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.
