Exploring the Executive: The ENTJ Personality Type

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Of the sixteen personality types listed, I fall under the ENTJ which means the executive. It is very shocking as to how well this simple test with a few short questions can be very accurate. The Executive is a person who I would say leads from the front in the most effective and efficient manner possible. ("The Myers & Briggs Foundation - The 16 MBTI® Types”) We Executives are very career driven and like thing to be organized and have a purpose. Everything has a place and must be in that place for the sequence of events to take place on a task. Public speaking or speaking in front of larger business groups make us feel very comfortable and we like to take charge of the group and give proper direction to accomplish the mission. Disorganization (The Personality Page,N.D.) These types of situations have come up very often for e in my line of work and I can clearly see it happening after reading the personality profile of the ENTJ. I operate at a high level and have to constantly push tasks to others in hopes that they will be accomplished in a timely manner. I tend to get a little vocal and pushy when delegating tasks and have a tendency to micromanage the men while they are completing the work. I am in charge of teaching helicopter crew tasks to over 15 Soldiers. When I teach them the task I expect that they will perform it without mistake. I have very little room for error and I expect my guys to operate at the same high level of intensity that I do. When something is done wrong after being taught the task, I have very little patience and do not react well with (Briggs, 2015) I tend to not spend to much time or care to much about other people’s feelings. It might be that I don’t feel that they have any merit to some situations. Looking at things objectively is what the ENTJ does and feelings just get in the way of doing that. I actually try my best to take others feelings and emotions into consideration in the office. I just don’t feel the need to spend an excessive amount of time dwelling on it or making it part of the solution. Being a good leader would mean that I need to pay attentions to others feelings because it can tell me so much about that person and then I can figure out ways to help that individual succeed or be more productive in the

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