A fundamental clash I just received an urgent question from a client whose been working from home--in close quarters with her family--for over three months now. I would hate to see all the pain, anxiety, and tumult that we are collectively experiencing reduced to the E/I lens alone, but it is an
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E and I when Sheltering in Place Quarantine orders and sheltering in place have led many teams to take their meetings online. As challenging as teamwork is when you can share the same physical space, it becomes even more of a trial when distance separates you. Let's focus on one component of
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The Pearman Personality Integrator—a new Type tool published by MHS—presents personality Type in new levels of specificity, opening up any number of new and useful avenues of Type development for those who take it. The benefits of the Pearman to individual development and to coaching are clear from
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As a loyal and active MBTI trainer and thought leader for over twenty years, I was intrigued but skeptical about the Pearman—Type’s newest assessment tool, originally published by MHS in late 2015 and recently revised. Long a fan of both MHS (the Pearman’s publisher) and Roger Pearman himself (one
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Getting Introverts to Extravert Not too long ago, a client asked me how to get an Introvert to speak up and engage more--"How can I coach this Introvert to extravert?" The best answer to this question takes us into some of the core richness of Type--the dynamic relationships between Type's