The Mattson Philosophy on Training

We are a principled driven organization in the field of organizational communication. We operate with the strong conviction that understanding and applying communication principles is the key to effective communication. Effective communication is a skill that can be learned and continuously improved by everyone.

All principles we share are in the spirit of ethical applications.

Our goal is to improve communities by improving communication skills.

It is our duty to stay informed in our field with the purpose of sharing the most current communication principles. In our workshops, we share these principles with individuals and guide them in discovering relevant applications in all communication events.

Social Science research has shown that there is no ideal way to communicate. What works for one person in a given communication event may not work for others.

Therefore, we remain open and flexible in striving for the proper balance of teaching principles and training in techniques when we customize our workshops for your organization.

Teaching and Training approaches to learning depend on the audience and the situation.

This fresh—flexible—approach to communication training for the purpose of improving communication effectiveness for individuals and organizations is grounded in social science research.

Effective communication skills substantially benefit organizations and individuals.

For organizations, better communication skills can lead to increased productivity, higher profits, better morale, and stronger (consistent, responsible, and reliable) organizations.

For individuals, better communication skills can lead to better effectiveness, pay raises, promotions, recognition, better jobs/careers, higher job satisfaction, and better grades for students.

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Understanding Personality/Communication Differences Improves Organizations in all Measures

Effective communication and leadership is valuable and desired in all organizations.  However, before the organization can be strong and effective, each individual must be aware of the different communication/personality/learning styles of him/herself and of others throughout the organization.

The best leaders have this understanding about the preferences and differences in people that can be used to get the right people in the right positions at the right time for the organization to carry out its mission, improve upon its core competencies, and navigate the course of its strategic direction while setting and achieving goals.

In this workshop, you will learn about the various personality types, your preferred type, and the many implications of this knowledge including an environment of cooperation, personal growth, and attainment of organizational goals. 

Leaders and managers will have the tools to carry out the optimum balance of Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid:  A concern for tasks balanced by a concern for people.

Isabel Briggs Myers explains it best:

“The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-report questionnaire designed to make Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types understandable and useful in everyday life.  MBTI results identify valuable differences between normal, healthy people, differences that can be the source of much misunderstanding and miscommunication.

Taking the MBTI inventory and receiving feedback will help you identify your unique gifts.  The information enhances understanding of yourself, your motivations, your natural strengths, and your potential areas for growth.  It will also help you appreciate people who differ from you.  Understanding your MBTI type is self-affirming and encourages cooperation with others.”  Isabel Briggs Myers Introduction to Type Sixth Edition.

“The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the way individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment.

In practice we tend to assume unconsciously that other people’s minds work on the same principles as our own.  All too often, however, the people with whom we interact do not reason as we reason, do not value the things we value, or are not interested in what interest us.  The assumption of the similarity, therefore, can promote misunderstanding of the motives and behaviors of people whose minds operate quite differently from our own.

The value of the theory underlying the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality inventory is that it enables us to expect specific differences in specific people and to cope with people and their differences more constructively than we otherwise could.”  Isabel Briggs Myers MBTI Manual: A Guide to the Development and Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.  Third Edition

• Can the knowledge of individual personality types increase the bottom line?
• Will understanding Type improve the climate of any organization?
• Does a happy workforce translate into higher productivity?

The MBTI personality inventory is web-based and to be completed online at the participant’s convenience without time pressures.  Each participant must complete the Inventory a minimum of two weeks before the Workshop. (Average times vary from 20-40 minutes.)

 

Who should attend?

Everyone in the organization who desires the following:

• Manage conflict
• Understand others
• Deal with difficult people
• Interested in self-understanding and development
• Investigating career development
• Finding the right position in the organization
• Solving problems
• Improving relationships
• Understanding differences in others
• Working with racial diversity
• Working with gender diversity
• Working with cultural diversity
• Improving production
• Improving job satisfaction

Benefits to the organization are impressive:

• Focused organizational development
• Strong Team Building skills
• Effective Problem solving groups
• Focused education and curriculum development
• Improved learning
• Development of an environment of tolerance
• Increased productivity
• Sharing of ideas
• Openness
• Understanding
• Flexibility
• Higher morale
• Stronger leaders
• Fostering an environment of cooperation
• Organizational spirit
• Work force with a sense of pride working for the organization that cares

The Mattson Approach to Workshops

We understand that organizations send participants to us for training in order to become more effective, to “walk the walk” of the company’s mission statement and values, and to keep the organization on course in its “strategic direction.”

However, there are costs involved; not only are there the costs of the training, the opportunity costs associated with your people being away from the job must be taken into account also. Therefore, we are serious about your ROI by presenting “meaty” workshops with “concrete” information that can be put into practice today.

The tree cutter who stops to “sharpen her axe” at the right times is by far more productive than the tree cutter who works harder and harder attempting to “keep up” using a dull axe.

The workshops are short in duration; yet, long in content. We take the term “workshop” seriously. Participants will “roll up their sleeves” and get busy in this interactive environment developing applications of this valuable information. In completing the Workshop Workbook, participants will walk away with the information they need and a detailed plan including resources to improve their communication skills.

How to Register

All Workshops are presented on site. To obtain maximum value, a minimum of 10 participants is required with a cap limit of 44.

Each Workshop is presented in three 50 minute sections (a ten minute break in each hour). The cost is $600.00. Prices include Workbooks and Countdown Flipbooks.

Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator Workshops require 6 weeks advance booking and have an additional fee of $49.00 per participant for testing material.

If you do not have the needed number of participants to register or you do not have the budget for at least 10 participants, or for any other reason, you can chose to Sponsor a “public workshop.” If you are interested in Sponsoring a “public workshop” call or email us for details.

Also, if you are an association, a non-profit organization, or an educational organization, call or email us about Sponsoring a “public workshop.”