Special thanks to Brodie Gregory, PhD for preparing this piece
Pritchard discusses the added value that personality and
other assessments bring to coaching engagements that can support intuitive
impressions. Tools like the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI; Briggs Myers
& Myers, 1980) and Leadership Development Framework (LDF; Fisher, Rooke,
& Torbert, 2000) not only serve as useful conversation starters, but also
help coaches gain a more holistic perspective on a client’s attitudes, preferences,
and world-view. He notes that the MBTI provides insights into a client’s
“natural preferences or personality style” (p. 37). He suggests that an
individual’s personality is largely hard-wired, and that the preferences and
attitudes captured by the MBTI are relatively consistent across different
situations. The LDF provides a nice contrast, as it measures one’s world-view,
which evolves over the lifespan with our experiences. In other words, unlike
personality, it changes and develops with time and experience.
In addition to examining both assessments on their own,
coaches can gain an even richer perspective on the client by using the results
of one assessment as a lens through which to interpret the other. For example,
the experience of one particular stage of development will be different for two
clients who have very different personality profiles. Someone who is highly
extroverted will experience a certain phase of life very differently than
someone who is highly introverted.
Pritchard makes a compelling case for the value of objective
tools and data for enhancing a coach’s understanding of the client as a whole
person. In the article a case study is presented which evaluates how the MBTI
and LDF were used with a client to assist in providing clarity around making
informed decisions during a time of transition.
Assessments like the MBTI and LDF provide coaches with
insights into a client’s present world-view and also his or her general
preferences and attitudes. How do you validate your intuitive hunches? Do you
incorporate objective tools and assessments into your coaching practice to help
you to more thoroughly understand your clients’ preferences and perspective on
the world?
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