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CPP Releases MBTI^®Complete: The Genuine Myers-Briggs^® Tool Plus Interactive Interpretation Available Online

CPP is proud to announce the release of MBTI^®Complete, the genuine Myers-Briggs Type Indicator^® (MBTI^®) instrument available online and packaged with a gold standard interactive basic interpretation. Using MBTI^®Complete, HR professionals spend less time interpreting personality assessment results and more time improving organizational performance. This online product boosts training effectiveness by automating training participants' introduction to personality type.

“MBTI^®Complete will streamline deployment of the assessment for organizations currently using the Myers-Briggs tool,” says Jeff Hayes , co-president of CPP, Inc. “It frees practitioners from having to provide in-person interpretations, allowing them to instead spend that time with clients applying type knowledge to their situation. Practitioners contribute tremendous value to clients and work teams with their insight and individualized development counseling. MBTI^®Complete enables them to get to the heart of the matter faster.” Learn more about MBTI^®Complete >>

Isabel Myers' Dream Lives On

Isabel Myers' fondest wish was to have her contributions go on helping people long after she was gone. Hear first-hand from her son and daughter-in-law Peter and Katherine Myers how Isabel's dreams are finally coming to fruition via MBTI^®Complete. Watch the video >>

Learn How to Save Time and Extend Your Organizational Reach Using MBTI^®Complete: Free Product Onesheet Download

Understanding personality type is powerful. MBTI^®Complete is the starting point of a journey that reveals the value of understanding personality differences and their impact on employee development. Learn more about this powerful new instrument with this free MBTI^®Complete Onesheet. Download the free Product Onesheet >>

Q & A with Allen Hammer, Ph.D

MBTI^®Complete author Allen Hammer, PhD., recently participated in a live Web cast in which members of the type community were given a chance to preview MBTI^®Complete and to ask questions. Here are a few questions audience members asked Dr. Hammer and his responses.

What was the inspiration for MBTI^®Complete?
The driving force behind this entire project, which motivated all of us to create MBTI^®Complete and to invest so much time on this was the dream of Isabel Myers' to make the MBTI instrument as widely available as possible, and by doing so, to help more people learn about themselves and grow.

How did you approach the job of creating an online interpretation?
MBTI^®Complete is an "expert system" in that the content embodies the expertise and knowledge of a type professional conducting an MBTI interpretation. This is reflected not only in the language used in the interpretation, but in the process itself. What I've tried to do with MBTI^®Complete is to take the "best of the best" from hundreds of interpretation experiences and to write the content as if speaking to a client. It represents what we all try to teach and train and gives a client a basic standard, professional interpretation. However, I was not alone in creating this standard. Peter and Kathy Myers and the editorial team at CPP reviewed every single word, and the trustees of the Myers & Briggs Foundation conducted an in-depth review as well before giving their blessing.

What about the process of verifying one's type?
The most important development goal was to build a verification process into MBTI^®Complete, as this is a vital component of MBTI interpretations. As type practitioners, we all believe that each person owns his/her type. The MBTI^®Complete verification process which is backed by decades of research has been designed to elicit a type reaction. Just like in a face-to-face interpretation, the user here gets to see the reported type and is able to go through the interpretation and choose the type that fits him/her best. Also, as in a face-to-face interpretation, the person gets two chances at verification. The first is when each preference is presented individually, and the second is at the end when the person gets to verify his/her whole type. It's also important to note that the person can chose if they desire to review all 16 type descriptions before deciding. They are not limited to choosing between their reported and estimated type.

New from Davies-Black^® Publishing

HR and the New Hispanic Workforce by Louis E.V. Nevaer and Vaso Perimenis Ekstein

Leveraging the growing influence of Hispanics in the U.S. workforce has taken on new urgency: by 2050 Hispanics will represent 32 percent of the nation's population and 55 percent of its workers. In this provocative new work, noted authority Louis Nevaer and veteran HR executive Vaso Perimenis Ekstein deliver both the strategies and the hands-on tools needed to tackle head-on what many human resource experts consider one of the greatest challenges facing corporate America today. Learn more about this book >>

Who Are You? Assessment Instruments and What They Can Tell You. A FREE Webcast from AMA featuring CPP.

Use of assessments in the workplace continues to increase in a number of different areas including hiring, employee retention, succession planning, career development, and building leadership competencies. They are used at all levels within organizations and at all points throughout a well-planned workforce development process. Both employers and employees gain great value by utilizing assessments. Join CPP and the AMA for this informative webcast and learn best practices for utilizing assessments with individuals and within organizations.
Click here to register >>

2007 Conferences and Events

• NACE 2007 - May 29-June 1, 2007
• ASTD 2007 - June 3-6, 2007
• SHRM 2007 - June 24-27, 2007
• APT 2007 - July 11-15, 2007
• APA 2007 - August 17-20, 2007
• MBTI^® Workshops - Ongoing 2007

Let us know if you're going to be at any of these shows — we'd love to meet you there. And if you have recommendations for other shows we should attend, we welcome your suggestions. Email us at cpp_insider@cpp.com.

MBTI, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Myers-Briggs, the MBTI logo and Introduction to Type are registered trademarks of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Trust. Strong Interest Inventory, FIRO-B, the FIRO-B logo, SkillsOne, CPI 260, the CPP logo, and Davies-Black are registered trademarks and CPI, California Psychological Inventory, and the CPI 260 logo are trademarks of CPP, Inc.