Type and Teams

ENFJ

FeNiSTienfj
1 Favorite process EXTRAVERTED
FEELING
2 Second process INTROVERTED
INTUITION
3 Third process SENSING
4 Fourth process INTROVERTED
THINKING
EXTRAVERSION INTUITION FEELING JUDGING

Communication

ENFJs contribute by:

  • Building consensus through clarification, collaboration, and cooperation
  • Soliciting everyone's opinion so that every voice is heard

May irritate team members by:

  • Spending too much time talking about personal issues
  • Being unwilling to disagree when it might compromise loyalty or harmony

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Are overly skeptical or critical
  • Fail to acknowledge the importance of social niceties in the communication process

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Showing their commitment to the team through focusing on the task at hand
  • Realizing that disagreement is not a sign of disrespect and may in fact be beneficial

Team Culture

ENFJs contribute by:

  • Providing warmth, respecting diversity, and being sensitive to people’s needs
  • Encouraging and energizing team members by upholding organizational values and their importance to the team

May irritate team members by:

  • Wanting everyone to get along even when this is unreasonable
  • Being too involved in other people’s business, sometimes to the point of being intrusive

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Are competitive or argumentative, or who fail to collaborate
  • Don’t show their commitment to team values and team goals

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Recognizing that while ideally everyone should get along, this is not always necessary
  • Practicing detachment and objectivity; letting others make their own mistakes

Leadership

ENFJs contribute by:

  • Creating a clear organizational structure that utilizes the resources of all team members
  • Providing direction that is supportive, participative, and responsive

May irritate team members by:

  • Helping too much
  • Being overly zealous on issues

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Are unprepared or uncommitted to team ideals, values, plans, and structures
  • Value pragmatism and efficiency over cooperation and harmony

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Delegating; giving others the opportunity to have developmental experiences
  • Taking a more dispassionate view, realizing that there can be multiple paths to accomplishing team goals

Change

ENFJs contribute by:

  • Providing caring support for others in times of change or flux
  • Clarifying values in order to make change more positive for people

May irritate team members by:

  • Being overly idealistic, ignoring problems or pretending they don’t exist
  • Remaining loyal to undeserving people or causes when change is needed

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Focus on specifics and logistics with little regard for the concerns of the people involved
  • Resist cutting off options, thereby keeping the team from moving toward a conclusion

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Facing difficulties and problems more realistically
  • Evaluating the benefits of relationships and causes and letting go of those that are no longer mutually sustaining

Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution

ENFJs contribute by:

  • Being sensitive and responsive to the concerns of others
  • Managing conflict through consensus building

May irritate team members by:

  • Trying to control the process and thereby stifling debate
  • Overlooking the practical and logical aspects of a decision

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Are overly critical and fail to appreciate their values-centered approach
  • Spend too much time discussing specifics without achieving closure

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Allowing discussion, even discord, to facilitate an exchange of ideas
  • Using logic to support or refine arguments in favor of an important value

Stress

ENFJs contribute to reducing team stress by:

  • Offering compassionate attention to interpersonal needs
  • Being responsible and planful in order to assist others

Under stress may irritate team members by:

  • Rushing to the rescue without reflecting on the specifics required
  • Being too positive in general and in particular about people

Under stress may be irritated by team members who:

  • Impede or restrict their ability to control the work environment
  • Disconnect, withdraw, or display indifference

Can maximize effectiveness when under stress by:

  • Analyzing the concrete steps needed before intervening
  • Developing discernment in order to see people’s capabilities more realistically