Spectrum – forging differences into advantage with the aid of MBTI typology

A team can work together well only if the members know, accept, and strengthen one another and themselves. Meredith Belbin’s robust MBTI model is a strong aid to this. 

Planned training duration: 1-2 days 

Method of education: Training

Maximal size of groups: 12 persons

Competencies to obtain:

Realizing team roles

Creating and sustaining effective team

Goals of training:

  • realizing and identifying team roles 
  • working out a functional team matrix
  • optimizing our team’s operation
  • developing long term functional team structure 

Applied methods:

Trainer’s input: short theoretical introduction to topics and to closing blocks to boost experience collection.

MBTI test: filling in, evaluating and analysing the test connected to the model. It serves to Identify types; reveal, and accept our own and the others’ preferences. 

Situational games: connected to the topic. Enabling participants to understand and accept types.

Videos, educational films: Relevant films are excellent means of deepening knowledge or inducing debate on some topics.

Small group work: processing some topics we work in more involving small groups. Giving everybody opportunity to contribute in learning.Plenary discussions: with the participation of the whole group it is a good forum for processing some topic or phenomenon such as closing the day, evaluating sales performance.