A recent article in the Daily Telegraph shares the fact that the England Cricket Team recently took the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, in an attempt to help “11 vastly different individuals fit together into an effective unit”. The effectiveness of the Myers Briggs tool has long been understood by organisations such as BBC, Vodafone, Shell and the Civil Service. It’s value comes in improving the self-awareness of individuals, developing a greater understanding of our strengths and weaknesses. From a team perspective, this understanding translates into improved working techniques, how our behaviours impact others and, just as importantly, why our behaviours can sometimes clash. For example, there maybe someone in your team whose “fly by the seat of their pants” attitude really annoys you – everything left to the last minute, then a panic to get the job done. From their perspective, they may be frustrated by your incessant need to plan everything, lack of spontaneity and difficulty with coping when the goalposts change. As a Myers Briggs Practitioner, there is a great satisfaction in helping people understand themselves a little more. Those light bulb moments when they suddenly realise something about themselves, their colleagues and (often) their nearest and dearest. So, I for one am thrilled that the England Cricket Team have embraced something as unusual as MBTI to help them become a tighter team. I am not sure whether their success so far this summer can be attributed to this diagnostic tool but, as a cricket fan, I am not too concerned about it – so long as they keep winning!