ENTJ personality type
ENTJ
Extravert-iNtuitive-Thinker-Judger
- Extraverts are outgoing, energetic and action-oriented. They are enthusiastic and expressive
- iNtuitives pay more attention to information that is imaginative and original. iNtuitives focus on the future.
- Thinkers make decisions using logic and impersonal analysis. They think with their heads rather than their hearts.
- Judgers prefer a lifestyle that is decisive, planned and orderly. They like a life that is organized and controlled.
When you turn out to be an ENTJ, then:
Your Jung personality type is stereotyped as Field Marshall
An ENTJ at-a-glance
You are a natural born leader. This motivation is so powerful that you may find it difficult not to take the lead. Your natural place is at the head of the crowd, marshalling everyone together and moving the group forward. You are rarely content to stand quietly in the background. You set high standards for yourself and others. You are continually creating a mental list of things you want to learn, accomplish and master.
You are keenly analytical. Being logical, dispassionate and objective is as natural to you as breathing air. Problems invigorate you - you enjoy resolving them using logic and objective critical thinking - strong points of your personality. Your decisive and positive action leaves others in the dust. You have little patience with uncertainty, inefficiency or confusion. You are not afraid to make tough-minded decisions and take hard actions.
Your probable contributions to an organization
Each Personality Type has a different set of skills, talents and attributes that they bring to an organization, group or relationship. Here is a list of those most commonly associated with Personality Types like you - ENTJ.
- Is a take-charge kind of person.
- Readily and joyfully tackles confusion and inefficiencies.
- Radiates confidence to all with whom he/she comes into contact.
- Is highly strategic in choosing an organization's or project's direction.
- Always focuses on the organization's goals.
- Is highly skilled in analysis.
- Rarely takes no for an answer.
- Delights in mental challenges and solving interesting problems.
- Brings structure and order to an establishment.
- Excels in environments that are going through tough times.
- Generates results with lots of energy.
- Experiences competition as thrilling.
- Can become consumed by work; work and home lives are often not separated.
- Forms commanding, thoughtful and precise plans.
- Favors long-term over short-term goals.
- Can be frank, decisive and tough- minded with people when dealing with a variety of situations.
- Is open to new ideas or strategies that will help and organization or project move forward quickly.
- Is unafraid of change.
- Is loyal to the organization and to solving future challenges.
On a team
Some people work well on teams, others work best on their own. Understanding the personality types of team members provides information about how individuals are likely to carry out their work and interact with each other. Given your personality preferences, the following are the strengths (and possible weaknesses!) you will most likely bring to a team:
- Leadership, pure and simple.
- Brings total dedication to a project.
- Contributes by being goal-oriented, organized and by delivering results.
- Uses forthright logic to influence team members.
- Is adept at finding flaws in proposed solutions.
- Analyzes processes, solves problems and critically examines possible solutions.
- Concentrates on the big picture.
- Can sometimes appear too overpowering or controlling to other team members.
- Pushes hard to reach goals, sometimes too hard.
- Wants work done immediately and can become impatient when it isn't.
- Becomes irritated when others do not display the same level of commitment or awareness of urgency in completing a project that they have.
- Is not interested in discussing an issue after clarity has been reached.
- Is frustrated by anything that wastes time or resources and does not contribute to the goal.
Jung personality types
There are sixteen Jung personality types. Take a free Jung personality test.
