Kingwood, TX, April, 2011 – Jill Hickman, SPHR of Jill Hickman Companies in Kingwood, TX announced today that she has successfully completed the certification process with the Center for Application of Psychological Type, Inc. to become a Certified Practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Program. Jill Hickman is now part of an elite group of professionals certified to administer and interpret the MBTI® assessment, the world’s leading personality instrument. Lisa Orr, Director of Operations for CAPT, Inc., says of Jill, “It takes dedication and hard work to meet the requirements for certification. We appreciate her enthusiasm and the valuable contributions she made during the training.”

After more than 60 years of research and development, the current MBTI® assessment is the most widely used instrument for understanding normal personality differences. Because it explains basic patterns inhuman function, the MBTI® tool is used for a wide variety of purposes including the following:

• Self-understanding and development
• Career development and exploration
• Organizational development
• Team building
• Management and leadership training
• Problem solving
• Relationship counseling
• Education and curriculum development
• Academic counseling
• Diversity and multicultural training

CAPT is a non-profit training, research and publishing organization founded in 1975 by Isabel Myers and Dr. May McCaulley. CPAT programs emphasize the positive benefits of personality diversity and development, and support understanding, insight, and growth for thousands of people and organizations throughout the world.

CAPT is the home of the Isabel Myers Memorial Library, and CAPT publishes other assessments that complement your work in personality type, including the Murphy Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children® (MMTIC®), the Klein Group Instrument® for Effective Leadership and Participation in Teams (KGI®), and the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator® (PMAI®). Samples, reports and additional information on each of these assessments is available on our website: www.capt.org

Jill Hickman, SPHR, is President of Jill Hickman Companies, a consultant firm to Fortune 100 companies and small business entrepreneurs, providing organizations and individuals with knowledge skill sets, resource capabilities, and intuitive guidance to enable leaders to grow their businesses and businesses to grow their leaders. With over 20 years of corporate experience, Jill’s extensive background in retail, petrochemical, academic, healthcare, and PEO industries, has given her an amazing breadth of industry and professional wisdom to share with others who want to improve their business acumen and leadership presence, engage their teams, and achieve optimum performance levels.

For more information, please contact Jill Hickman at 281-358-8580.