ESFP
SeFiTNiesfpENTHUSIASTIC IMPROVISERS
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Favorite process
EXTRAVERTED
SENSING
SENSING
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Second process
INTROVERTED
FEELING
FEELING
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Third process
THINKING
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Fourth process
INTROVERTED
INTUITION
INTUITION
EXTRAVERSION
SENSING
FEELING
PERCEIVING
Setting Direction
Assets: ESFP leaders tend to...
- Generate options that will benefit individuals; favor choices that resonate with their own values
- Be quick to see “what is” and what is needed next
- Be comfortable operating spontaneously in fast-paced, energetic environments
- Seek straightforward, practical solutions
Challenges: ESFP leaders tend to...
- Avoid visioning and strategic planning, finding these activities to be draining
- Focus on quick, practical solutions, sometimes overlooking root causes
- Get easily distracted by new data, slowing the decision-making process
- Feel discomfort with conflicting views, making it hard to pick a direction that displeases others
Inspiring Others to Follow
Assets: ESFP leaders tend to...
- Have a friendly, outgoing style and an optimistic outlook, creating rapport and inspiring followers
- Seek and value input from others and use input to reach consensus
- Easily understand others’ needs
- Cultivate long-term relationships that contribute to their own advancement
Challenges: ESFP leaders tend to...
- Have a fun-loving style that is not effective with everyone; they must cultivate a way to engage the more serious people, too
- Be drawn to people who are outgoing and may undervalue or overlook quieter people
- Lose interest in and try to avoid the mundane or repetitive activities of an organization
- Be critical of people who rely on their intuition
Mobilizing Accomplishment of Goals
Assets: ESFP leaders tend to...
- Know how to replicate success by recognizing and repeating a good process
- Stimulate others to take action
- Be hands-on and spontaneous and enjoy coaching others to success
- Reward and celebrate the completion of milestone tasks to keep their team motivated
Challenges: ESFP leaders tend to...
- Have underdeveloped organizational skills, meaning resources are not marshaled and execution suffers
- Miss important deadlines because they are too flexible and lose focus on the critical path
- Be seen sometimes as playing favorites when evaluating performance and providing opportunities to others
- Be not very self-reflective, which may make them unreceptive to feedback from others