MYERSBRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
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| STEP II
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INTERPRETIVE REPORT
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Prepared for
ELIZABETH SAMPLE
March 7, 2020
Interpreted by
Beth Consultant
ABC Consulting Partners
INTERPRETIVE REPORT
MYERSBRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
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ELIZABETH SAMPLE
INFJ | 2
YOUR REPORT CONTAINS
• Your Step I
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Results
• Your Step II
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Facet Results
• Applying Step II
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Results to
Communicating
• Applying Step II
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Results to
Making Decisions
• Applying Step II
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Results to
Managing Change
• Applying Step II
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Results to
Managing Conflict
• How the Parts of Your Personality
Work Together
• Integrating Step I
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and Step II
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Information
• Using Type to Gain Understanding
• Overview of Your Results
About Your Report
Your Myers-Briggs
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Step II
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Interpretive Report is an in-depth,
personalized description of your personality preferences,
derived from your answers to the MBTI
®
assessment. It
includes your Step I
™
results and your four-letter type, along
with your Step II results, which show some of the unique ways
you express your Step I type.
The MBTI assessment was developed by Isabel Myers and Katharine Briggs as
an application of Carl Jung’s theory of personality types. This theory suggests
that we have opposite ways of directing and receiving energy (Extraversion or
Introversion), taking in information (Sensing or Intuition), deciding or coming
to conclusions about that information (Thinking or Feeling), and approaching
the outside world (Judging or Perceiving).
Everyone can and does use each of these eight parts of personality at least
some of the time but prefers one in each pair over the other, just as most
people have a natural preference for using one hand rather than the other.
No preference in a pair is better or more desirable than its opposite.
The MBTI assessment does not measure your skills or abilities in any area.
Rather, it is a tool to help you become aware of your particular style and to
better understand and appreciate the helpful ways that people dier from
one another.
Extraversion
You focus on the outside
world and get energy through
interacting with people
and/or doing things.
Introversion
You focus on the inner world
and get energy through
reflecting on information,
ideas, and/or concepts.
Sensing
You notice and trust facts,
details, and present realities.
Intuition
You attend to and trust
interrelationships, theories,
and future possibilities.
Thinking
You make decisions using
logical analysis to
achieve objectivity.
Feeling
You make decisions using
person-centered values to
achieve harmony.
Judging
You tend to be organized
and orderly and to make
decisions quickly.
Perceiving
You tend to be flexible and
adaptable and to keep your
options open as long as
possible.
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Your Step I
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Results
Your reported type came out to be ISFJ.
The type you verified as your best-fit type is
INFJ
Introversion | Intuition | Feeling | Judging
This report is based on your verified type.
INFJs are typically innovators in their areas of interest. They search for
the meaning of what they observe and apply their insights to human
development. They would rather focus on what they believe will make
a lasting dierence in people’s lives than on what’s popular with others.
Independent and individualistic, INFJs nevertheless value cooperation and
harmony. They work to communicate their ideas to others and also validate
others’ ideas. They would rather win cooperation than demand it. However,
INFJs may develop a single-minded devotion to their ideas and feel frustrated
when others don’t understand those ideas quickly.
They are most interested in helping people see new possibilities. They like
others to develop a deeper understanding of themselves and often work
one-on-one to help individuals do so. INFJs follow through conscientiously
on what’s important to them. They are likely to be organized, although
occasionally they may miss relevant details.
INFJs are likely to be most satisfied in a work environment that encourages
people to develop to their fullest potential. People can count on them to
recognize and stay focused on the big issues that aect everyone.
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ELIZABETH SAMPLE
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STEP II
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FACETS
Extraversion
Initiating
Expressive
Gregarious
Active
Enthusiastic
Introversion
Receiving
Contained
Intimate
Reflective
Quiet
Sensing
Concrete
Realistic
Practical
Experiential
Traditional
Intuition
Abstract
Imaginative
Conceptual
Theoretical
Original
Thinking
Logical
Reasonable
Questioning
Critical
Tough
Feeling
Empathetic
Compassionate
Accommodating
Accepting
Tender
Judging
Systematic
Planful
Early Starting
Scheduled
Methodical
Perceiving
Casual
Open-Ended
Pressure-Prompted
Spontaneous
Emergent
Your Step II
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Facet Results
The MBTI Step II assessment indicates some of the complexity of your
personality by showing your results on five dierent parts, or facets, for each
of the Step I preference pairs, as shown on the left. Knowing your results
on these 20 facets can help you better understand your unique way of
experiencing and expressing your type.
Facts About the Facets
• The five facets within a preference do not cover or explain the full
meaning of the preference.
• Each facet has a theme, such as “Ways to connect with others.”
• Each facet has two opposite poles (e.g., Initiating and Receiving).
• The facets are scored dierently than are the preferences, and so your
five facet scores don’t add up to your Step I preference score.
How to Read Your Step II
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Results
The next few pages show graphs of your facet results. Each graph includes
• Brief descriptions of two opposite MBTI Step I preferences.
• The names of the five facet poles associated with each Step I preference
and three descriptive words or phrases for each pole.
• A line indicating your score. The length of the line shows how clearly you
scored toward that pole.
– You are more likely to favor the pole on the same side as your Step I
preference, an in-preference result, represented by a score of 2–5 on a
blue background. Thus you are more likely to favor the Initiating pole if you
prefer Extraversion and the Receiving pole if you prefer Introversion.
– Or you might favor a pole that is opposite to your Step I preference, an out-
of-preference result, represented by a score of 2–5 on the opposite side on
a dark green background.
– Or you might show no clear preference for either pole, a midzone result,
represented by a score of 0 or 1 on either side on a light green background.
Below each graph is a chart describing your facet results. The left column lists
the facet theme (e.g., “Ways to connect with others”), your facet result, and
its category (in-preference, out-of-preference, or midzone). The middle and
right columns list ways people with your facet results are typically described.
If a set of statements in the chart doesn’t seem to fit, perhaps you would
be better described by the opposite pole or the midzone. To understand an
opposite facet pole, read the short descriptors for each in the graph above.
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MYERSBRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
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OUT-OF-PREFERENCE MIDZONE IN-PREFERENCE
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RECEIVING
Reserved, low-key,
are introduced
INTIMATE
Seek intimacy, one-on-one,
find individuals
REFLECTIVE
Onlooker, prefer space,
read and write
QUIET
Calm, enjoy solitude,
seek background
CONTAINED
Controlled, harder to know,
private
INITIATING
Sociable, congenial,
introduce people
GREGARIOUS
Want to belong, broad
circle, join groups
ACTIVE
Interactive, want contact,
listen and speak
ENTHUSIASTIC
Lively, energetic,
seek spotlight
EXPRESSIVE
Demonstrative, easier to
know, self-revealing
EXTRAVERSION
Directing energy toward the outer world
of people and objects
INTROVERSION
Directing energy toward the inner world
of experience and ideas
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Ways to connect with others
INITIATINGRECEIVING
midzone
Appear at ease socially in familiar situations,
and much less so in large social gatherings.
Are willing to introduce people to each other if
no one else does so, but would prefer not to.
Will initiate conversations in social situations
with people you already know or if your role
calls for this.
Communicating feelings,
thoughts, interests
EXPRESSIVE
out-of-preference
Talk a lot and are seen as sociable rather
than reserved.
Want people close to you to be as expressive
of their feelings as you are.
Typically talk about your deepest feelings
only with intimate friends.
Open up with those you don’t know well
when you feel secure.
Are seen as energetic and enthusiastic.
May be seen as dominating a conversation
when you seek in-depth answers to your
questions.
Breadth and depth of
relationships
GREGARIOUSINTIMATE
midzone
Like large group activities or one-on-one
conversations at dierent times.
Find that your degree of comfort with
strangers depends on the situation.
Appear outgoing at times and reserved at
other times.
May not want many intense intimate
relationships.
Ways to communicate,
socialize, learn
ACTIVEREFLECTIVE
midzone
Talk in person about personal information
and communicate technical information in
writing.
Prefer to learn new subject matter through
face-to-face contact.
Can be at ease actively participating in
events or quietly observing them.
If familiar with the subject, prefer to learn
more by reading.
Level and kind of energy
ENTHUSIASTICQUIET
midzone
Readily show enthusiasm when you know
the people or the topic well; otherwise, you
stay in the background.
Find your desire for quiet or action depends
on how full or quiet your day has been.
Are seen quite dierently by the people who
regularly see your enthusiastic side and the
people who regularly see your quiet side.
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MIDZONEOUT-OF-PREFERENCE IN-PREFERENCE
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CONCRETE
Exact facts, literal,
tangible
PRACTICAL
Pragmatic, results oriented,
applied
EXPERIENTIAL
Hands-on, empirical,
trust experience
TRADITIONAL
Conventional, customary,
tried-and-true
REALISTIC
Sensible, matter-of-fact,
seek eciency
ABSTRACT
Figurative, symbolic,
intangible
CONCEPTUAL
Scholarly, idea oriented,
intellectual
THEORETICAL
Seek patterns, hypothetical,
trust theories
ORIGINAL
Unconventional, dierent,
new and unusual
IMAGINATIVE
Resourceful, inventive,
seek novelty
SENSING
Focusing on what can be perceived
using the five senses
INTUITION
Focusing on perceiving patterns
and interrelationships
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Focus of attention
CONCRETE
out-of-preference
Can shift focus between present realities
and the big picture.
May find it hard to let go of whatever has
grabbed your attention; if this is a habit, you
may see things very dierently than other
people do.
May tend to develop theories based on too
few facts.
May disagree with others about which data
are relevant.
How information is used
REALISTIC
out-of-preference
Respect and use common sense.
Are seen by others as pragmatic and
ecient.
Know how to take things apart and put them
back together.
How ideas are used
CONCEPTUAL
in-preference
Enjoy the role of scholar and thinker.
Like acquiring new knowledge for its
own sake.
Value mental virtuosity.
Focus on the concept, not its application.
Prefer starting with an idea.
Find that practical uses for your ideas may
come as afterthoughts.
Kind of knowledge trusted
THEORETICAL
in-preference
Trust theory and believe it has a reality of
its own.
Enjoy dealing with the intangible.
Are future oriented.
Like to invent new theories even more than
applying your “old” ones.
See almost everything as fitting into a
pattern or theoretical context.
Approach to traditions
TRADITIONAL
out-of-preference
Want to fit in with others.
Attend to the big picture rather than the
details of how things get done.
Avoid bringing lots of attention to yourself.
Like celebrating some holidays and family
events in special, traditional ways.
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EMPATHETIC
Personal, seek harmony,
central values
ACCOMMODATING
Approving, agreeable,
want harmony
ACCEPTING
Tolerant, trusting,
give praise
TENDER
Gentle, tenderhearted,
means oriented
COMPASSIONATE
Tactful, sympathetic,
loyal
LOGICAL
Impersonal, seek impartiality,
objective analysis
QUESTIONING
Precise, challenging,
want discussion
CRITICAL
Skeptical, want proof,
critique
TOUGH
Firm, tough-minded,
ends oriented
REASONABLE
Truthful, cause-and-eect,
apply principles
MIDZONE
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THINKING
Basing conclusions on logical analysis
with a focus on objectivity
FEELING
Basing conclusions on personal or social values
with a focus on harmony
OUT-OF-PREFERENCE IN-PREFERENCE
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Ideal decision-making
approach
EMPATHETIC
in-preference
Focus on how a decision may aect what’s
important to you and others.
Have a knack for identifying your own and
others’ feelings about an issue.
Are sensitive to the overall mood in a group.
Believe that following your personal
appraisal of a situation is the best way to
make a decision.
Weigh positive and negative feelings in a
situation and decide on that basis.
Actual decision-making
method
COMPASSIONATE
in-preference
Trust your own values as a reliable basis for
decision making.
Are in touch with your own and others’
feelings and values.
Are influenced by your likes and dislikes in
making decisions.
Subjectively decide, based on benefit and
harm to the people involved.
Ways to handle dierences
ACCOMMODATING
in-preference
Agree readily with others’ viewpoints to
achieve consensus.
Believe in compromise and collegiality.
Want to include people in your circle and have
them all agree.
Come across as modest and deferential.
See questioning as conveying criticism and
promoting conflict.
Will ask some questions when you feel
strongly about the issue.
Minimize dierences by emphasizing points
of agreement or by reframing the issue.
Communicating about
disagreements
ACCEPTING
in-preference
Focus on the good in people and situations.
Like to praise, forgive, and be kind to others.
Expect others to respond to you with
kindness.
Believe a win-win situation is usually
possible.
May be very disappointed when a win-win
outcome does not occur.
How to carry out decisions
TENDER
in-preference
Want people to like you and are seen as warm.
Use gentleness and aection to achieve your
objective.
Recognize that a purely rational decision
can’t always be achieved.
See lots of ways to arrive at an agreement.
Give others the benefit of the doubt.
Want everyone to feel good about the end
result.
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SYSTEMATIC
Orderly, structured,
dislike diversions
EARLY STARTING
Motivated by self-discipline,
steady progress, late start stressful
SCHEDULED
Want routine, make lists,
procedures help
METHODICAL
Plan specific tasks,
note subtasks, organized
PLANFUL
Future focused, advance
planner, make firm plans
CASUAL
Relaxed, easygoing,
welcome diversions
PRESSURE-PROMPTED
Motivated by pressure, bursts and
spurts, early start unstimulating
SPONTANEOUS
Want variety, enjoy the
unexpected, procedures hinder
EMERGENT
Plunge in, let strategies
emerge, adaptable
OPEN-ENDED
Present focused, go with the
flow, make flexible plans
MIDZONE
JUDGING
Preferring decisiveness and closure
PERCEIVING
Preferring flexibility and spontaneity
IN-PREFERENCE OUT-OF-PREFERENCE
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General organizational style
SYSTEMATIC
in-preference
Live by the motto “Be prepared!”
Plan for the worst-case scenario with many
contingencies in place.
Work within a superstructure of eciency.
Dislike any kind of diversion.
Don’t like surprises.
Approach to planning
PLANFUL
in-preference
Like to make long-range plans, especially for
leisure activities.
Enjoy looking ahead and planning for the
future.
May enjoy the planning more than the doing.
Feel that long-range planning makes you
more ecient and ensures that things will
happen the way you want.
Ways to manage time
pressures
EARLY STARTING
in-preference
Allow yourself plenty of time to accomplish an
activity eciently.
Don’t like feeling overwhelmed with too much
to do.
Arrange your world so you don’t have to deal
with last-minute rushes.
Work on multiple tasks comfortably by
starting ahead of time and working on each
task for short, concentrated periods of time.
Can’t forget incomplete tasks; feel calm and
satisfied when you complete something.
Use of schedules and routines
SCHEDULED
in-preference
Are comfortable with routines and don’t like
them upset.
Like established methods and procedures.
Others may be more aware of your routines
than you are.
Prefer to control how you spend your time.
Enjoy scheduling both work and fun
activities.
Appear rather predictable but like it that way.
Approach to completing
large tasks
METHODICAL
in-preference
Develop detailed plans for the task at hand.
Thoroughly prepare in precise ways,
specifying all the steps needed to
accomplish the goal.
Define the subtasks of your work, including
the order in which things should happen.
Are likely to deliver what you have prepared
in advance with little deviation.
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ELIZABETH SAMPLE
INFJ | 9
Applying Step II
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Results to Communicating
All aspects of your type influence how you communicate, especially as part of a team. Nine of the facets are particularly
relevant to communication. Your preferences for these nine facets along with tips for better communication appear
below.
In addition to the tips in the table, keep in mind that communication for every type includes
• Telling others what kind of information you need.
• Asking others what they need.
• Monitoring your impatience when other styles dominate.
• Realizing that others likely are not trying to annoy you when they use their own communication styles.
YOUR FACET RESULT COMMUNICATION STYLE ENHANCING YOUR STYLE
Initiating–Receiving
midzone
Are willing to introduce people to one another
if no one else is doing so.
Be sensitive to the situation when deciding
whether to take an initiating or a receiving role.
Expressive
Say whatever is on your mind to anyone who
will listen.
Recognize when it’s important not to say
what’s on your mind and then don’t say it.
Active–Reflective
midzone
Are comfortable interacting in person
or quietly observing, depending on the
circumstances.
Pay attention to the style of those with whom
you’re interacting and try to match that style.
Enthusiastic–Quiet
midzone
Show your enthusiasm or not, depending on
your interest in the topic.
Be aware that people will see dierent sides of
you (depending on the context) and may be
confused.
Concrete
Talk about the here-and-now detail. Be open to the inferences that can arise from
the details.
Accommodating
Seek to ensure harmony by being agreeable. Be aware that people may think you have no
real opinions or that you’re hiding your real
views; let them know what you care about.
Accepting
Take a naturally inclusive stance toward a
broad range of views.
Be aware that others may be frustrated by your
refusal to favor one view over the others.
Tender
Try to win people over to your point of view. Accept that someone may get hurt; sometimes
a win-win result is not possible.
Methodical
Identify the steps and their order before
starting a task.
Be tolerant of others who plunge in without
identifying steps.
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ELIZABETH SAMPLE
INFJ | 10
Applying Step II
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Results to Making Decisions
Eective decision making requires gathering information from a variety of perspectives and applying sound methods
of evaluating that information. Knowledge of the Step II facets gives us specific ways to enhance our decision making,
especially those facets related to Sensing, Intuition, Thinking, and Feeling. Below are general questions associated with
those facets. The facet poles you prefer are in blue italics. If you are in the midzone, neither pole is highlighted.
SENSING INTUITION
Concrete:
What do we know? How do we know it? Abstract: What else could this mean?
Realistic:
What are the real costs? Imaginative: What else can we come up with?
Practical:
Will it work? Conceptual: What other interesting ideas are there?
Experiential:
Can you show me how it works? Theoretical: How is it all interconnected?
Traditional:
Does anything really need changing? Original: What’s a new way to do this?
THINKING FEELING
Logical:
What are the pros and cons? Empathetic: What do we like and dislike?
Reasonable:
What are the logical consequences? Compassionate: What impact will this have on people?
Questioning:
But what about…? Accommodating: How can we make everyone happy?
Critical:
What’s wrong with this? Accepting: What’s beneficial in this?
Tough: Why aren’t we following through now? Tender: What about the people who will be hurt?
Six dierent ways of evaluating information, called decision-making styles, have been identified based on two facets of
the Thinking–Feeling preference pair: Logical–Empathetic and Reasonable–Compassionate.
Your style is Empathetic and Compassionate. This style means that you likely
• Trust the Feeling preference and readily make decisions based on your system of values.
• Recognize logical cause-and-eect factors but see them as secondary.
• Seek to create and maintain harmony through your decisions.
• Are seen as sensitive and tactful.
• Are sometimes seen as too kind and considerate.
In individual problem solving, start by asking all the questions in the
chart above.
• Pay careful attention to the answers. The questions that are
opposite to the ones in blue italics may be key since they
represent perspectives you aren’t likely to consider.
• Try to balance your decision-making style by considering the
less preferred parts of your personality.
In group problem solving, actively seek out people with dierent
views. Ask for their concerns and perspectives.
• Do a final check to make sure that all the questions above
have been asked and that dierent decision-making styles are
included.
• If you are missing a perspective, make extra eorts to consider
what it might add.
TIPS
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ELIZABETH SAMPLE
INFJ | 11
Applying Step II
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Results to Managing Change
Change seems to be inevitable and aects people in dierent ways. To help you deal with change,
• Be clear about what is changing and what is remaining the same.
• Identify what you need to know to understand the change and then seek out that information.
To help others deal with change,
• Encourage open discussion about the change; be aware that this is easier for some than for others.
• Make sure that both logical reasons and personal or social values have been considered.
Your personality type also influences your style of managing change, particularly your results on the nine facets below.
Review the facets and tips for enhancing your response to change.
YOUR FACET RESULT CHANGE MANAGEMENT STYLE ENHANCING YOUR STYLE
Expressive
Freely share your feelings about the change
with others.
Limit your expressiveness to those who
appreciate your style; give others time to think
things through.
Gregarious–Intimate
midzone
Talk to many or a few people, depending on
your situation and who is available.
Make sure to pick the most appropriate people
to talk to, not just those who are available.
Concrete
May get stuck on some aspects of change and
ignore others.
Ask someone to help you move from the facts
and details to reasonable possibilities.
Realistic
Focus on the commonsense aspects of
the change.
Realize that commonsense outcomes may not
be immediately apparent.
Theoretical
Put the change into a theoretical system. Recognize that people’s experiences may not
be explained adequately by your theory.
Traditional
Hope that many of the established ways of
doing things will continue.
Accept that some changes are necessary and
may promote continuity in the long run.
Tender
Want people aected by the changes treated
with kindness and consideration.
Decide how much insensitivity you can tolerate
and act accordingly.
Planful
Plan as far in advance as possible for the
changes.
Allow for the unexpected in your long-range
plan—it will happen!
Methodical
Detail the many steps necessary to implement
the changes.
Know that circumstances may require carefully
developed steps to be changed in the moment.
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ELIZABETH SAMPLE
INFJ | 12
Applying Step II
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Results to Managing Conflict
Conflicts are inevitable when working with others. People of distinct personality types may dier in what they define as
conflict, how they react to it, and how they reach resolution. Although sometimes unpleasant, conflicts often lead to
improved work situations and enhanced relationships.
Part of conflict management for every type includes
• Taking care of getting the work done while maintaining your relationships with the people involved.
• Recognizing that all perspectives have something to add, but any perspective used in its extreme and to the exclusion
of its opposite will ultimately impede conflict resolution.
The table below explains how your results on six Step II facets may aect your eorts to manage conflict.
YOUR FACET RESULT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STYLE ENHANCING YOUR STYLE
Expressive
Discuss the conflict and your emotional
reactions to it immediately.
Be aware that even though others may not
speak up immediately, they may feel strongly
about the issue.
Gregarious–Intimate
midzone
Involve either many people or a few trusted
others in resolving the conflict, depending on
the situation.
Make sure that your approach fits the particular
situation; you may need to either increase or
reduce the number of people you involve.
Accommodating
Try to create harmony by accommodating
dierent views.
Let people know when an issue is really
important to you and what you want; you may
be giving in too often.
Accepting
Look for points of agreement in others’
arguments and ideas.
Recognize that some things are really worthy
of criticism, so don’t insist on agreement.
Tender
Strive for cooperation and minimize points of
disagreement.
Recognize when cooperation is no longer
helpful; sometimes people need to agree to
disagree.
Early Starting
Believe conflicts can be avoided by starting
work on projects early.
Make allowances for people for whom starting
early isn’t comfortable or eective.
In addition to your facet results, your decision-making style (as explained earlier) aects how you manage conflict. Your
decision-making style is Empathetic and Compassionate. You are likely to focus on taking person-centered values into
account, believing that others who don’t are insensitive. To make your eorts to manage conflict more eective, be aware
of two possible extreme responses—giving in before others know your views, and insisting that your way be followed.
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How the Parts of Your Personality Work Together
The essence of type involves the way people take in information (Sensing or Intuition) and how they make decisions
(Thinking or Feeling). Each type has a favorite way of doing those two things. The two middle letters of your
four-letter type (S or N and T or F) show your favorite processes. Their opposites, whose letters don’t appear in your
four-letter type, are third and fourth in importance for your type. Remember—you use all parts of your personality
at least some of the time.
Using Your Favorite Processes
People who prefer Extraversion like to use their favorite process mostly in the outer world of people and things. For
balance, they use their second process in their inner world of ideas and impressions. People who prefer Introversion tend
to use their favorite process mostly in their inner world and to balance this with the use of their second process in the
outer world.
Thus INFJs use
• Intuition mainly internally (N
i
) to develop a unifying vision of what really matters.
• Feeling mainly externally (F
e
) to communicate what’s important to themselves and others.
Using Your Less Favored Processes
When you frequently use the less preferred parts of your personality, Thinking and Sensing, remember that you are
working outside your natural comfort zone. You may feel awkward, tired, or frustrated at these times. As an INFJ,
you may focus exclusively on your own theories about the world at first and then become fixated on minor, external
details.
To bring back some balance, try the following:
• Take more breaks in your activities when you are using these less familiar parts of your personality—
Thinking and Sensing.
• Make an eort to find time to do something enjoyable that involves using your favorite processes—
Intuition and Feeling.
SENSING 4
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2 FEELING
THINKING 3
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Here’s the way it works for INFJs:
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Using Your Type Eectively
INFJs’ preference for Intuition and Feeling makes them mostly interested in
• Exploring ideas and possibilities.
• Creating and maintaining harmony in their own and other people’s lives.
They typically devote little energy to the less preferred parts of their personality, Sensing and Thinking. These parts may
remain inexperienced and be less available for use in situations where they might be helpful.
As an INFJ,
• If you rely too much on your Intuition, you are likely to miss the relevant facts and details and what past experience
might suggest.
• If you make judgments exclusively using Feeling, you may overlook the flaws, the pros and cons, and the logical
implications of your decisions.
Your personality type is likely to develop in a natural way over your lifetime. As people get older, many become interested
in using the less familiar parts of their personality. When they are in midlife or older, INFJs often find themselves devoting
more time to things that were not very appealing when they were younger. For example, they report greater pleasure in
tasks that require attention to facts and details and in using logical analysis in problem solving.
How the Facets Can Help You Be More Eective
Sometimes a particular situation calls for using a less preferred part of your personality. Your facet results can make it
easier for you to temporarily adopt a less natural approach. Begin by identifying which facets are relevant and which poles
are more appropriate to use.
• If you are out-of-preference on one or more of the relevant facets, make sure to focus on using approaches and
behaviors related to those out-of-preference facets.
• If you are in the midzone, decide which pole is more appropriate for the situation at hand and make sure you use
approaches and behaviors related to that pole.
• If you are in-preference, ask someone at the opposite facet pole for help in using that approach or read a description
of that pole to get clues for modifying your behavior. Once you have a good approach, resist shifting back into your
comfort zone.
Here are two examples of how to apply these suggestions.
• If you are in a situation where your natural way of taking in information (Intuition) may not be appropriate, try using
your Concrete approach (an out-of-preference result) to help you focus on the most important facts.
• If you are in a situation where you might need to adapt your way of getting things done (Judging), try to modify your
Scheduled approach to accomplishing tasks (an in-preference result) by asking yourself if staying open to unexpected
events (Spontaneous) might lead to better results in this particular situation.
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YOUR STEP II
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INDIVIDUALIZED TYPE
Integrating Step I
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and Step II
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Information
When you combine your Step I verified type and your Step II out-of-
preference facets, the result is your Step II individualized type, shown on
the left.
If, after reading all the information in this report, you don’t think you have
been accurately described, perhaps some variation on the facets will fit
you better.
To help you figure out your best-fit individualized type description,
• Focus on any facet poles you thought were incorrect or any facets on
which you had midzone results.
• Consult your MBTI interpreter for suggestions.
• Observe yourself and ask others how they see you.
Using Type to Gain Understanding
Knowledge of type can enrich your life in several ways. It can help you
• Better understand yourself. Knowing your own type helps you understand
the assets and liabilities of your typical reactions.
• Understand others. Knowing about type helps you recognize that other
people may be dierent. It can enable you to see those dierences as
useful and broadening, rather than annoying and restricting.
• Gain perspective. Seeing yourself and others in the context of type can
help you appreciate the legitimacy of other points of view. You can then
avoid getting stuck in believing your way is the only way. No perspective
is always right or always wrong.
Reading about type and observing yourself and others from the standpoint of
type will enrich your understanding of personality dierences and encourage
constructive use of those dierences.
Expressive
Concrete
Realistic
Traditional
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Overview of Your Results
Your Four-Letter Type from the Step I
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Assessment
INFJs tend to be quietly forceful, intense, conscientious, and concerned for others. They work with perseverance and
originality. They are often motivated by a larger purpose or mission they want to accomplish. They are respected for their
clear convictions regarding how to serve the common good.
MIDZONE
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Receiving
Intimate
Reflective
Quiet
Contained
Initiating
Gregarious
Active
Enthusiastic
Expressive
Abstract
Conceptual
Theoretical
Original
Imaginative
Concrete
Practical
Experiential
Traditional
Realistic
Empathetic
Accommodating
Accepting
Tender
Compassionate
Logical
Questioning
Critical
Tough
Reasonable
Casual
Pressure-Prompted
Spontaneous
Emergent
Open-Ended
Systematic
Early Starting
Scheduled
Methodical
Planful
YOUR RESULTS ON THE 20 FACETS FROM THE STEP II
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YOUR STEP II
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INDIVIDUALIZED TYPE
Expressive, Concrete, Realistic, Traditional
INFJ
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Interpreter’s Summary
PREFERENCE CLARITY FOR REPORTED TYPE: ISFJ
Introversion: Slight (2) Sensing: Slight (4) Feeling: Moderate (15) Judging: Clear (20)
The bars on the graph below show the average range of scores that occurred for the INFJs in the US national sample.
The bars show scores that are –1 to +1 standard deviation from the mean. The vertical line in each bar shows INFJs’ mean
score. The bold numbers show the respondent’s scores.
FACET SCORES AND THE AVERAGE RANGE OF SCORES FOR OTHER INFJs
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RECEIVING
INTIMATE
REFLECTIVE
QUIET
CONTAINED
INTROVERSION
CONCRETE
PRACTICAL
EXPERIENTIAL
TRADITIONAL
REALISTIC
SENSING
ABSTRACT
CONCEPTUAL
THEORETICAL
ORIGINAL
IMAGINATIVE
INTUITION
LOGICAL
QUESTIONING
CRITICAL
TOUGH
REASONABLE
THINKING
EMPATHETIC
ACCOMMODATING
ACCEPTING
TENDER
COMPASSIONATE
FEELING
SYSTEMATIC
EARLY STARTING
SCHEDULED
METHODICAL
PLANFUL
JUDGING
INITIATING
GREGARIOUS
ACTIVE
ENTHUSIASTIC
EXPRESSIVE
EXTRAVERSION
CASUAL
PRESSURE-PROMPTED
SPONTANEOUS
EMERGENT
OPEN-ENDED
PERCEIVING
Polarity Index: 66
The polarity index, which ranges from 0 to 100, shows the consistency of a respondent’s facet scores within a profile. Most adults
score between 50 and 65, although higher indexes are common. An index that is below 45 means that the respondent has many
scores in or near the midzone. This may be due to mature situational use of the facet, answering the questions randomly, lack of
self-knowledge, or ambivalence about use of a facet. Some such profiles may be invalid.
Number of Omitted Responses: 0
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2
3
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3
5
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