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Hallo Civil Peace Service – GIZ Kenya and Partner Organizations Personnel.
I am Maggie (Njuguna Maggie), and as promised, here are the resources on the presentation I made on Wed 13.11.2019 at the CPS SGM on Personalities. Understanding ourselves and others so that we can be our best selves even as we learn how to accommodate others.
For those who requested for the PowerPoint Presentation, below is the link to that presentation. You can access it (Click on Read Only once the document opens) but I have locked it so you can not edit it. Feel free to leave feedback
Maggie – MBTI SGM Presentation 2019
Presentation Video
Overview: Personalities and Why We All Need to Know
We do not work or live in a vacuum. From the moment we are born, we are in constant contact with other human beings, some of whom are similar (in terms of their personalities) to us while others are different.
Being aware of ourselves and other people is paramount to knowing how we can interact with other people in a way that takes care of our mental well-being as well as the well-being of other people.
NB: If you wish to learn about each combination, you can visit this article on MBTI Website
Click here if you wish to take the MBTI Personality Test (confidential),
MBTI isn’t the only theory that attempts to explain personalities. Other Theories include:
- Understanding the Biological Theories of Personality Explanations: These theories focus on the genetic composition of human beings, and deduce that personalities, like other traits, can be passed down from generation to generation.
- Understanding Sociological Theories: These theories presume that human behaviour, preferences and personalities are a product of the environment that a person grows up in. The proponents of these theories argue that human beings are born tabula rasa (their minds being a blank slate) and that these human beings observe and learn from their physical and social environment.
- Understanding Psychoanalytical Theories: Psychoanalytical theories focus on the Human Developmental Stages (Oral, Anal, Latent, Phallic, and Genital). The founding fathers (Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung) among other scholars argue that libido/ pleasure/ energy is concentrated on one action/ body part and that the individual must exhaust (not over-engage or under-engage) the energy during the specific stage, failure to which the energy might be ‘carried on’ (referred to as fixation) to future developmental stages.
What is MBTI?
Myer Briggs Type Indicator is one of the models that attempt to explain human personality using a multi-faceted approach. You can read more about MBTI here and here.
MBTI
Here, you can watch the presentation’s video.
SelfCare
For more tips on Selfcare, visit this post on Self Awareness, SelfCare and Development in the Work Place
