The Power of Personality
Join us for an immersive exploration of how personality types and emotional intelligence shape effective leadership and drive meaningful organizational growth.
This conference will equip you with practical skills, actionable insights, and new perspectives essential for impactful, people-centered leadership.
The venue in Copenhagen provides an inspiring setting where you will meet leading experts in the field. We have curated an exceptional lineup of international speakers whose expertise will significantly enhance our collective understanding and practical application of Type theory.
Join us for a rewarding experience that will deepen your professional skills, expand your network, and inspire your leadership journey.
Using Type to Support Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
This session is especially relevant for HR professionals who want to support strong, people-focused leadership.
How can we help leaders better understand themselves and others in a complex work environment? In this session, we explore how personality type can be a helpful tool to create more self-awareness and develop emotional intelligence in leadership.
The session is led by CfL’s own senior leadership consultant, who has more than 25 years of experience working with type, leadership, and talent development. She brings a practical mindset and deep insight into what actually works when developing leaders.
Through real-life examples and situations from leadership practice, you will see how even small, conscious changes in behavior can make a big difference in how leaders connect and communicate with others.
Annette Elgaard Bøttger
Annette Elgaard Bøttger is a leadership consultant at CfL specializing in Jungian typology. She has worked with leadership and talent development for more than 25 years both nationally and internationally.
Balanced Leadership: Navigating Emotional Intelligence Through Opposites ●●● Adv
This session offers hands-on, applicable learning for HR professionals and leaders who want to foster more emotionally intelligent, resilient, and people-centered organisations.
You will learn how to lead more effectively by working with—not against—the natural tensions that exist in leadership, such as Thinking vs. Feeling.
Jane Kise introduces practical tools from polarity thinking to help you navigate complex dilemmas without having to choose between two valuable approaches. Instead of either/or, you’ll discover how to apply both/and thinking to real leadership challenges.
Jane Kise
Jane Kise, Ed.D., has worked with personality type for over 30 years. The author of over 25 books, she consults around the world. She helps leaders create environments where everyone can use their strengths.
When Type Becomes Movement: Activating Development Through Body and Mind ●●● Adv
This session is for you if you are curious about the connection between typology, learning, and physically grounded development.
Together, we’ll explore the transition between the comfort zone and the development zone—and how this shift can be observed both in personality profiles and in the body’s motor patterns.
Building on the advanced principles of the ActionTypes approach, the session examines how the brain accesses different cognitive functions depending on the situation and mental state.
The focus is on the dynamic between the dominant functions (1 and 2) and the more growth-oriented functions (3 and 4), and how this internal shift can be consciously activated—both physically and mentally.
You’ll gain a new perspective on how personal development can be supported through body awareness and type insights, offering practical value for leadership development, coaching, and learning environments.
Remco Nijboer, John Ogink, Bertrand Théraulaz
Remco Nijboer is the JTI license holder for the Netherlands and Belgium. He co-authored 80 Exercises to Apply Jungian Typology. With John Ogink, he combines JTI and ActionTypes in coaching and team development. Bertrand Théraulaz co-founded ActionTypes in 1989, integrating movement and personality for growth.
EQ in Practice: Learning Scenarios Through the Lens of Type ●● Int
This is a dynamic and hands-on session for those who want to integrate typology into everyday leadership and team collaboration.
In this practical and dialogue-based session, participants work in small groups using real-life scenarios that reflect common communication challenges in the workplace.
Through shared reflection and a type-based lens, we explore the dynamics at play—identifying personality patterns and learning how to respond with greater emotional intelligence.
You'll strengthen your ability to recognise type differences in action, deepen your emotional intelligence, and walk away with concrete methods you can use directly in training, facilitation, or coaching.
Rob Toomey
Rob's professional use of psychological type began 20 years ago with the launch of TypeCoach. He has delivered sessions to tens of thousands of people around the globe. He’s an avid BAPT supporter – as a speaker and via his cartoon series Two Peas in a Pod.
Enjoy your lunch in CfL's Restaurant
Can AI Strengthen Emotional Intelligence in Leaders? ● For All
Artificial intelligence often sparks both excitement and concern: Will it replace us? Will we lose our ability to think and feel for ourselves?
In this session we will shift the focus from fear to possibility—exploring how AI can actually support leaders in developing their emotional intelligence.
You’ll gain insights into how AI can be used as an active tool in leadership development—enhancing rather than replacing human qualities like self-awareness, empathy, and relational intelligence.
Through practical examples and guided reflection, we explore how AI can be integrated meaningfully into HR and leadership practices, creating value in partnership with human skills.
A thought-provoking session for those curious about the leadership tools of the future—and how technology and emotional intelligence can grow side by side.
Gareth English
Gareth is a Chartered Business Psychologist who has worked with Type for 25 years. He’s helped leaders all over the world understand themselves and others better. Co-authored The Power of Personality. Founder of SuperpowerMe.ai. Co-founder of Type-Pro, which certifies Type professionals.
When the Environment Shapes Type – Typology, Adaptation, & Authenticity ● For All
This session is for those who want to understand how we can support development—not in spite of our environment, but in partnership with it.
We explore how context and culture can limit or distort the natural expression of personality type preferences—and what that means for both personal and professional growth.
You’ll gain insight into how environmental pressures can lead individuals to adapt in ways that don’t align with their natural preferences, and how this can impact well-being, authenticity, and emotional intelligence—both at the individual and organisational level.
As a participant, you’ll take away practical ideas for how leaders and HR professionals can create environments that allow people to be themselves—while also supporting the development of emotionally intelligent and authentic leadership.
Yvonne Nelson Reid, Jeff Milone
Yvonne Nelson-Reid, PhD, is a professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute and the VP of Education and Programs at Myers & Briggs Foundation. Jeff Milone, MA, is a doctoral candidate at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and has 15 years as a tech entrepreneur and cofounder, bridging psychology and innovation.
Emotional Intelligence Across the Leadership Pipeline: Typology in Practice ● For All
This session offers a clearer understanding of how to tailor leadership development using personality type—adapting it to both the individual and the organisational level.
How do we develop emotionally intelligent leaders from frontline managers to senior executives? We explore how different leadership levels require different types of decision-making, emotional competencies, and type-related behaviours.
You’ll gain insight into why preferences such as Extraversion, Intuition, and Perceiving often become more prominent at higher levels of leadership—and why recognising these patterns matters in leadership development.
Using the JTI (Jungian Type Index) framework, we move beyond the usual “hard” vs. “soft” leadership labels and offer a more nuanced, balanced view of how emotional intelligence is expressed in practice—across the entire leadership pipeline.
Rikard Larsson, Thor Ødegård
Rikard Larsson is a professor in business at Lund University and co-founding partner of Decision Dynamics. His publications have more than 8,000 Google Scholar Citations. Thor Ødegård has worked as an organizational psychologist since 1982, specializing in conflict and typology.
Take a break and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea ☕
Type in Action: Experience the 8 Jungian Functions at Work
In this session you’ll leave with a ready-to-use activity designed to spark energy, reflection, and stronger collaboration – both in professional and personal settings.
How can we build greater psychological flexibility and understanding in teams? In this interactive session, participants will explore the 8 Jungian cognitive functions (with a focus on dominant functions) through hands-on roleplay and simple, engaging exercises that help shift perspectives.
The workshop introduces a set of practical and versatile activity cards that can be used in coaching, facilitation, and team development.
Dario Nardi
Dario Nardi, PhD, was certified in type 30 years ago, trained under Dr. Linda Berens. He does research, runs workshops, makes digital courses, and writes books about type, including Neuroscience of Personality and the recent Decode Your Personality. You can see more at www.radiancehouse.com.
Beyond the Basics: Developing Leaders from the Inside Out
This is a session that expands your thinking and offers inspiration for working more deeply with leadership growth in today’s complex environments.
How do we support leadership growth when traditional methods no longer go far enough? This session offers fresh perspectives for HR professionals working strategically and long-term with leadership development.
Angelina introduces a model of psychological maturity in leadership, based on the developmental stage theories of Loevinger and Cook-Greuter*. She connects this vertical development approach with emotional intelligence and Jungian type theory.
Drawing on a real-life leadership program and insights from her Ph.D. research, she shares how to support leaders’ inner development – and how to tailor development efforts to where each leader is in their personal and professional journey.
*Loevinger and Cook-Greuter are two prominent researchers who have made significant contributions to theories of human development – particularly in the areas of psychological maturity and ego development. Their work is frequently used in leadership development, especially in the context of what is known as vertical development.
Angelina Bennet
Angelina is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist specializing in developing individuals through personality work. She is a co-director of Type Pro Ltd, offering type qualification training for Coaches. She is a past President of BAPT and the author of The Shadows of Type.
Creative Tools for Emotional Intelligence – When Typology Meets Feelings ● For All
This session offers a range of practical, creative tools you can take with you and apply directly in facilitation, leadership development, and coaching. These tools help you work more deeply and engagingly with emotional intelligence—both in one-on-one settings and with teams.
Emotions are complex, and we often judge them (and ourselves) as either good or bad. In this session, we explore how creativity and type together can support the development of emotional intelligence.
Through visual and creative exercises, participants gain new perspectives on their own emotional reactions and preferences. You’ll learn how to approach emotions more openly and constructively—both on an individual level and within group dynamics.
Anna Crollick
Anna is a Chartered Business Psychologist, experienced coach, and Type professional who uses art-based methods. She supports women in STEM professions and businesses who want to create environments within which their people can flourish and achieve business results.
Mindful Leadership – When Presence and Experience Shape Your Leadership Style ● For All
This session offers insight into how you can help leaders deepen their self-awareness, understand how their type and life experiences influence their leadership, and support them in leading with greater presence, authenticity, and reflection.
What do your personality type and life story reveal about the kind of leader you are—and aspire to become? We explore how type and personal experience can be actively used to strengthen leadership presence and build a more grounded, self-aware leadership style.
Whether you are a CEO, coach, HR partner, or experienced leader, you are invited to bring your own perspective. You'll have the opportunity to share experiences, listen to others, and gain new insight into what it means to be a mindful and balanced leader.
Elizabeth & Katherine Hirsh
Katherine W. Hirsh, DPhil, and Elizabeth Hirsh, MS, have been using psychological Type in coaching, management consulting, counseling, education, and personal, professional, and faculty development for over thirty years. Katherine prefers INTP and Elizabeth prefers INFP.
Type in Transition: Leadership, Change and Sustainable Development ●● Int
This session offers practical insight you can take directly into leadership development programs, change initiatives, and coaching conversations with leaders navigating transition.
How can personality type be used as an active tool during major organisational change? Drawing on real-world examples from two global companies undergoing large-scale transformations, we explore how leaders were supported through both one-on-one coaching and group-based workshops.
You’ll gain concrete examples of how MBTI—and type theory more broadly—can be applied to strengthen leaders’ self-awareness and interpersonal skills, helping to create more sustainable and people-centred change in the way we work together.
Stefan Oppitz
Stefan Oppitz, from A-M-T Management Performance in Germany, is a management professional and consultant. He specializes in psychometrics for organizational performance and individual growth. He’s an expert in the use of MBTI in team development, leadership, and change management.
Enjoy your lunch in CfL's Restaurant
Lead with Head and Heart: Creating Motivation Through a Flexible Leadership Style●● Int
As a leader, you influence more than just actions—you shape how people think and feel. Your communication and leadership style directly impact motivation, engagement, and performance.
In this session, we focus on how to flex your leadership style to suit different people and situations—without losing authenticity. You’ll gain insights into how balancing logic and empathy can strengthen relationships and drive sustainable impact.
You’ll leave with a practical action plan, ready-to-use tools, and templates you can immediately apply in your daily leadership practice.
Catherine Stothart
Catherine is a Leadership Coach who has coached and trained hundreds of leaders to engage and motivate their teams in many companies, including Airbus, Google and Audi. She has written two type-related books - How to Get On with Anyone is based on Interaction Styles and Motivation: The Ultimate Guide to Leading your Team, is based on temperament.
Self-Regulation Through Typology – Managing Your Inner Responses ●● Int
How do you react under pressure—and where do those reactions really come from? This session explores the link between Jungian cognitive functions and our ability to regulate thoughts, emotions, and behaviour.
Through guided exercises, you’ll gain insight into how your type preferences shape your automatic responses—and how, with greater awareness and practice, you can strengthen your self-regulation.
You’ll walk away with deeper self-awareness and concrete techniques you can use to manage yourself more consciously in collaboration, leadership, and complex situations.
Torsten Laursen
Advisor and leadership trainer at Decanus Consulting, working with leadership teams and individual leadership training and coaching. Working also with Informal Leadership training with Type as one of the main tools. Combines Typology with other tools to get a broader perspective on the situation.
Emotional Intelligence Through the Lens of Type ●● Int
How does emotional intelligence show up differently depending on personality type? In this session, we explore how the cognitive functions in type theory—dominant, auxiliary, tertiary, and inferior—shape our emotional landscape, influencing how we regulate emotions, express empathy, and build relationships.
You’ll gain a deeper understanding of how emotional intelligence varies across types and how to work with these differences in a practical, type-informed way.
This session equips you with concrete tools and language to support both yourself and others in navigating emotions with greater awareness and balance.
Ideal for leaders, coaches, and HR professionals who want to strengthen collaboration, emotional insight, and personal development through the lens of typology.
Robin Hills
Robin Hills, Doctor of Advanced Studies – Psychology (Honoris causa) is a multiple award-winning EI coach, trainer and facilitator with over 40 years of business experience. He specialises in delivering online courses based around emotional intelligence teaching over 500,000 learners in over 20 countries.
Take a break and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea ☕
Emotional Intelligence & Type – What Do We Take With Us?
This final session brings together the key insights from the past two days and helps set a direction for your continued work with type and emotional intelligence.
Understanding personality type is one thing—putting it into practice is another. In this closing session, Antonia Dodge and Joel Mark Witt invite us to reflect: What has inspired us during the conference? And what might we do differently in our own practice going forward?
With their unique blend of theory and practical tools, Antonia and Joel guide us in how to create real, lasting change—both for ourselves and the people we support.
As co-founders of Personality Hacker, they are known for making typology useful and accessible through their podcasts, coaching, and workshops, always with a focus on everyday application and personal growth.
Antonia Dodge and Joel Mark Witt
Antonia Dodge and Joel Mark Witt are co-founders of Personality Hacker. They help unlock potential through their podcast, coaching, and workshops, blending theory with practical tools for real-life transformation.
We hope you can join us for an evening excursion with a guided sightseeing walk through Copenhagen’s iconic landmarks, followed by a delightful dinner at Det Glade Vanvid (The Joyfull Madness).
This optional evening event is the perfect way to connect with other participants ahead of the main conference.
Price: £89 / 799 DKK (all-inclusive).
13 Jun 2025, 17:00 – 22:30 CEST
Location: Det glade Vanvid, Læderstræde 3, 1201 København, Denmark
(available until 30 April)
For the full two-day event
For the full two-day event
Rates include refreshments and lunch on both days.
*The DKK prices are approximate, as they are converted from pounds to DKK on the day of ticket purchase.
For the full two-day event
For the full two-day event
Rates include refreshments and lunch on both days.
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We hope you can join us for an evening excursion with a guided sightseeing walk through Copenhagen’s iconic landmarks, followed by a delightful dinner at Det Glade Vanvid. This optional evening event is the perfect way to connect with other participants ahead of the main conference.
Price: £89 / 799 DKK (all-inclusive).
13 Jun 2025, 17:00 – 22:30 CEST
As you may require accommodation in Copenhagen we would like to give you details of the conference discount available at the Adina Hotel. This is within walking distance of the venue at CfL and is highly recommended.
They have given us a significant discount to DKK1450 (Approx. £165) for a one-bedroom apartment, room only. See further information about the hotel.
In order to book you must email them rather than book online.
Please send an e-mail to copenhagen@adina.eu with a reference CFL 130625.
Yes, parking is available at the conference, but due to the expected number of guests, we recommend using public transportation if possible. The venue is just 200 meters from Østerport Station.
P: +45 53 67 67 91
E: mba@cfl.dk