Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: MBTI personality type

[lcamundsen (lcamundsen]

I think these personality inventories give very useful talking points. I 
also think it is important to equally accommodate  those in a group who 
value such instruments and those who don't .We have some residents strongly 
opposed but we went ahead anyway with those who wanted to and it gave us 
some very useful conversations.I believe it builds trust.
The comparisons in the original message was what intrigued me-the 
percentages of the coho group as compared to the non coho group. What can we 
learn from this?How much seems true in our situation? What opportunities 
does it suggest for action?
I think the trends identifiable eg. a significant number of "big picture 
thinkers" would help a group decide whether they need to hire somebody to do 
certain non big picture tasks or set up a system so that an individual can 
pay instead of do the work or break the task into manageable segments that 
suit people's personality inventory results somehow.

It sounds complicated but I know these creative arrangements have been used 
for years in some cohousing communities.

We have to work with what we have!!
Camilla

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Magill" <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ MBTI personality type


> We've done this and I personally find it extremely useful.
>
> However, I'd strongly recommend starting with some strong explanation
> that people don't have to share what they don't want to, and also
> that some people might choose to use an "x" in categories they don't
> agree with the test, or don't feel the test is definitive.
>
> For example, I might report XNTJ instead of INTJ because I know that
> I sometimes test as an E. Others might do that just because they are
> uncomfortable with the format of the test. (There are two types of
> people, people who can choose multiple choice answer, and those who
> can't.) (NOTE: That was a joke!!!)
>
> But be sure to make space for people who feel that personality tests
> are not a good descriptor of people. You'll have a happier meeting
> talking about it if you do.
>
> -Liz
> Elizabeth Magill
> www.worcesterfellowship.org
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Muriel Kranowski wrote:
>
> > The first evening of our annual retreat last weekend was devoted to
> > looking
> > at our various MBTI types and how those differences play out in our
> > personal and community lives.  The facilitator did an excellent job of
> > making those types and their differences and how that plays out
> > concrete to us.
> >
> > About 30 members had filled out their questionnaires and determined
> > their
> > types in advance.  As I recall we were more or less evenly divided
> > between
> > introverts and extraverts, but more like 2.5 to 1 for
> > big-picture-don't-bother-me-with-the-details versus
> > what-there's-a-forest?-all-I-see-is-trees.
> >
> > I imagine this topic would make for an interesting session at the
> > national
> > conference.
> >
> >     Muriel
> >     Shadowlake Village Cohousing
> >     Blacksburg, VA
> >
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