MBTI® Master Class Series Training Announced

EDMONTON, Alberta - Jan. 29, 2015 - PRLog -- Psychometrics Canada, a leading assessment publisher and consultant for the development and selection of people in business, government and education, today announced dates for its new MBTI^® Master Class Series (https://www.psychometrics.com/en-us/workshops/mbti_master_class_series.htm) workshops and its 2015 Myers-Briggs^® Certification program (http://www.psychometrics.com/en-us/mbti_certification.htm).  The programs will be held across Canada, and they include a variety of new MBTI Master Class Series workshops designed to help advanced MBTI practitioners master the skills necessary to apply personality type to address key issues for individuals, teams and leaders. The MBTI Certification program empowers human resource, organizational development, career counselling, and learning and development professionals to make a positive impact on individuals and organizations with the help of the most versatile and widely used personality assessment in the world.

“We are extremely excited about the launch of the MBTI Master Class Series as it presents advanced MBTI practitioners a great opportunity to take their use of the Myers-Briggs assessment to the next level,” says Shawn Bakker, Psychologist and MBTI Certification trainer at Psychometrics Canada. “Workshops will teach practitioners to use personality type to optimize leadership and teams, navigate conflict and deal with stress.”

Upon successful completion of the MBTI Certification workshop, participants receive a MBTI Step I™  Certificate and a MBTI Step II™ Certificate of completion, which enables them to purchase and use all the MBTI Step I and Step II assessments and reports.Additionally it qualifies for CHRP recertification points from Human Resource associations across Canada.

“With the help of the MBTI assessment individuals can better understand themselves and their team members to improve communication, collaboration and employee engagement,” says Mark Fitzsimmons, President of Psychometrics Canada.  “This leads to more productive individuals and teams.”

Psychometrics Canada (www.psychometrics.com) has been providing assessment and consulting services for over 35 years. Psychometrics is the only authorized Canadian distributor and certification provider of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Strong Interest Inventory^® assessments.  The company’s expertise is in test development, online test delivery and consulting services focused on talent management.

For more information about the MBTI training program or Psychometrics Canada contact:

Gaëtanne Pelletier; 7125-77 Ave; Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6B 0B5; 1.800.661.5158 ext. 227; training@psychometrics.com; http://www.psychometrics.com

Fact Sheet

·          2015 Program Dates and Locations

MBTI Step I & II Certification Program

Calgary, Feb 23-26          Edmonton, June 22-25

Victoria, Mar 2-5          Kitchener/Waterloo, July 6-9

Vancouver, Mar 9-12          Toronto, Aug 10-13

Toronto, Mar 23-26          Montreal (French), Aug 24-26

Halifax, Apr 13-16          Calgary, Sept 14-17

Montreal (French), Apr 20-22          Vancouver, Sept 28-Oct 1

Ottawa, May 4-7          Mississauga, Nov 2-5          Mississauga June 8-11          Regina, Nov 16-19

MBTI Step II Certification Program

Calgary, Feb 26          Edmonton, June 25

Victoria, Mar 5          Kitchener/Waterloo, July 9

Vancouver, Mar 12          Toronto, Aug 13

Toronto, Mar 26          Montreal (French), Aug 26

Halifax, Apr 16          Calgary, Sept 17

Montreal (French) Apr 23          Vancouver, Oct 1

Ottawa, May 7          Mississauga, Nov 5          Mississauga June 11          Regina, Nov 19

MBTI Master Class Series

“Using Type to Navigate Conflict”

         Calgary, Feb 27; Ottawa, May 8; Kitchener/Waterloo, July 10; Toronto, Aug 14

“Getting the most out of MBTI® Step II™ results”

         Victoria, Mar 6; Regina, Nov 20

“Type and Stress”

         Vancouver, Mar 13; Mississauga, Jun 12; Edmonton, Jun 26, Calgary, Sep 18.

“Using Type to Optimize Leadership”

         Toronto, Mar 27; Halifax, Apr 17; Mississauga, Nov 6;

“MBTI® Optimizing Team Performance Program”

         Vancouver, Oct 2

·        Psychometrics Canada is the only authorized Canadian distributor of the MBTI assessment, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, FIRO-B^®, CPI 260™, and CPI™ 434.  Psychometrics Canada is the publisher of the Work Personality Index^® assessment, Career Values Scale, and Career Interest Profiler. Assessments and training are available in both French and English.