CPP, Inc., Pfeiffer Unveil Dynamic Leadership Development Tool

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CPP, Inc. (CPP.com), an industry leader in research, training, and organizational development tools, including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment, and Pfeiffer, the leading training and human resource development imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and originator of the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI®), announce the Leadership Plus Report: Combining Your MBTI® and LPI® Results, a jointly developed product that gives current and aspiring leaders an unprecedented ability to expand their development and grow professionally as they spearhead key organizational initiatives.

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The Leadership Plus Report is built on the integration of Pfeiffer's Leadership Practices Inventory® (LPI®) and CPP's Myers-Briggs® personality assessment. By combining the LPI's in-depth view of applied leadership behavior practices through 360-degree feedback with the Myers-Briggs self-evaluation and insight into personality, the two companies have created a multifaceted, holistic approach to devising next steps for leadership skill building and improved performance.  

"We are thrilled to be partnering with CPP on this project," said Debra Hunter, President, Pfeiffer and Jossey-Bass, "Their reputation in the marketplace is exceptional, and the MBTI assessment is a highly trusted tool with a global reach. Myers-Briggs insights enhance LPI feedback to create a deep and rich experience for leaders at all levels."

"Like the Myers-Briggs instrument, the LPI has been credited with spawning numerous life-changing 'aha!' moments over the span of several decades," said Jeff Hayes, President and CEO, CPP, Inc. "The LPI is one of the few products currently available that can bring the value of the Myers-Briggs tool to an even higher level, and we are excited about using the Leadership Plus Report to advance the careers of today's and tomorrow's leaders."

A Window into Preferences and Practices

The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) is the best-selling and most trusted leadership tool of its generation. A 360-degree leadership assessment evaluation, it helps individuals and organizations measure their leadership competencies. The Myers-Briggs instrument, the world's most popular and trusted personality assessment, helps individuals explore their relationship to leadership, team dynamics, and other areas of work success by identifying personality preferences on four dichotomies: Extraversion-Introversion, Sensing-Intuition, Thinking-Feeling, and Judging-Perceiving.

Used together, the two assessments create a value proposition that is much greater than the sum of its parts. The exclusive report comprises three comprehensive sections providing in-depth insights:

• Type Description: Provides a description of the user's MBTI type and personality preferences.
• Leadership Style: Describes how that individual's MBTI type influences his or her leadership approach.
• Combining Preferences and Practices: Offers users guidance on how to map their MBTI results with their Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) results. This understanding helps individuals identify ways to increase their use of exemplary leadership behaviors, which in turn will make them more productive, successful leaders.

"The MBTI assessment is a perfect complement to the LPI, and the new combined report will greatly benefit current customers as well as attract new customers," commented James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, coauthors of the award-winning and best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge®.

For more information about the Leadership Plus Report, please visit: www.cpp.com/360Leadership or call 650-969-8901 or toll free 800-624-1765.    

About CPP, Inc.
Since its founding in 1956, CPP, Inc., has been a leading publisher and provider of innovative products and services for individual and organizational development, supplying reliable training solutions to businesses of all sizes, including the Fortune 500. The company's hundreds of offerings have been used by millions of individuals in more than 100 countries, in more than 20 languages, to help people and organizations grow and develop by improving performance and increasing understanding. Among CPP's world-renowned brands and services are the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, Strong Interest Inventory®, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), FIRO®, CPI 260®, and California Psychological Inventory™ (CPI™) assessments; and CPP Professional Services. For more information on CPP, visit www.cpp.com.

 About Pfeiffer®
Pfeiffer serves the professional development and hands-on resource needs of training and human resource practitioners and provides them with products to do their jobs better. Leading experts in HR development and management deliver proven ideas and solutions and offer effective and customizable tools to dramatically improve workplace performance. From novice to seasoned professional, Pfeiffer is the source practitioners trust to make themselves and their organizations more successful. For more information, visit www.pfeiffer.com. Pfeiffer is an imprint of Wiley.

About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations.  Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 450 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology/Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Peace.

Wiley's core businesses include scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly (STMS) journals, encyclopedias, books and online products and services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training materials, online applications and Web sites; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley's global headquarters are located in Hoboken, N.J., with operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia. The company's Web site can be accessed at www.wiley.com. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Myers-Briggs, and MBTI are trademarks or registered trademarks of the MBTI Trust, Inc. Strong Interest Inventory, FIRO, and CPI 260 are registered trademarks and California Psychological Inventory and CPI are trademarks of CPP, Inc. Pfeiffer, The Leadership Challenge, Leadership Practices Inventory, and LPI are trademarks or registered trademark of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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