Type and Teams

ENTJ

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

Communication

ENTJs contribute by:

  • Clarifying and redirecting discussions
  • Challenging others to articulate and defend their beliefs

May irritate team members by:

  • Being overly critical and confrontational
  • Talking too much, monopolizing conversations

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Continue to discuss an issue after clarity has been reached
  • Devote too much time to discussing emotions

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Working to develop tact and diplomacy
  • Being willing to yield the floor to allow all possibilities to be aired

Team Culture

ENTJs contribute by:

  • Bringing energy and enthusiasm to tasks
  • Devising structures that are logical and efficient

May irritate team members by:

  • Acting as if everything should have been completed yesterday
  • Overlooking others’ need for intimacy, personal connection, or appreciation

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Exhibit a casual attitude about time and deadlines
  • Shy away from debate for fear of hurting others’ feelings

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Recognizing that treating a deadline as a rough guideline can sometimes achieve better results
  • Understanding that personal connections help cement people to a task

Leadership

ENTJs contribute by:

  • Presenting a vision and energizing others to participate actively
  • Rewarding decisiveness, achievement, and ambition

May irritate team members by:

  • Overpowering and controlling others
  • Overlooking people’s needs in order to focus on task requirements

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Lack commitment to team goals
  • Are too kindhearted and have difficulty making tough decisions

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Realizing that giving others the freedom to develop their talents improves overall team performance
  • Recognizing that people accomplish tasks and that unhappy people accomplish less

Change

ENTJs contribute by:

  • Providing models to enhance understanding of the change process
  • Being proactive and working to reach closure

May irritate team members by:

  • Pushing too hard to get a change implemented
  • Losing interest in maintenance, preferring to move on to new challenges

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Are too open and too flexible
  • Delay action in order to analyze details in depth

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Taking time to reflect on the necessity for change before initiating it
  • Recognizing the value of following through on the step-by-step requirements needed to effect a change

Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution

ENTJs contribute by:

  • Using straightforward logic
  • Finding the flaws in a potential solution

May irritate team members by:

  • Failing to take key details into account when constructing solutions
  • Being too results oriented, ignoring the value of the problem-solving process

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Won’t look at the problem in logical terms
  • Are too trusting or gullible

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Checking to see that their solutions are practical and realistic before forging ahead
  • Realizing that cutting off debate too early can yield a less-than-optimal solution

Stress

ENTJs contribute to reducing team stress by:

  • Being goal oriented and delivering results on time as promised
  • Dealing directly with problems as they arise

Under stress may irritate team members by:

  • Being too confident in their own decisions
  • Being impatient with the speed at which others handle a crisis

Under stress may be irritated by team members who:

  • Require emotional support and understanding
  • Behave in an illogical, unpredictable, or disorganized fashion

Can maximize effectiveness when under stress by:

  • Soliciting input from a wide range of people
  • Realizing that allowing people time to process difficulties reduces problems in the long run