Personality Overview
Personality Type
The Caregiver (ESFJ)
Traits
- Organized
- Loyal
- Can be depended on to follow things through to completion
- Enjoy creating order, structure, and schedules
- Enjoy interacting with people
- Warm-hearted and sympathetic
- Tend to put others’ needs above their own
- Very cooperative, good team members
- Practical and down-to-earth
- Enjoy variety, but work well with routine tasks
- Need approval from others
Workplace Strengths
- Put forth a lot of effort to fulfill their duties and obligations
- Warm, friendly and affirming by nature
- Service-oriented, they want to please others
Opportunities
- Generally uncomfortable with change, and moving into new territories
- Extreme dislike of conflict and criticism
- Need a lot of positive affirmation to feel good about themselves
- May be overly status-conscious, and interested in how others see them
Personality Type
The Doer (ESTP)
Traits
- Action-oriented
- Live in the present moment
- Dislike abstract theory without practical application
- Like to see immediate results for their efforts
- Fast-paced and energetic
- Flexible and adaptable
- Resourceful
- Seldom work from a plan – make things up as they go
Workplace Strengths
- Can be quite charming
- Witty, clever, and popular
- Seeks to add value
Opportunities
- Not naturally in tune with what others are feeling
- Not naturally good at expressing feelings and emotions
- May inadvertently hurt others with insensitive language
Personality Type
The Duty Fulfiller (ISTJ)
Traits
- Value tradition, security, and peaceful living
- Will work long and hard to fulfill duties
- Can be depended on to follow through on tasks
- Loyal and faithful
- Stable, practical and down-to-earth
- Family-minded
- Dislike doing things which don’t make sense to them
- Dislike abstract theory, unless they see the practical application
- Natural leaders
- Prefer to work alone, but work well in teams when necessary
Workplace Strengths
- Honor their commitments
- Take their relationship roles very seriously
- Usually able to communicate what’s on their minds with precision
- Good listeners
Opportunities
- Tendency to believe that they’re always right
- Tendency to get involved in “win-lose” conversations
- Not naturally in-tune with what others are feeling
Personality Type
The Executive (ENTJ)
Traits
- Driven to turn theories into plans
- Highly value knowledge
- Future-oriented
- Natural leaders
- Impatient with inefficiency and incompetence
- Want things structured and orderly
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Dislike routine, detail-oriented tasks
Workplace Strengths
- Genuinely interested in people’s ideas and thoughts
- Enthusiastic and energetic
- Take their commitments very seriously
- Fair-minded and interested in doing the Right Thing
Opportunities
- Their enthusiasm for verbal debates can make them appear argumentative
- Tendency to be challenging and confrontational
- Tend to get involved in “win-lose” conversations
- Tendency to have difficulty listening to others
Personality Type
The Giver (ENFJ)
Traits
- Genuinely and warmly interested in people
- Value people’s feelings
- Value structure and organization
- Value harmony, and good at creating it
- Exceptionally good people skills
- Dislike impersonal logic and analysis
- Strong organizational capabilities
- Loyal and honest
Workplace Strengths
- Good verbal communication skills
- Very perceptive about people’s thoughts and motives
- Motivational, inspirational; bring out the best in others
Opportunities
- Tend to be critical of opinions and attitudes which don’t match their own
- Sometimes unaware of social appropriateness or protocol
- Extremely sensitive to conflict, with a tendency to sweep things under the rug as an avoidance tactic
Personality Type
The Guardian (ESTJ)
Traits
- Natural leaders – they like to be in charge
- Value security and tradition
- Loyal
- Hard-working and dependable
Workplace Strengths
- Generally enthusiastic, upbeat and friendly
- Stable and dependable, they can be counted on to promote security for their families
- Put forth a lot of effort to fulfill their duties and obligations
Opportunities
- Tendency to believe that they are always right
- Tendency to need to always be in charge
- Impatient with inefficiency and sloppiness
Personality Type
The Artist (ISFP)
Traits
- Keen awareness of their environment
- Live in the present moment
- Enjoy a slower pace – they like to take time to savor the present moment
- Dislike dealing with theory or abstract thought, unless they see a practical application
- Faithful and loyal to people and ideas which are important to them
- Individualistic, having no desire to lead or follow
- Take things seriously, although they frequently appear not to
Workplace Strengths
- Usually optimistic
- Good listeners
- Good at dealing with practical day-to-day concerns
Opportunities
- Extreme dislike of conflict and criticism
- Focused on enjoying the present moment, they may appear lazy or slow-moving at times
- Need to have their own space, and dislike having it invaded
Personality Type
The Idealist (INFP)
Traits
- Strong value systems
- Warmly interested in people
- Service-oriented, usually putting the needs of others above their own
- Loyal and devoted to people and causes
- Future-oriented
- Growth-oriented; always want to be growing in a positive direction
Workplace Strengths
- Warmly concerned and caring towards others
- Sensitive and perceptive about what others are feeling
- Loyal and committed – they want lifelong relationships
Opportunities
- May tend to be shy and reserved
- Don’t like to have their “space” invaded
- Extreme dislike of conflict
- Extreme dislike of criticism
- Strong need to receive praise and positive affirmation
Personality Type
The Inspirer (ENFP)
Traits
- Project-oriented
- Bright and capable
- Warmly, genuinely interested in people; great people skills
- Extremely intuitive and perceptive about people
- Able to relate to people on their own level
- Service-oriented; likely to put the needs of others above their own
Workplace Strengths
- Good communication skills
- Very perceptive about people’s thought and motives
- Motivational, inspirational; bring out the best in others
Opportunities
- Their enthusiasm may lead them to be unrealistic
- Extreme dislike of conflict
- Extreme dislike of criticism
- Don’t pay attention to their own needs
Personality Type
The Mechanic (ISTP)
Traits
- Interested in how and why things work
- Do not function well in regimented, structured environments; they will either feel stifled or become intensely bored
- Constantly gather facts about their environment and store them away
- Have an excellent ability to apply logic and reason to their immense store of facts to solve problems or discover how things work
- Learn best “hands-on”
- Usually able to master theory and abstract thinking, but don’t particularly like dealing with it unless they see a practical application
- Action-oriented “doers”
Workplace Strengths
- Good listeners
- Usually self-confident
- Generally optimistic and fun to be with
- Practical and realistic, they handle daily concerns
Opportunities
- Living entirely in the present, they have difficulty with long-term commitments
- Not naturally good at expressing feelings and emotions
- Not tuned in to what others are feeling, they may be insensitive at times
Personality Type
The Nurturer (ISFJ)
Traits
- Large, rich inner store of information which they gather about people
- Highly observant and aware of people’s feelings and reactions
- Excellent memory for details which are important to them
- Very in-tune with their surroundings – excellent sense of space and function
- Can be depended on to follow things through to completion
Workplace Strengths
- Warm, friendly and affirming by nature
- Service-oriented, wanting to please others
- Good listeners
- Will put forth lots of effort to fulfill their duties and obligations
Opportunities
- Don’t pay enough attention to their own needs
- May have difficulty branching out into new territory
- Extreme dislike of conflict and criticism
Personality Type
The Performer (ESFP)
Traits
- Live in the present moment
- Are stimulated and excited by new experiences
- Practical and realistic
- Warmly interested in people
- Know how to have a good time, and how to make things fun for others
- Independent and resourceful
Workplace Strengths
- Enthusiastic and fun-loving, they make everything enjoyable
- Clever, witty, direct, and popular, people are drawn towards them
- Flexible and diverse, they “go with the flow” extremely well
Opportunities
- Extreme dislike of criticism, likely to take things extremely personally
- Likely to ignore or escape conflict situations rather than face them
Personality Type
The Protector (INFJ)
Traits
- Intuitively understand people and situations
- Idealistic
- Highly principled
- Complex and deep
- Natural leaders
- Sensitive and compassionate towards people
- Service-oriented
- Future-oriented
Workplace Strengths
- Sensitive and concerned for others’ feelings
- Usually have good communication skills, especially written
Opportunities
- Extreme dislike of conflict and criticism
- Have very high expectations for themselves and others (both a strength and weakness)
Personality Type
The Scientist (INTJ)
Traits
- Able to absorb extremely complex theoretical and complex material
- Driven to create order and structure from theoretical abstractions
- Supreme strategists
- Future-oriented
- See the global, “big picture”
- Strong insights and intuitions, which they trust implicitly
- Value their own opinions over others
- Love difficult theoretical challenges
Workplace Strengths
- Not threatened by conflict or criticism
- Usually self-confident
Opportunities
- Not naturally in tune with others feelings; may be insensitive at times
- May tend to respond to conflict with logic and reason, rather than the desired emotional support
Personality Type
The Thinker (INTP)
Traits
- Love theory and abstract ideas
- Truth Seekers – they want to understand things by analyzing underlying principles and structures
- Value knowledge and competence above all else
- Have very high standards for performance, which they apply to themselves
- Independent and original, possibly eccentric
- Work best alone, and value autonomy
- Have no desire to lead or follow
Workplace Strengths
- Approach things which interest them very enthusiastically
- Richly imaginative and creative
- Do not feel personally threatened by conflict or criticism
Opportunities
- Not naturally in tune with others’ feelings; slow to respond to emotional needs
- Not naturally good at expressing their own feelings and emotions
Personality Type
The Visionary (ENTP)
Traits
- Project-oriented
- Enjoy generating ideas and theories
- Creative and ingenious
- Bright and capable
- Flexible and Diverse
- Excellent communication skills
- Enjoy debating issues with other people
- Excellent people skills
- Natural leaders, but do not like to control people
Workplace Strengths
- Enthusiastic, upbeat, and popular
- Can be very charming
- Excellent communication skills
Opportunities
- Always excited by anything new, they may change partners frequently
- Tendency to not follow through on their plans and ideas
- Their love of debate may cause them to provoke arguments