I had to write this post in response to an article in The Independent titled “Teachers should face tough new tests to weed out incompetents”
It appears that none of the groups mentioned in the article understand the basics of psychometric profiling. Perhaps this is a symptom of the growing obsession of testing within the school […]

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Are you tired of drudging along in a boring office or labor-intensive job? Believe it or not, there are people out there who love their job and don’t merely tolerate it. Imagine waking up on Monday morning without a heavy sigh. This isn’t an unattainable goal. In fact, you can join the ranks of the […]

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The PeopleMaps “How to Series” Podcast is here!
The podcast consists of a series of interviews with Anne Ellis, Director of Psychology at PeopleMaps - and we’ve created it to help you transform your business through psychological profiling.
Anne knows more about profiling than any of us, so we were really keen to get her to reveal […]

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I have already covered the history of MBTI elsewhere on this site - the purpose of this document is to explain the rationale of MBTI according to Isabel Myers Briggs who together with her mother Katherine Briggs was the originator of the MBTI. Isabel’s belief was that many problems could be dealt with […]

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History of MBTI
Isabel Briggs Myers built upon the work her mother Katherine Briggs started around the time of the first world war. They were both pioneers in their time and built a respectable and enduring product with a world wide reputation. In the 21st Century MBTI is still a name to be reckoned with and […]

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The Origins of MBTI
Katherine Cooke married Lyman Briggs in the period of World War 1. She had an interest in typology through studying biography and once she discovered Jung she accepted his system then explored and elaborated on it. Lyman Briggs was a scientist who had a major role in modern aviation and atomic energy. […]

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Compare PeopleMaps to other profilers such as Myers Briggs (MBTI), Thomas International and SHL?
You might be familiar with these popular personality profiling systems. The major difference between the PeopleMaps instrument and all these systems is that they are meant to be delivered by a qualified person who can interpret the meaning for the respondent. […]

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The profile is created from a self report questionnaire and the responses are measured or bi-polar scales. The combination of the scales leads to the creation of one of Jung’s types.
Human behaviour is at best probabilistic not deterministic however the combination of the scales produces a type and behaviour can be attributed to that […]

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This is one of the most common questions we receive. The simple answer is “Yes”. The design of the questionnaire and the use of Bi-Polar Scales to measure responses ensures that PeopleMaps can accurately determine a psychological profile. Paul Kline (1993) a leading guru on psychometric profiling confirmed that ten questions were sufficient to […]

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In order to contrive answers to work in a candidate’s favour they need to know two things:

What characteristics the employer is looking for in psychological terms
How to manipulate their answers to achieve the appropriate result

Given this, it is very unlikely that a candidate would be able to contrive answers in their favour with the […]

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