Want to strengthen team cohesion, communication, and staff retention?

We facilitate in-person and virtual team-building workshops using the MBTI®, DISC, and Restorative Practices as powerful tools.

TEAM BUILDING, ReTREATs, AND training sessions

When teams take the time to come together, define shared purpose, and learn how to work more effectively with each other, both trust and productivity improve.  We facilitate team building, retreats, and training sessions, leveraging the Myers-Briggs® Type Indicator (MBTI), DISC, and Restorative Practices frameworks as powerful lenses.

Team Building, Staff Retreats, and Training Sessions can include:

• Half day, full day or multi-day group workshops

• Highly interactive and personalized experiences

• An exploration of team dynamics, shared goals, communication and how to work together more effectively, honoring diversity and difference

• Use of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator®, DISC, Restorative Practices, and/or other tools as a lens for increasing awareness of self and others

• See our most popular workshop options below

 MBTI® FOUNDATIONAL WORKSHOP (“1.0”)

• Background knowledge of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®)

• A strong understanding of each MBTI® preference and how to support (E/I, S/N, T/F, J/P), using real-world examples

• Identifying each person’s best-fit MBTI® Type

• Dominant themes include honoring differences, communication, and decision making

• Individual MBTI® reports for each team member

• Optional: MBTI® official app for each team member

TYPE: BEYOND THE LETTERS COURSE + IN-PERSON MBTI® 2.0 WORKSHOP

• Each staff member completes Type: Beyond the Letters self-paced, online course to identify their best-fit MBTI® Type and prepare for deeper discussions about MBTI® and stress

• In-person MBTI® 2.0 Workshop that builds on Beyond the Letters, to provide a strong foundation for team trust and communication

• MBTI® 2.0 Topics: Mind-Body and stress, MBTI® and stress, Supporting teammates based on their unique communication styles, energizers and stressors related to MBTI®

• Topics covered in online course: MBTI® Foundations, Developing a strong understanding of each preference and how to support (E/I, S/N, T/F, J/P), practice case studies

• Individual MBTI® reports for each team member

• Optional: MBTI® app for each team member

MBTI® AND DISC

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) and DISC are popular tools based on the work of C.G. Jung and used by organizations throughout the world to improve team cohesion. These introspective self-report questionnaires help identify differing preferences in how people perceive and interact with the world around them, as well as how people make decisions. 

Leveraging the MBTI® and DISC provide teams with a common language for understanding differences in communication style, information processing, and decision making.  With a deeper knowledge of self and others, your staff members can more effectively manage themselves, while more skillfully interacting with managers, direct reports, and teammates. Katie Jones, Founder of the KJ Consulting Group, is a certified DISC facilitator and MBTI® Master Practitioner and can integrate both assessments into workshops or 1-on-1 coaching. Read more about how we use MBTI® to foster psychologically safe spaces, and check out our self-paced Type: Beyond the Letters online course.

WHAT WAS THE MOST HELPFUL PART OF The online course TYPE: BEYOND THE LETTERS?

“I enjoyed understanding that the way I operate is not how others operate. I enjoyed finding out how to best support others based on their needs so that we can all grow together and individually.”

“The breakdown of each preference was very helpful. I like how each preference was analyzed in real-world situations.”

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO APPLY WHAT YOU LEARNED?

“To help me be more cognizant of other people's mindsets and thoughts, and insights that I work with! My team chemistry is better because of this course!”

“As I communicate with my team, I will strive to keep in mind my approach towards various ideas and tasks. Also, I will make sure I provide feedback in positive and constructive ways so my team members know that we are all striving for one goal -for our scholars to be successful.”