Relating Preferences to Six Core Team Issues

A team is a group of two or more people working together to accomplish a task. This may seem obvious, yet many people when faced with the word team think only of sports. Just as each member of a sports team has a different role to play and skills to offer, so do members of work teams. The MBTI^® assessment provides a framework for understanding differences in what each team member brings to the team.

Team building—as conducted with the help of the MBTI assessment—is the process by which a group of individuals are encouraged to learn about themselves, each other, and their leader(s), and about how these components fit together to boost team success. To support team building, newly started or already underway, here are insights for each of the eight MBTI preferences on six core issues affecting teams today: communication, team culture, leadership, change, problem solving/conflict resolution, and stress. Use this information to enhance your type awareness and thereby increase both your own and your team’s effectiveness.