Since 1986, when I first encountered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, I have been interested in personality type and how type preference influences behaviour, including that of planners and managers. This was the focus of my doctoral research, it has been used in most of the courses I have taught, and it remains a significant component of my research and professional practice.
Introductory workshop, Understanding Each Other with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Toronto, 1986, conducted by Floyd Green, Jim Hannah and Kay Rice
Association for Psychological Type, MBTI Training Program, Toronto, 4-7 October 1989, conducted by Susan Brock and Sondra Van Sant
Type Differentiation Indicator and Expanded Analysis Report Training Program, Princeton, NJ, 1991, conducted by Donald Johnson and Scott Golden
Workshop on Type and Relationships: Personal and Professional, Toronto, 1988, conducted by Margaret Hartzler
Workshop on Dynamics of the Inferior Function, Toronto, 1989, conducted by Naomi Quenk
Workshop on Organizational Development, "Understanding Self and Others: Managing Different Leadership Styles," Toronto, 1990, conducted by Otto Kroeger
Workshop on Type and Creativity, Toronto, 1990, conducted by Marci Segal
Workshop on MBTI and Personal Renewal, North York, 1991, conducted by Marlene and Alex Campbell
Seminar and workshop on Psychological Type and Relationships, Toronto, 1991, conducted by John Beebe
Workshop on Advanced Understanding of Temperament, Toronto, November 1993, conducted by Linda Berens
Workshop on Temperament-Based Communication Strategies, Toronto, November 1993, conducted by Linda Berens
Introduction to FLEX Talk, Toronto, 1994, short course given by Ian Cook and Ken Penrose
Kirton Adaptor-Innovator Certification Course, Amherst, NY, 4-7 April, 1995, given by Michael Kirton
Workshop on Applications of Temperament Theory to the Workplace, Manchester, May 1995, conducted by Linda Berens
Workshop on Using Polarity Management Techniques to Assess and Intervene in Organizations, Kansas City, July 1995, conducted by Catherine Fitzgerald
Workshop on the Art of SpeedReading people, Toronto, November 1998, conducted by Paul Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger
Personality type and learning style, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 1990-1995
Constructive management of difference, for graduate course OISE 3152, 1990
Impacts of Decision Style on Strategic Planning, Ed.D. comprehensive paper, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1992
Strategic Planning and Personality Type: Towards Constructive and Contingent Use of Difference, Ed.D. dissertation, OISE/University of Toronto, 1995
Type and ethics, for Ontario Association for Application of Personality Type, 1995
Type and time management, 1995
Planning and type, ongoing
Workshop, Introduction to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, for OISE doctoral student and staff, Toronto, 1990 (24 participants)
16 Workshops on MBTI, for graduate students as part of courses in planning and strategic planning, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 1989-1998 (total participants: approx. 230)
Workshop, Valuing Diversity: Introduction to the MBTI, for FES faculty, staff and graduate students, York University, 1991 (25 participants)
Teambuilding sessions using MBTI, for FES graduate students in strategic planning courses, 1992-96 (total participants: 40)
Workshop, Decision Style: Valuing Diversity, for strategic planners, York University, 1993 (29 participants)
Interpreting MBTI for research volunteers, York University, 1993 (11 participants)
Workshop (with Ruth Louden), “Am I Your Type? Volunteering with a Difference,” Aim for Change, Aurora, October 1998 and follow-up December 1998 (29 participants)
MBTI and EAR interpretation for private clients, 1989-present (30+ clients)
Ontario Association for Application of Personality Type, annual conferences, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998
Advanced Applications for MBTI Technology: User's Conference, Princeton, NJ, 1991
Australian Association for Psychological Type, Melbourne, October 1994
British Association for Psychological Type, Manchester, May 1995
Association for Psychological Type, International Conferences, Toronto, October 1992, and Kansas City, July 1995
Implications of Type in Strategic Planning. In M. Robson (Ed.), Inner Work, Outer Connection: Type, Temperament and the MBTI in Australia. Conference Proceedings. Melbourne: Australian Association for Psychological Type, 1994
Type Flexibility in Processes of Strategic Planning and Change. In C. Fitzgerald and L. K. Kirby (Eds.), Developing Leaders: Research and Applications in Psychological Type and Leadership Development. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting
Psychologists Press, 1996.
Professional Meets Personal: Bringing Your Whole Self to Work. Plan Canada, May 1999, forthcoming.
Being prepared for publication: Enhancing Type Flexibility in Organizational Contexts. Journal of Psychological Type.
Decision Style and Planning, paper to International Congress on Planning Transatlantic: Global Change and Local Problems, Oxford, England, 1991
Judging and Perceiving in Relationships, OAAPT seminar, 1992, and APT Conference workshop, Toronto, 1992 (summary paper available)
Assessing Our Non-Preferences, presentation to OAAPT Management and Organizational Development Group, 1994
Implications of Type for Strategic Planning, paper to Annual Conference of Australian Association for Psychological Type, Melbourne, October 1994
Ethical Considerations and Applications of Type, paper to OAAPT Conference, Toronto, November 1995 (summary paper, “Notes on the Ethical use of Type,” available)
Type and Getting Things Done (with Ian Cook), OAAPT Conference workshop, Toronto, November 1995 (summary paper, “Time and Type Preference: Highlights from the Literature,” available)
Association for Psychological Type, 1987-present
Ontario Association for Application of Personality Type, 1990-present
C. J. Jung Foundation, 1995-98
Association for Psychological Type