Portland Program
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Personality Communicates:
Your Personality Type Affects how People Hear You
Tenora Grigsby

Intended Audience

Anyone who wants to learn how to better communicate with business partners, staff and family by better knowing yourself!

Overview

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-report designed to make Jung’s theory of psychological types understandable and useful in everyday life. MBTI results identify valuable differences between normal, healthy people, differences can be the source of much misunderstanding and miscommunication.

The Myers-Briggs model regards personality type as similar to left or right handedness: individuals are either born with, or develop, certain preferred ways of thinking and acting. The MBTI sorts some of these psychological differences into four opposite pairs, or "dichotomies," with a resulting 16 possible psychological types. None of these types is "better" or "worse"; however, Briggs and Myers theorized that individuals naturally prefer one overall combination of type differences. In the same way that writing with the left hand is hard work for a right-hander, so people tend to find using their opposite psychological preferences more difficult, even if they can become more proficient (and therefore behaviorally flexible) with practice and development.

As a Learning Specialist, Trainer, ISD, HR professional, communication is paramount when designing and delivering training. Understanding MBTI and the different preferences will help you be more effective in your role.

Outcomes

Persons attending this workshop will:

• Complete the MBTI inventory
  Get to know and understand yourself and others better
• Increase one’s awareness of the differences in behavioral preferences
• Identify and appreciate the gifts and strengths of different preferences
• Apply key learnings to improving one’s communication with others

Alignment with National ASTD Competency Model

9 Focus Areas Areas in BOLD will be addressed in this presentation.

1. Designing Learning 2. Improving Human Performance 3. Delivering Training 4. Measuring and Evaluating 5. Facilitating Organizational Change 6. Managing the Learning Function 7. Coaching 8. Managing Organizational Knowledge 9. Career Planning and Talent Management

Speaker

Tenora Grigsby, PhD
TDG
Portland, Oregon

Tenora is president and founder of TDG, Inc a leadership and employee development company located in Portland, OR. She has helped individuals at all levels of the organization gain the professional and managerial skills needed to achieve both personal and business goals. She is an experienced manager, coach, facilitator and trainer with knowledge and expertise in the design, delivery and implementation of management, leadership and team development programs.

Tenora’s career includes serving as Manager of Worldwide Professional Development for Mentor Graphics Corporation, a high technology company. There she gained experience working with international audiences designing and facilitating personal and professional development programs in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Tenora was also a Vice President for US Bank where she held various management positions in both retail and commercial banking. She earned her doctorate and masters degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Portland State University. Tenora is also a graduate of Northwest Intermediate Banking School at Lewis and Clark College. She enjoys hot-tubbing, ballroom dancing, cycling and reading in her spare time.

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