Type and Teams

INFJ

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

Communication

INFJs contribute by:

  • Articulating team values and a vision for the future
  • Presenting creative and innovative ideas for people

May irritate team members by:

  • Withholding viewpoints that could be perceived as critical
  • Communicating in an overly complex or metaphorical fashion

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Reduce important issues to superficial chitchat
  • Make thoughtless, inconsiderate, or rude comments

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Expressing thoughts, feelings, and values even when there is a risk to harmony
  • Tempering their communication with specifics and realism

Team Culture

INFJs contribute by:

  • Being attentive and sensitive to group dynamics
  • Creating an environment that promotes a sense of meaning and purpose

May irritate team members by:

  • Holding self and others to an unreasonably high standard
  • Being overly invested in other people’s personal growth

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Lack passion and commitment or fail to fulfill their obligations
  • Don’t respect their need for quiet and contemplation

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Being more relaxed and accepting of missteps
  • Laying a foundation for growth and letting others manage that growth

Leadership

INFJs contribute by:

  • Taking a quiet, persistent, and determined approach with an eye toward long-range goals for people
  • Inspiring others through their commitment and compassion; winning cooperation rather than demanding it

May irritate team members by:

  • Ignoring what’s going on around them when this doesn’t mesh with their inner perspective
  • Not delivering tough messages when appropriate

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Expect them to overlook violations of standards or ethical principles
  • Fail to contribute to the work at hand

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Evaluating their perspective in light of current realities, specifics, and details
  • Giving constructive criticism when it is needed; speaking up before blowing up

Change

INFJs contribute by:

  • Providing an insightful analysis of how change could affect people
  • Persisting with an innovative course of action despite obstacles

May irritate team members by:

  • Pressing for a new or untested approach when an effective standard procedure already exists
  • Taking too long to mull over all possibilities in depth before settling on a plan of attack

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Act prematurely without due consideration of the consequences for people
  • Fail to follow through on their promises

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Appreciating the value of established methods
  • Being more willing to settle on a course of action and get going

Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution

INFJs contribute by:

  • Developing an overview of the situation
  • Reading and working with the interpersonal dynamics of the group

May irritate team members by:

  • Stubbornly sticking to an idea
  • Seeing everything as loaded with significance

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Focus on the bottom line at the expense of people and ideals
  • Are unwilling to look at issues in depth

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Being willing to revise an idea or plan in response to facts or changes in the real world
  • Recognizing that some events are random and attempts at defining them may be costly time wasters

Stress

INFJs contribute to reducing team stress by:

  • Taking responsibility for the well-being of team members
  • Anticipating problems and developing contingency plans

Under stress may irritate team members by:

  • Handling problems in the way they think is best without accepting help or alternate points of view
  • Having a “nothing is good enough” or “never satisfied” attitude

Under stress may be irritated by team members who:

  • Force them to do more extraverting than they find comfortable
  • Ask them to manage minutiae, details, or specifics

Can maximize effectiveness when under stress by:

  • Being open to other ways of thinking, delegating tasks, and asking for help sooner
  • Relaxing their idealism, loosening their standards, and practicing acceptance