Type and Teams

ENTP

NeTiFSientp
1 Favorite process EXTRAVERTED
INTUITION
2 Second process INTROVERTED
THINKING
3 Fourth process FEELING
4 Least process INTROVERTED
SENSING
EXTRAVERSION INTUITION THINKING PERCEIVING

Communication

ENTPs contribute by:

  • Analyzing and synthesizing team members’ points of view
  • Attracting people to their cause through excitement and optimism

May irritate team members by:

  • Calling attention to themselves, monopolizing the conversation
  • Being competitive and reluctant to acknowledge others’ contributions

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Overload them with details and specifics
  • Expend little or no effort making a topic interesting or engaging

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Practicing restraint and showing willingness to share the spotlight
  • Taking care to express gratitude for others’ contributions

Team Culture

ENTPs contribute by:

  • Being energetic and enterprising, stimulating others to thought and action
  • Having a “can-do” attitude, seeing nothing as beyond their capabilities

May irritate team members by:

  • Going from one enthusiasm to another without achieving results
  • Casting aside tried-and-true methods simply because they want to try something new

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Fail to demonstrate initiative or want to dampen their drive
  • Rigidly support bureaucracy and restrict autonomy

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Prioritizing and seeing through those projects with real potential
  • Realizing that many traditions are worth maintaining

Leadership

ENTPs contribute by:

  • Modeling an entrepreneurial spirit
  • Challenging themselves and others to go beyond what is required

May irritate team members by:

  • Overextending themselves in an effort to know or do everything
  • Taking too many risks for the sake of the challenge

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Expect them to engage in repetitive tasks
  • Try to force them to work within strict guidelines

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Accepting their own and others’ limitations
  • Recognizing that others may be more willing to take risks when there is a safety net

Change

ENTPs contribute by:

  • Being quick to recognize the value of change
  • Forming and clarifying ideas with creative new insights

May irritate team members by:

  • Launching too many changes at once
  • Giving up too easily if things become routine

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Refuse to look at new possibilities
  • Are unwilling to take risks, even when supported by logic

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Tempering their enthusiasm for change with a dose of practicality
  • Recognizing that a change worth making may require menial work

Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution

ENTPs contribute by:

  • Offering a variety of perspectives on an issue or problem
  • Questioning and critiquing potential solutions

May irritate team members by:

  • Being too argumentative or challenging from a sheer love of debate
  • Being unwilling to consider details or facts that could derail a solution

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Won’t speak up or defend their ideas
  • Are too focused on the here and now

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Realizing that a less confrontational approach will engender more support
  • Being less dismissive of the usefulness of facts and details

Stress

ENTPs contribute to reducing team stress by:

  • Encouraging innovative approaches to difficult problems
  • Promoting freedom and variety

Under stress may irritate team members by:

  • Ignoring physical, fiscal, or temporal limitations
  • Being overwhelmed by petty concerns or details

Under stress may be irritated by team members who:

  • Expect them to do a task for which they have little interest or motivation
  • Discourage creativity and the free flow of ideas

Can maximize effectiveness when under stress by:

  • Taking time out before burning out
  • Stepping back to obtain a more balanced perspective