The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®

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

The MBTI® will help you to identify your strengths and unique gifts. You can use the information to better understand yourself, your motivations, your strengths, and potential areas for growth. It will also help you to better understand and appreciate those who differ from you. Understanding your personality type is self-affirming and enhances co-operation and productivity.

The authors, Katharine Cook Briggs (1875-1968) and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980), were keen and disciplined observers of personality differences. They studied and elaborated the ideas of Carl G Jung, a Swiss Psychiatrist, and applied them to human interaction. Prompted by the waste of human potential in WWII, Myers began developing the Indicator to give a wide range of individuals access to the benefits of knowing their psychological type.

After more than 50 years of research and development, the MBTI® is the most widely used instrument in the world for understanding normal personality differences. More than 2 million Indicators are administered annually. It is used extensively in the USA, Australia and internationally.