ENTP personality type
ENTP
Extravert-iNtuitive-Thinker-Perceiver
- 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.
- Perceivers prefer a lifestyle that is spontaneous, flexible and adaptable. They like an environment that is unstructured, and like to keep their options open.
When you turn out to be an ISTJ, then:
Your Jung personality type is stereotyped as The Improviser
An ENTP at-a-glance
You are a highly dynamic individual who typically says, If at first you do not succeed, try another way or move on! You enjoy being an inviting host - bringing people together, putting them at ease and creating upbeat, fun gatherings. You aim to understand rather than to judge people.
As an ENTP your style is confident, dynamic, energetic, infectious and sparkling. You are a great conversationalist who enjoys verbal sparring and debating. You laugh easily and often. You have the ability to intuitively understand people and situations - you seem to understand things quickly and in great depth. When your intuition is working at full speed it is inspiring - both for yourself and others. You like to motivate and motivate people to go that one step further - to win rather than to be a runner-up.
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 - ENTP.
- Is confident, dynamic, energetic and exciting to be around.
- Views work as one stimulating and adventurous challenge after another.
- Brings infectious humor and dynamism to tasks.
- Delights in troubleshooting and conquering major problems.
- Inspires self and others to go beyond stated goals.
- Thinks conceptually and is skilled in analysis.
- Generates creative ideas and is highly innovative.
- Ingeniously discovers new methods and processes.
- Is extremely flexible, versatile and embraces ambiguity.
- Finds start-up projects exciting and routine processes boring.
- Likes achievement.
- Seeks to become more and more competent in their work.
- Delegates details of the vision and its implementation to others.
- Brilliantly perceives market trends, future designs and products.
- Goes for, and is excited by, the big picture.
- Is alert and outspoken.
- Encourages and rewards risk-taking.
- Easily takes initiative and instigates change.
- Is loyal to the movers and shakers of an organization.
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:
- Supplies clear ideas and inventive new insights.
- Contributes elevated degrees of enthusiasm and energy.
- Provides analysis and solutions, and identifies opportunities.
- Brings different viewpoints and information to the table.
- Questions and examines different pathways and possibilities.
- Dares the group to go beyond the status quo.
- Focuses on future possibilities, rather than current limitations.
- Sometimes presents too many possibilities and concepts, possibly overwhelming others.
- Is apt to grab the limelight with their boundless energy and enthusiasm.
- Irritates others by editing everything down to a theoretical model.
- Becomes frustrated with others who do not look at new prospects or fail to have a can-do attitude.
- Wants others to be able to separate the trivial from the important.
- Can be irritated by others who do not think abstractly.
Jung personality types
There are sixteen Jung personality types. Take a free Jung personality test.
