ESTJ personality type
ESTJ
Extravert-Sensor-Thinker-Judger
- Extraverts are outgoing, energetic and action-oriented. They are enthusiastic and expressive
- Sensors live in the present. They rely on facts, handle practical matters well and like things to be concrete and measurable.
- 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 ISTJ, then:
Your Jung personality type is stereotyped as The Bureaucrat
An ESTJ at-a-glance
You are one of life's natural organizers. You are down-to-earth, straightforward and direct. People know exactly where they are with you. ESTJs are take charge kind of people. They are results driven, organized, sociable, hold firm opinions and are likely to be traditionalists. Of all the different types of personality, ESTJs are the ones that are most likely to want to be in control.
You have a strong motivation to create and preserve a comfortable, secure and organized life. If anybody's going to get it right, you will! You work hard and you play hard. You are good company because you are able to balance being both earnest and responsible with being friendly and entertaining. People are likely to rely on you to organize activities because they know you will make it happen.
Because you have a strong sense of right and wrong, you divide the world between the good guys and the bad guys. Right or wrong. Correct or incorrect. Your life philosophy could be WYGIWYS - What you get is what you see!
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 - ESTJ.
- Believes that deeds matter, words do not.
- Masterfully creates efficient systems.
- Is the one that get things done.
- Completes tasks accurately and on time, is a stickler for details.
- Is practical and realistic, moving step-by-step towards goals.
- Has a genius for logistics.
- Gets results.
- Handles problems directly and decisively.
- Is terrific at organizing and structuring processes and people.
- Prefers predictability and order and hates confusion.
- Goal setting and making plans to achieve that goal are second nature to them.
- Likes accomplishment and actual, physical, practical applications.
- Creates and uses to do lists and masterfully sets priorities.
- Approaches and examines work in a logical, orderly fashion.
- Is oriented toward the here-and-now and easily spots defects.
- Is action-oriented and does not hesitate to be tough-minded.
- Operates best with stated standards and measurements for success.
- Sees little usefulness in change, particularly if things are working fine.
- Is especially loyal.
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:
- Brings a driving force to the team for planning and accomplishment.
- Enjoys working on a team.
- Runs efficient meetings, sticks to the agenda and wants everything accomplished on time and on schedule.
- Takes responsibility, gets things done and expects others to be prepared and to follow through.
- Challenges others to live up to his/her high standards of excellence.
- Provides a logical structure in which to pin-point problems and carry out tasks.
- Is concerned with the present realities, not future concerns.
- Has a tendency to take over.
- Conducts business with a no-nonsense and direct approach.
- Becomes frustrated by meetings that are not focused or fail to follow clear agendas.
- Is irritated by team members who are chronically late, missing or not paying attention.
- Can irritate others by being too blunt.
- Does not appreciate actions that waste time or stray from the task at hand.
Jung personality types
There are sixteen Jung personality types. Take a free Jung personality test.
