As a manager or team lead, how do you know who to put on what projects and why? A team member always takes over every meeting, how do you get others to also participate? Do you find that people from other departments tend to take matters more personally and less objectively than your team? Do you often hear that you come across too abrupt at meetings? Do you prefer people that are like you or people that are different?

Jennifer Ng Ain Kin will give us an overview of MBTI (Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicators) personality traits and how being aware of them would be helpful in the workplace, and even at home. She will share her experiences dealing with such situations and will interact with the audience to do some "typewatching" on their own.

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This event promises to be a fun time for all to explore the various temperaments and maybe gain some clues on other people's behaviours in both your professional and social environments!

5:45 p.m. - Doors open
6:15 p.m. - Introduction
6:30 p.m. - Speaker presentation and explore your personality type
7:30 p.m. - Q&A
8:00 p.m. - Event close

About our Speaker:
Jennifer started her career in Ottawa as a software engineer writing embedded diagnostic code for submarines, light armored vehicles, fighting jets and tanks. She moved to the United States to gain more industry experience and eventually made a career change from software engineering design to medical devices. After a decade in the U.S., she returned back to Ottawa and joined Abbott Point of Care in Regulatory Affairs. Jennifer is a Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and has been an IEEE member for close to 25 years while serving as a volunteer in various roles for more than a decade. She has been a McGill Career Placement Service (CaPS) Mentor for close to a decade for engineering students.

Jennifer obtained her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from McGill University. She also holds a Management Certificate from the Boston University Corporate Center.