Roles vs Preferences

Overview	This exercise provides a structure to enable team members to discuss whether the roles they are undertaking accord with their preferences - and whether roles can be changed to fit their preferences better (requires use of the MBTI®)
Estimated time	30 minutes to an hour, depending on the size of team
Goals	To enable individuals to explore the difference between their work role and personal preferences To identify any ways in which work structure can be changed to accord more with preferences
Process	Complete the MBTI, the MTR-i and relevant exercises to give delegates a good understanding of the MBTI preferences and MTR-i team roles Give team members a flipchart each, and ask them initially to work alone to produce a flipchart containing 5 sections: - their team role - their MBTI preferences - aspects of their role in the team that accord most with their preferences and that they enjoy doing - aspects of their role that accord least with their preferences, and that they find least enjoyable - suggestions on how the work environment could be changed so that it would improveme their enjoyment Facilitate a team session where each team member feeds back in turn. During the feedback, encourage listeners to identify actions that the presenter can take to help work more according to his/her preferences.