	(27)
A Change Is About to Take Place	167	(2)
Current Models of Change	169	(2)
The Change Process for Individuals	171	(15)
1. Reasons for the Change	171	(5)
2. The Role of the Past	176	(5)
3. Decide Specifically What Needs to Be Changed	181	(1)
4. Getting What You Need	182	(4)
Example Revisited	186	(6)
Moving Our Group Forward	190	(2)
Dealing More Effectively with Organizational Change	192	(2)
CHAPTER 9 STRESS	194	(23)
Interaction of Type Preferences and Stress	195	(2)
Extraversion -- Introversion	195	(1)
Sensing -- Intuition	195	(1)
Thinking -- Feeling	196	(1)
Judging -- Perceiving	196	(1)
Typical Work Acctivities and Type Preferences	197	(3)
What Can You Do?	199	(1)
Some Warning Signs of Stress: Type Exaggeration	200	(9)
What Does Exaggeration Look Like in Different Types?	201	(7)
Getting Back in Balance	208	(1)
Extreme Stress: The "Grip" of the Inferior Function	209	(5)
The Extraverts	210	(2)
The Introverts	212	(2)
A Recap: Important Points About Using Type in Stress Management	214	(3)
Helping Yourself	214	(2)
Dealing with Others Who Are Highly Stressed	216	(1)
CHAPTER 10 MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TYPE AT WORK	217	(26)
Communication	218	(3)
Conflict	221	(2)
Time Management	223	(3)
Meetings	226	(3)
Leading	229	(3)
Teamwork	232	(1)
Change	233	(4)
Stress	237	(4)
Summary	241	(2)
CONCLUSION	243	(3)
Cautions in Applying Psychological Type	243	(1)
Additional Resources	244	(1)
Constructive Use of Differences: An Example	245	(1)
NOTES	246	(4)
FURTHER READING	250