ANC IPM - Personality Mapping

ANC with his students at IIM Trichy

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:47:00 +0000

Hello Everyone,

Here is a moment of ANC with his students at IIM Trichy, India on 8th Feb 2013.

See you until next time!

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Sharing a captivating video

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:06:00 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

I am sure you will enjoy viewing the captivating video link below which I just received from one of my very thoughtful students.It's centered about what I guess Carl Jung called 'Collective Unconscious', what Adi Shankara termed as 'Anandamay Kosha' of the Pancha-Kosha in his 'Tatvabodha', what Einstein termed as the end of 'an optical delusion' thru' the 'widening of the circle of compassion', and what our ancient ancestors poetically articulated as "Vasudhaiba Kutumbakam"....hence sharing.

Here is the link: http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

Warm regards,
Chatterjee

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ANC's IPM completes major milestone-100 IPM workshops in leading software firm TCS

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:59:00 +0000

ANC'S IPM completed a major milestone by conducting it's 100th IPM workshop at TCS. The event was graced by Madam Joyce, Head of Learning in TCS, Mumbai, Madam Sapna-Global Head of Finance (A/P) in TCS, Mr Shankaran, Mr Nilesh, Mr Dinesh and the participants from TCS Mumbai, largely from the Finance Deptt.

Below are two snapshots from the day:

Have a nice day!

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Brief Feedback for ANC's IPM from around India...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:48:00 +0000

Brief Feedback for ANC's IPM from around India...to be updated on a continuous basis.

TCS Bangalore -October 18th-19th, 2012:
Comprehensive Rating from respondents-(97.75 out of 100)

Comprehensive Comments from respondents:

"The session was excellent and should be recommended to all.The session is very helpful in understanding one's strengths. Participants got a good understanding of the different personality types and how to deal with each type.Learning from the course: Identifying different personalities, applying FIRO-B concepts, career anchor test.The duration of the session is long. The session can be covered in one day."

TCS Noida -Nov 1st-2nd, 2012:
Comprehensive Rating from respondents-(100 out of 100)

Comprehensive Comments from respondents:
"It was a good session on personality mapping. It will help me interact with people of different personalities"

TCS Mumbai -Nov 8th-9th, 2012:
Comprehensive Rating from respondents-(100 out of 100)

Comprehensive Comments from respondents:

"The course was very informative. Good and really interesting,very difficult subject explained in so lucid and interesting way."

Faculty Feedback rating continues to be 98+% to 100%. Senior IT Professionals in Leadership roles in TCS continue to benefit (and enjoy) ANC's IPM offerings which have been significantly enhanced and enriched by Dr Chatterjee over the last 4/5 years.

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ANC's IPM goes to SEMTECH

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:42:00 +0000

ANC conducted a specially customized Personality Mapping-cum-Team Building workshop at the Trident Hotel, Bhubaneswar on 11th and 12th October 2012 for the entire team of SEMTECH India's Bhubaneswar office. It was an action-packed and fun-filled 2-day group-learning event for the the young, intelligent and promising professionals of SEMTECH India who participated with great enthusiasm and keen interest.

To add to their excitement and motivation, Mr Niraj Mathur and Mr Adrian De Cunha from Semtech Corporation, USA/Canada (www.semtech.com) were personally present through most part of the workshop, at the end of which, they observed as follows:

Hi ANC,

Thank you very much for the training session last week. I believe the team gained valuable insight into themselves and how to perform better as a team...Regards"
- Mr Niraj Mathur, 16th October 2012.

Dear Dr. Chatterjee,

It was great to meet you in person, and thank you for facilitating the training program for our employees and of course your flexibility with the training content. While I was unable to attend the entire program, I got the impression from our employees that they saw value in participating in this course...Regards, Adrian"

- Mr Adrian De Cunha (HR Manager) 23rd October 2012.

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IPM Workshop at TCS Mumbai Seepz 2010 Aug11-12

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:10:00 +0000

Comments by Anish Itty, Associate Consultant, TCS Bangalore

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:54:00 +0000

Dear Amar,

I hope you remember me, I was part of IPM training session at Dhara/TCS/Bangalore held on 19-Jul - 20-Jul-2010. Hope you are doing fine and still travelling?. It was one of the best training sessions I had ever attended and you are an amazing faculty. ............... Thank you ...... and keep in touch...............rgds, Anish

Feedback for ANC's IPM

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:50:00 +0000

Hello ANC -

Its nice hearing from you. Congratulations on the success of your program. It has always been talked about. I have been wanting to have a program here in Mumbai - I'm not sure if it would be July, but will surely get back to you.

Regards,

Joyce Rodrigues

Head (Learning & Development),

Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai

Feedback from ANC's IPM workshop attendees

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:45:00 +0000

Hello Sir,

I had attended your personality mapping training in TCS last year. And i had enjoyed it a lot.

Please let me know if i can meet you sometime while you are in XLRI.

Regards,
Swati.

Student feedback updates

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:38:00 +0000

Hello sir,

I took your training at Noida office in 2005. You left an indelible impression on me with your vigor to learn.

I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.

I hope you remember me.

-Vineet Guliani,PMP, TCS

Feedback from an IPM workshop attendee

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Dear ANC,

Very happy to hear from you!....................I'm very happy and feel thankful for your session. The two-day training bought a lot of change in the way I look at people.

Thanks and Regards,
Sunil Sreenivas G
Tata Consultancy Services

Feedback from notable persons

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:20:00 +0000

"Dear Sri Chatterjee,

Thank you very much for the kind words of appreciation for our HR team. It was in deed a very useful workshop which was equally well conducted by you with a touch of excellence.

Overall feedback in dicates tremendous satisfaction derived from the program. Take away as value adds are of special significance."

-HR head of leading management institute in Noida

Workshop attendees' comments

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:19:00 +0000

"The IPMS workshop benefitted in understanding the personality types classifications. The true benefit came in understanding my own personality type and consequently how people perceive myself in professional and personal environment."

-Excerpt from an old "IPM"er with 15+ yrs of IT WorkEx

Participants at a recent ANC's IPM workshop

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:28:00 +0000

Participants at a recent ANC's IPM workshop in Bangalore

Workshop attendees' comments

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:38:00 +0000

Workshop attendees' comments

Hello ANC,Thanks for sharing the snap. The session was really great. It was very valuable. I am sure it would help me in my career.

Thank You,

Mohan

Mohana Krishnan N. B.

Tata Consultancy Services

Bangalore

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Dear Sir,
I would like to thank you for the Personality Mapping workshop as it was an enlightening and informative experience.
Thanks and Regards

Swati Kathuria

Tata Consultancy Services
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Hi ANC
I attended your session on the 15th and 16th of July 2008 . !
It was really Grt !! good realisation of what n who we are ...

I have a team of 25 and desire to share with them the realisation also help them realise what each one's potential is !!

Once the team understands themselves better and use filtters when requiered it would become easy to collaborate and result in effective working environment.

Thank you !!
Kushalaja Yajaman Mukesh

Tata Consultancy Services

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Jungian Approach and MBTI

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:11:00 +0000

Amar Nath Chatterjee
Jungian Approach and MBTI
June 2008

A Quick Recap of the Jungian Approach to Personality Measurement
and Myers Briggs Type Indicators

Amar Nath Chatterjee (ANC)
Corporate Trainer and Management Consultant (Personality Mapping)
Principal Consultant (retired) - Tata Consultancy Services,
Doctoral Scholar (OB Area), XLRI Jamshedpur

Abstract: This paper focuses on the Jungian approach to the concept of Personality
leading to the development of Myers Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI). Though not free from
limitations and criticisms, MBTI remains one of the most popular and widely used
personality inventories worldwide, adopted by the CAPT, USA and is still evolving.

Keywords: Personality, MBTI
Introduction and Background:
Personality implies predictability about how a person will act under different
circumstances or react to different stimuli. Based on review of literature, a few of the
important personality theories are discussed below. Authentic literature on MBTI was
referred to (Jung, Adler and Hull, 1921/1976; Myers and Myers, 1980 & Myers and
McCaulley, 1985). The review included an analysis of occupation-wise data from the
MBTI data bank compiled from the sampled response sheets scored in the 1970’s until
1984 (Appendix D in Myers & McCaulley, 1985).
There have been numerous proponents of personality theories- Machiavelli (1512-27
AD), Adler (1870 AD), Freud (1856-1902 AD), Erikson (1902-63 AD), Bandura (1965
AD), Jung (1875-1961 AD), Skinner and the list could go on to include a more recent and
comprehensive “Big-5” model proposed by Paul Costa and Robert Mc Crae of National
Institute of Health and by Warren Norman of University of Michigan and Lewis Goldberg of University of Oregon. Approaches of each of these theorists were original and distinct from one another, emphasizing different aspects of personality and having divergent views
about its organisation, development, and manifestation in external behavior.

The Jungian Approach:

The Jungian theory suggests that individuals differ in how they acquire data from the world around them and how they subsequently make judgments using this data (Cowan, 1989).
Jung’s theory is a typology derived from innate preferences regarding how humans receive and process information (Neubauer, 2004). The essence of Jung’s theory is the belief that there are four basic mental functions used by everyone in varying degrees, which he identified as Sensing (S), iNtuition (N), Thinking (T) and Feeling (F), and none of which can be related or reduced to one another” (Myers & McCaulley, 1985). He further classified sensing and intuition as “irrational” perceptive activities and thinking and feeling
as “rational” judging activities. Jung also considered Extraversion (E) and Introversion (I) as complimentary attitudes or orientations toward life. Extroverted people seem to be drawn outward towards the objects and people in the environment while the introverted people are drawn inward. Thus he theorised three bipolar dimensions - extroversion-
introversion (E-I), sensing-intuition (S-N), and thinking-feeling (T-F).

The MBTI:
As a psychometric instrument, MBTI was constructed by Isabel Myers and her mother Katherine Cook Briggs in the Post-WW II era. It is a tool that can be grasped and understood in a relatively short time to give a better understanding of people and their differences. The instrument has also been tested extensively for reliability and validity (Myers & McCaulley, 1985). Historical milestones of MBTI are highlighted in Table-1.

Table-1:
MBTI: Historical Milestones since 1920. Year
MBTI: Historical Milestones
1920
Carl Jung publishes his intuitively conceived theory of psychological types.
1923
Peter Baynes, Jung’s disciple, publishes the English translation.
Post-WW II
Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers design MBTI.
1956
Educational Testing Service agrees to publish MBTI.
1962
Isabel Myers publishes the first edition of the MBTI manual.
1962
Isabel Myers is invited to speak to the American Psychological Association (APA).
1969
Isabel Myers meets Mary McCaulley, and starts the typology lab at Univ. of Florida.
1972
The typology lab becomes Centre for Application of Psychological Types (CAPT).
1975
CAPT sponsors the first biennial conference on type-watching.
1985
Mary McCaulley publishes the second edition of the MBTI manual
Post-Y2K
Revised MBTI Personality Inventory Form ‘M’ introduced (with 93 questions)
Source: Myers & McCaulley (1985), and telephonic inputs from Dr. J. M. Ojha, Manasayan, Delhi. Jung’s theory covered three preferential dimensions, E-I, S-N and T-F. Though the importance of a fourth dimension, namely, that of the two kinds of lifestyle preferences- judging and perceiving (J-P), were implicit in Jung’s work, it was Myers and Briggs, who defined them explicitly while developing MBTI framework (Myers & McCaulley, 1985). Thus MBTI, in its present form, has four bipolar dimensions, E-I, S-N, T-F and J-P,
leading to sixteen personality “Types”, as shown below (Fig.1).
Figure-1
I
E
S
N
Explorer
Preserver
Driver
Administrator
INTJ 1%
INTP 1%
ENTP 5%
ENTJ 5%
INFJ 1%
INFP 1%
ENFP 5%
ENFJ 5%
ISFJ 6%
ISFP 5%
ESFP 13%
ESFJ 13%
ISTJ 6%
ISTP 6%
ESTP 13%
ESTJ 13%

An individual’s psychological type is the result of combination of preferences, which, for convenience, can be abbreviated by using the applicable four letters. For example, ISTJ would mean an Introvert with preferences for Sensing and Thinking, and with a mainly Judging attitude toward the world (Bostrom & Kaiser, 1981). Gardner and Martinko (1996) concluded from their review on the usage of MBTI instrument, that the instrument is a
reasonably reliable and valid tool for research into relationships among managerial personalities, cognition, behaviors, effectiveness, and situational variables.

Table-2 below compiled from the occupation-wise data provided by Myers & McCaulley (1985) shows the 16 MBTI types and their intrinsic career propensity at a glance, compiled from the MBTI manual by Myers & McCaulley (1985). It may be observed that 72% of people taking the MBTI tests showed extraversion and the overall tested population are almost equally divided between the ‘J’ and the ‘P’ types.
Table-2: The 16 Types at a glance
Sr. No. MBTI Type Figurative Typ
Percentage among th
Tested Population
1
INTJ
Scientist
1%
2
INFJ
Author
1%
3
ISFJ
Server
6%
4
ISTJ
Trustee
6%
5
INTP
Architect
1%
6
INFP
Questor
1%
7
ISFP
Human
6%
8
ISTP
Artisan
6%
9
ESTP
Promoter
13%
10
ESFP
Entertainer
13%
11
ENFP
Journalist
5%
12
ENTP
Inventor
5%
13
ENTJ
Field Marshall
5%
14
ENFJ
Pedagogue
5%
15
ESFJ
Seller
13%
16
ESTJ
Administrator
13%

Conclusion:
Moore (1987), as cited by Cowan (1989, p.1), had observed, “In 1986 some 1.5 million people took the MBTI, according to its publisher, Consulting Psychologists Press in Palo Alto, California. It is almost certainly the most widely used personality test in the U.S. . . and the test whose use is growing fastest. . . .The corporate world is by far the biggest user, and business accounted for 40% of test sales last year, double their share of
three years ago. . . . Most companies use the Myers-Briggs type Indicator primarily in management development programs, to help executives better understand how they come across to others who may see things differently. (p.74)”.
To sum up, though the use of the Jungian theory for the assessment of the personality is not free from criticism and the dichotomous interpretation that Myers and Briggs made of Jungian theory may have unduly restricted its sensitivity thus making it prone to losing important information (Ramaprasad & Mitroff, 1984), Myers and Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Framework has survived the test of time through many decades and this much-
debated instrument, accepted by the Centre for Analysis for Psycho Types (CAPT), USA right from its infancy, has always fascinated researchers studying personality traits of the individuals (Lampe, 2004), mainly due to its simplicity of concepts and ease of use.

References
Bostrom, Robert P. & Kaiser, Kate M. (1981). Personality differences within systems project teams: implications for designing solving centers. {Proceedings of The Eighteenth Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference}, ACM Press, 248-85. Cowan, David A. (1989). An alternative to the dichotomous interpretation of Jung’s psychological functions: Developing more sensitive measurement technology.
Journal of Personality Assessment, 53(3), 459-471.

Gardner, W.L., & Martinko, M. J. (1996). Using the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator to study managers: a literature review and research agenda. Journal of Management, Vol. 22, Issue 1, 45-83.
Jung, C. G., Adler, G. & Hull, R. F. C. (1976). Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 6:
Psychological Types (Paperback). Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Jung, D. I. & Avolio, B. J. (2000). Opening the black box: An experimental investigation of the mediating effects of trust and value congruence on transformational and transactional leadership. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 21, 949-964.
Lampe, James, C. (2004). Alternative Personality Measurements. Journal of Information Systems, 18 (1). Moore, T. (1987). Personality tests are back, Fortune (March 30), 76-81. Myers, Briggs I & Myers, P. (1980). Gifts differing: Understanding personality type, CA: Davies Black Publishing.
Myers, I.B., & McCaulley, M.H. (1985). Manual: A guide to the development and use of the Myers-Briggs Indicator. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press. Neubauer, Bruce J. (2004). Designing artificial personalities using Jungian theory. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 20 (1), 297-305.
Ramaprasad, A. & Mitroff, I. (1984). On formulating strategic problems. Academy of Management Review, 9, 597-605.
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Feedback from a few more enthusiasts of ANC's IPM

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:29:00 +0000

Dear Amar,

Thank you for teaching us on how to map ourselves with other, it one of the most enjoyable yet learning session attended.

Thanks and regards,

James Maslamani

Tata Consultancy Services

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Hi Sir,

The training was excellent and quite helpfull. Thanks for such a wonderfull training.

Regards

Manmohan Sharma

Tata Consultancy Services

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Introduction to Personality Mapping (IPM) is a concept visualised, designed, packaged and delivered as an MDP workshop for corporate clients like TCS and professional bodies like IEEE by Amar Nath Chatterjee (ANC), a PhD scholar of XLRI, a Senior Member of IEEE and a retired Principal Consultant of TCS. IPM had started its journey in February, 2005 as a one-day programme with the first batch attended by the entire NHS (National Health Services, UK) project team at TCS Towers Gurgaon. It later evolved as a two-day MDP workshop by way of continuous improvement through implementation of the suggestions/feedback made by the participants. More than 600 professionals have undergone ANC's IPM training so far, mostly from TCS.

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Feedback on ANCIPM workshops from some enthusiasts

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:25:00 +0000

Sir,
I heartly thank you for the knowledge you have given us in these two days.It was one of my best training. It will be really useful in life.

Many Thanks,
Amiiya Kant Soni
TCS Mumbai
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for the excellent delivery of the session. Your presence was very pleasant to the Hyderabad L&D team.
Looking forward to have many more sessions with you.

Cheers & Regards
Padma Rao Parnandi
Branch L&D - Hyd
Tata Consultancy Services
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Introduction to Personality Mapping (IPM) is a concept visualised, designed, packaged and delivered as an MDP workshop for corporate clients like TCS and professional bodies like IEEE by Amar Nath Chatterjee (ANC), a PhD scholar of XLRI, a Senior Member of IEEE and a retired Principal Consultant of TCS. IPM had started its journey in February, 2005 as a one-day programme with the first batch attended by the entire NHS (National Health Services, UK) project team at TCS Towers Gurgaon. It later evolved as a two-day MDP workshop by way of continuous improvement through implementation of the suggestions/feedback made by the participants. More than 600 professionals have undergone ANC's IPM training so far, mostly from TCS.
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ANC's IPM 'leaps' forward!

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:57:00 +0000

It was no ordinary coincidence that the 29th batch of the two-day IPM workshop ended on 29th February 2008, and was attended by 29 participants from HR, L&D, QA and Consultancy at TCS, Deccan Park, Hyderabad. (see picture above) - "literally 'leap'ing forward!" said ANC in his inimitable fashion:)

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Introduction to Personality Mapping (IPM) is a concept visualised, designed, packaged and delivered as an MDP workshop for corporate clients like TCS and professional bodies like IEEE by Amar Nath Chatterjee (ANC), a PhD scholar of XLRI, a Senior Member of IEEE and a retired Principal Consultant of TCS. IPM had started its journey in February, 2005 as a one-day programme with the first batch attended by the entire NHS (National Health Services, UK) project team at TCS Towers Gurgaon. It later evolved as a two-day MDP workshop by way of continuous improvement through implementation of the suggestions/feedback made by the participants. More than 600 professionals have undergone ANC's IPM training so far, mostly from TCS.

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Comments of a few participants from the recent IPM workshops

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:23:00 +0000

I am glad to share some comments of a few participants of the recent IPM workshops in Mumbai and Pune centres of TCS.

"IPM was really a very unique and interesting session in TCS. The training will definitely give us a guideline to discover our hidden personality. Also, it gave us a different perspective to look at and deal with people at our work place and in our personal life as well....." - Supriya Telavane

"Sir, It was our pleasure attending your training program. I have gained some> information about myself now. Thanks for the insight and knowledge. Best Regards" - Siddhesh Harishchandra Ghag, Tata Consultancy Services

Some of the participants in a recent IPM workshop

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:10:00 +0000

Some of the participants in a recent IPM workshop (alongwith me, second from right)

Best Faculty certificate just arrived

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:44:00 +0000

The TCS "Best of the Best Faculty" award just arrived. Just uploading it, since some students of mine had requested me to do so sometime back. Hope I got it right guys. Take care for now.

Participants Satisfaction Index for ANC's IPM workshop

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:29:00 +0000

Hi,

I am glad that the overall Participants Satisfaction Index for ANC's IPM workshop was 100%, as reaffirnmed by the 23 participants who attended his sessions on 30th and 31st January 2008 at the Noida Centre of TCS. However, one of the participants felt that I was too liberal with analogies drawn from electrical Eengineering and physical sciences.

I guess I should do justice with other streams of knowledge in my future IPM workshops so that none feels intellectually neglected :-)

Updates on ANC's IPM: Workshops in Jan-Feb 2008

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:24:00 +0000

During January-February 2008, ANC has been invited by Management Development Programme (MDP) group of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to conduct "ANC's IPM" MDP workshops in 7 different TCS locations across India.

Updates on ANC's IPM- Best Faculty Award from TCS

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:40:00 +0000

Pleased to share that the Learning and Development (L&D) Group of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) invited ANC (Amar Nath Chatterjee) last Friday to their Noida office to honor him as "The Best of the Best Faculty" in a large Townhall meeting where hundreds of TCSers assembled to cheer the awardees and recognise their excellence and contribution towards L&D.