The Myers-Briggs Company

The Myers-Briggs Company describes itself as offering a family of assessment brands that deliver personality, interests and behavioral insights, and as being trusted by organizations and L&D professionals worldwide. Its assessment brands include the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Strong Interest Inventory, the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO) tool, and the California Psychological Inventory (CPI). The company offers certification for practitioners to deploy these assessments and to help people understand themselves and improve how they communicate, learn, and work. Its leadership team includes John Maketa as Chief Executive Officer and Bryan Martin as Chief Operations Officer.

According to the company's own story page, the MBTI was developed in 1943 during WWII by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers, both pioneers of personality assessment, building on Carl Jung's 1921 publication of Psychological Types. In 1956 the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) instrument, developed by Professor Harrison Gough (UC Berkeley), was released for sale. In 1957 the company obtained the rights to the Strong Interest Inventory from Stanford University (then called the Strong Vocational Interest Test). In 1975 it became the exclusive publisher of the MBTI assessment, which became widely available to the psychological community for the first time. In the 1980s it launched the first MBTI qualification program, allowing people outside the field of psychology to access and use the MBTI assessment for the first time, and the company obtained FIRO. In 1998 it purchased Xicom and its catalog of instruments including the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode (TKI). In 2000 it describes a respected, global practitioner community continuing to grow by leveraging its assessment brands. In 2018 it became a B Corp. In the 2020s it states it continues to lean into its trusted science to provide valuable people insights.

The Original, The Gold Standard — trusted by organizations and L&D professionals worldwide to drive real people development.

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

• Strong Interest Inventory

• Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)

• Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO)

• California Psychological Inventory (CPI)

• 2021.06.15

  Reported2021.06.15

  The Myers-Briggs Company partners with Work Wider and Includability[5]The Myers-Briggs Company与Work Wider及Includability建立合作prnewswire.com

  The Myers-Briggs Company announced that it had officially partnered with Work Wider in the US and Includability in the UK to support equity, diversity and inclusion efforts.

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1. 1The Myers-Briggs Company - Trusted Assessments for Learning & Developmentthemyersbriggs.com
2. 2Our Story | The Myers-Briggs Companythemyersbriggs.com
3. 3Our Leadership Team | The Myers-Briggs Companythemyersbriggs.com
4. 4Contact Us | The Myers-Briggs Companythemyersbriggs.com
5. 5The Myers-Briggs Company与Work Wider及Includability建立合作prnewswire.com