History of Type Makes A Difference

Type Makes A Difference, Inc. was originally founded as Type Resources, Inc. in 1987 and was dissolved in November, 2007. Gary and Margaret Hartzler are now operating the business in a "Doing Business As" (DBA) status. still using the name Type Makes A Difference.  Type Rescources, Inc. offered training courses on the use of the MBTI® and sold publications about the use of type in management, training, counseling, and for personal growth.

In 1996 we sold the logo, name, training and publications divisions to Effectiveness Enhancement, Inc.  We worked closely with Bob McAlpine, President and CEO of Effectiveness Enhancement, Inc. for several years.

Since 1996, we have been providing training and consulting services to specific clients, including Type Resources, 16Types.com, and Otto Kroeger and Associates in the United States, the Institute for Type Development in Australia, Iradat in Indonesia, and ProWay in China.

We are currently working with Breckenridge Institute to provide organizational diagnosis, professional training, and organization development services.

 Current Mission and Services

Our mission is to make Jungian psychological type theory clear and understandable, especially how to effectively incorporate the power of the 8 functions into professional type practices.  To do so, we conduct research, author books and exercises, publish notebooks, research and validate the Function Skills Development Assessment (FSDA) now published by Breckenridge Institute, and provide training and consulting services.

 Margaret Hartzler, President

 

Margaret T. Hartzler, PhD
Owner, President, and CEO

 

Margaret was awarded her PhD in educational counseling 1981.  Her dissertation described the intercorrelations between psychological type and marital satisfaction. She has an MA in Math Education and over seventeen years of experience teaching math.  She also has an MA in clinical psychology and twenty-three years experience training organizational coaches/counselors and organizational trainers how to professionally use the MBTI®.

Margaret co-developed with Katharine Myers the first publically offered Professional MBTI Qualifying Program in 1982-3 and has personally trained thousands of type practitioners in over a dozen countries.  She has developed and presented applications workshops on career counseling, change management, conflict management, decision-making, team building, adventure learning, leadership development, executive coaching, type workshop design, and how to incorporate the 8 functions into a type practice.

Margaret was keynote speaker at the Australian APT Conference focused on the use of type in Leadership Development.  She has presented at just about every APT International Conference, many APT Regional Conferences, and many local Chapters.  Margaret has served on the Board of Directors for the Association for Psychological Type as a Member At Large.  She was Treasurer for APT V, the most profitable APT international convention.

Margaret is an extremely knowledgable presenter on type theory, an effective designer (and re-designer) of type-based exercises, and an insightful exercise debriefer who readily can get the workshop participant to work the key issue.

Margaret has written extensively about the professional use of type including:

Introduction to Type and the 8 Functions, CPP, 2005. (with Leona Haas and Bob McAlpine)

Functions of Type: Activities to Develop the 8 Jungian Functions, Telos Publications, 2005. (with Gary Hartzler, MS)

Facets of Type: Activities to Develop the Type Preferences, Telos Publications, 2004. (with Gary Hartzler, MS)

Computer System Selection Manual , NECA, 1988, 136pp. (with Gary Hartzler, MS)

"Management Uses of the MBTI," Journal for Psychological Type, Vol 5, 1983, (with Gary Hartzler, MS)

Making Type Work for You, Type Resources, Inc. 1987, Type Makes A Difference 2000, 2005, 2011

Using Type with Coupes, Type Resources, 1991, Type Makes A Difference 2000, 2011 (with Gary Hartzler, MS)

Using Type in Career Counseling, Type Resources, 1993, Type Makes A Difference 2011

Conscious Indivuation , Type Resources, 1995 (with Gary Hartzler, MS)

"Type and Leadership in the 21st Century," AAPT, 1999,

Journey of Understanding , CPP, 2001 (with Leona Haas and Bob McAlpine)