Fact
File 
Politicians
and personality
People
say that councillors must be mad to do a job that
can be frustrating, stressful and thankless. New research
suggests that while they may not be mad, they are
certainly different from people who are not councillors.
'Politicians and personality' is a report looking
at the character traits of councillors compared with
the general population and managers. It was commissioned
by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) and
used the Myers
Briggs Type Indicator, one of the most
widely used personality profilers.
The data was collected from councillors attending
the IDeA’s flagship Leadership Academy for comparison
with existing research on the other two groups.
You
could use MBTI
with your Council Group to help you understand how
to work most effectively together and how to use each
other strengths and differences to best effect
Download
a copy of Politicians and personality publication
(PDF, 44 pages, 245KB).
The
free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available to download
direct from Adobe by following the link.
