MTRi (team types indicator)
In 1921 the psychologist Carl Jung published a theory, which identified some important 'mental muscles' that people use in everyday life. During the mid 20th century, Katherine Briggs and Isabel-Briggs Myers used Jung's ideas to develop the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® - a questionnaire that helps you identify which mental muscles you prefer. The MTR-i is a further adaptation of Jung's theory that helps you identify which mental muscles you are using most.
The MTR-i is a team-roles model and questionnaire that identifies eight new team roles that try to show what kind of contribution is being made to the team by each individual. Unlike other Myers Briggs Type Indicators (MTBI), the MTR-i team roles change from situation to situation, in accordance with the demands of the environment. It complements type indicators by looking at work roles, and enables a comparison between personality preference and the way Jungian function-attitudes are being used in daily work life. The eight role identified by the MTRi are as follows.
MTR-i team role
  • Coach
  • Crusader
  • Explorer
  • Innovator
  • Sculptor
  • Curator
  • Conductor
  • Scientist

 

These line up with the MTRi and the psychological type data in the diagram shown below

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MTRi Comparison with the MBTI

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a model of personality preferences. It identifies characteristics and traits that are associated with the person. The MTR-i is a team roles model. It identifies what kind of contribution is being made to the team. Whereas MBTI type is inborn, MTR-i team roles change from situation to situation, in accord with the demands of the environment.

The MTR-i complements the MBTI by enabling a comparison between preferences and roles being performed. The MTR-i does not measure the same things as the MBTI.
MBTI
MTR-i
  • Reports personality preferences
  • Consistent over time
  • Tries to measure personality type
  • Reports 4 pairs of preferences, resulting in 16 personality types
  • Reports contribution to the team
  • Changes in different situations
  • Tries to measure use of
    Jungian function-attitudes
  • Reports 8 distinct team roles
Any personality type can undertake any team role. However, there is a strong link between the two models, based on the theory of Carl Jung. Both models and questionnaires are concerned with the Jungian functions or function-attitudes. The differences are:
  • The MBTI indicates which Jungian function-attitudes are preferred. (Everyone uses all the Jungian-functions, no matter what their preferences.)
  • The MTR-i indicates which Jungian function-attitudes are primarily being used at present. (Irrespective of which function-attitudes are currently being used, one's underlying preference may be different.)

The table below identifies the theoretical correspondence between personality type and team role, and the Jungian function attitudes that provide the link.

MBTI types
Function-attitudepreferred/used
MTR-i team role
ESFJ/ENFJ
ISFP/INFP
ENTP/ENFP
INTJ/INFJ
ESFP/ESTP
ISTJ/ISFJ
ESTJ/ENTJ
ISTP/INTP

Fe
Fi
Ne
Ni
Se
Si
Te
Ti

Coach
Crusader
Explorer
Innovator
Sculptor
Curator
Conductor
Scientist

The linkages between the two models are reflected in the colors of the MTR-i team wheel:

  • Yellow team roles correspond to the Sensing function
  • Green team roles correspond to the Intuition function
  • Red team roles correspond to the Thinking function
  • Blue team roles correspond to the Feeling function
  • Team roles on the outside of the wheel correspond to functions oriented towards the outer world of people/things
  • Team roles on the inside of the wheel correspond to functions oriented towards the inner world of ideas/information

 

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