ENTP
NeTiFSientpINNOVATIVE EXPLORERS
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Favorite process
EXTRAVERTED
INTUITION
INTUITION
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Second process
INTROVERTED
THINKING
THINKING
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Third process
FEELING
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Fourth process
INTROVERTED
SENSING
SENSING
EXTRAVERSION
INTUITION
THINKING
PERCEIVING
Setting Direction
Assets: ENTP leaders tend to...
- Envision the future easily, creating a broad, holistic view of what to accomplish
- Have a preference for seeing opportunities instead of problems, creating energy and momentum
- Generate many possible solutions and logically analyze alternatives that are part of a complex system
- Take a big-picture view, focusing on the desired result
Challenges: ENTP leaders tend to...
- Entertain many options, which can come across to others as wasting time
- Overcomplicate the direction, making it too hard for people to stay focused on it
- Overlook the direction’s mundane problems and put too few resources toward addressing them
- Alienate others with their style of debating and arguing as a way of sifting through alternatives
Inspiring Others to Follow
Assets: ENTP leaders tend to...
- Possess energy and enthusiasm, encouraging others to work to meet the challenge
- Encourage their team to value expertise, success, and accomplishment
- Be able to discern what motivates others and then use that information to influence behavior
- Create an engaging atmosphere that feels like an intellectual playground, which attracts certain followers
Challenges: ENTP leaders tend to...
- Undervalue teamwork toward a common goal
- Be reluctant to trust others, especially when their competence is not confirmed
- Get ahead of others with ideas and become impatient; can be quick to lash out if self-control isn’t well developed
- Critique others’ performance before appreciating what they have done well, which can demotivate others and damage relationships
Mobilizing Accomplishment of Goals
Assets: ENTP leaders tend to...
- Crave variety in work; are very likely to find multiple ways to get a task done
- Readily see process and systems improvements that will streamline work
- Help their team perform by insulating it from interference and protecting the group’s resources
- Encourage others to work independently; are willing to let them fail and then learn from their mistakes
Challenges: ENTP leaders tend to...
- Be too vague for others’ comfort on the details of an execution plan
- Become distracted by a new, exciting idea, leaving behind those handling the details of finishing up the work
- Neglect to communicate appreciation to others as progress is made, assuming that people know their own worth and will self-mobilize
- Take multitasking to the extreme, diminishing effectiveness; implementation can benefit from focusing on one priority at a time