Jungian functional preference ordering:
- Dominant: Extraverted Thinking
- Auxiliary: Introverted Intuition
- Tertiary: Extraverted Sensing
- Inferior: Introverted Feeling
About 2 years ago the department I was working for offered the Myers Briggs test and at first many people didn’t take it seriously until we all lined up to see how each person in our department measured up to each other in relation to the number they scored in each section. The most eye opening moment is when I realized that my boss and I were both scoring in the same areas at almost the same number which made me realize that I couldn’t be an assistant to an executive if both of us ranked in the same area (the area known as the executive).
According to the Myers site, “ENTJs are natural born leaders. They live in a world of possibilities where they see all sorts’ challenges to be surmounted, and they want to be the ones responsible for surmounting them. They have a drive for leadership, which is well-served by their quickness to grasp complexities, their ability to absorb a large amount of impersonal information, and their quick and decisive judgments. They are ‘take charge’ people.”
Being an ENTJ I realized that I was born to lead to some capacity but I also know that I still need a few more years of experience and education to become more prepared for the type of leading I wish to do. I think it is very important for all young professionals to take the MBTI once when they start their careers and a few more times at milestone points to see if they have changed or remained the same. It is so important to know who you are and being self-aware so that you can be effective as a leader and to better understand those who you lead.
Once I took the test I became self-aware rather quickly that it was time to start making progress to change my career and within 6 months I had finished half of my master’s degree and had secured a new position within the university I am currently working for. Now all results will vary but becoming self-aware helped to lay out a path for my professional success. It has been sad that ENTJ people are very forceful and decisive people and I completely agree with that because I know that when I set my mind to something, I go for it full force and I don’t stop until I achieve it. Asides from the attributes of being an ENTJ individual, there are some downsides that I have to keep in mind which I find is part of the self-awareness journey and that is I have to be more open-minded and understanding. Often ENTJ people can be too aggressive in getting to where they want to be and I don’t want people to remember me that way although I am sure some think of me that way now. I want to be a comfortable balance of driven and compassionate and that is what I try to work on each day through my studies and my career.
Taking the Meyers Briggs test is extremely important to me and I think others feel the way I do. I know that if I was in a leadership position I would set aside both time and funds in order to have the MBTI test administered because I think it helps for a team of people to understand one another better and therefore ultimately work better which will promote a better working environment.
Reference:
Myers, B. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.personalitypage.com/ENTJ.html
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