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Description

Psychological Type Profiling: Identifying Your Preferences, Reading Others and Adjusting Your Interactions

Understanding how your natural preferences shape the way you decide and interact

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Within a team, some people decide quickly while others still want more information. The first group finds the second slow; the second considers the first hasty. These gaps are not a matter of ill will but of working preferences that are rarely made explicit.

This 14-hour in-person programme draws on the psychological type approach and its four dimensions. Each participant identifies their profile through a questionnaire followed by an individual validation session. The second day focuses on the effects of these differences on communication and cooperation.

Learning objectives

  • Position your profile across the four preference dimensions
  • Distinguish a natural preference from a behaviour learned at work
  • Identify clues to another person's working style during an exchange
  • Adapt the way you present information to the profile in front of you
  • Identify recurring tensions between opposing profiles within a team

What makes this programme different

An individual profile validation session with the trainer
Exercises run in sub-groups bringing together opposing preferences
An adjustment plan applied to three named working relationships

Programme

1Discovering the Preferences Approach

Principles, scope and limits

  • Overview of the four preference dimensions
  • The notion of preference and of functions used through effort
  • Conditions for using this type of approach rigorously
  • Pitfalls of labelling and shortcuts

2Identifying Your Profile

Questionnaire and validation

  • Feedback on individual results
  • Checking the profile against situations actually experienced
  • Identifying your behaviour under pressure
  • Describing your profile in plain language

3Understanding Other Profiles

Reading differences

  • Overview of the sixteen profiles and their tendencies
  • Spotting preference clues during an exchange
  • What each profile expects from a meeting or a document
  • Differing relationships with time and decision-making

4Adjusting Your Communication

Cooperation and team tensions

  • Adapting the message to the other person's working style
  • Handling tensions between opposing preferences
  • Allocating roles within a project
  • Adjustment plan for identified relationships

Who is it for

Managers, project team members and professionals who wish to understand their own working style and that of the people they interact with.

Prerequisites

Participation requires completing an individual preferences questionnaire before the session begins.

Dates & locations

24 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.