Type and Teams

INTJ

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

Communication

INTJs contribute by:

  • Persuading through clear thinking, argumentation, logic, and observation
  • Attracting others through a compelling vision

May irritate team members by:

  • Not expressing their ideas and instead moving directly to action
  • Seeing outcomes so vividly that they can’t understand why others don’t

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Don’t respect their need to ask probing questions
  • Monopolize conversations with irrelevant or off-topic information

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Soliciting others’ input on a plan prior to implementation
  • Outlining their vision in simple terms with a willingness to rephrase to ensure understanding

Team Culture

INTJs contribute by:

  • Helping the team define, decide on, and accomplish its purpose
  • Working to ensure closure and follow-through

May irritate team members by:

  • Being too single-minded in pursuit of team goals
  • Creating too many systems and structures

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Leave agreed-upon tasks unfinished
  • Require them to work in a group on tasks that could be done independently

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Inviting feedback and assistance when working toward team goals
  • Realizing that some things aren’t important enough to systematize

Leadership

INTJs contribute by:

  • Keeping the team on course by being clear about goals and outcomes
  • Getting tough when necessary

May irritate team members by:

  • Not providing enough praise and appreciation
  • Wanting to work independently when collaboration would be expected

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Expect them to spend a lot of time bringing others up to speed
  • Take a casual or leisurely approach to tasks or objectives

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Recognizing that others need to hear they’ve done well to stay on track
  • Practicing delegation and detachment, and asking for help when necessary

Change

INTJs contribute by:

  • Offering new perspectives, insights, and visions
  • Exhibiting a determined, calm, decisive demeanor

May irritate team members by:

  • Being critical of those who fail to appreciate their vision of the future
  • Paying insufficient attention to the impact of the change on people

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Focus on getting things done in the present without regard for past traditions or future ramifications
  • Don’t see the need for a backup plan

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Leaving open the possibility that others’ resistance may have a sound basis
  • Realizing that change has a concrete impact on the well-being of people

Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution

INTJs contribute by:

  • Synthesizing and organizing ideas
  • Presenting innovative, unusual solutions

May irritate team members by:

  • Settling on a course of action not supported by facts
  • Taking an adversarial stance

May be irritated by team members who:

  • Take things at face value or analyze them only at a surface level
  • Are threatened by debate and see questions as personal attacks

Can maximize effectiveness by:

  • Evaluating theories against hard data and specifics
  • Recognizing that obtaining agreement is easier through persuasion than through confrontation

Stress

INTJs contribute to reducing team stress by:

  • Communicating directly and honestly
  • Relishing a challenge, especially when it involves theories or systems

Under stress may irritate team members by:

  • Being inflexible or overly committed to an idea or a course of action
  • Overreacting to unexpected data that don’t conform to their mental picture

Under stress may be irritated by team members who:

  • Appear irrational, illogical, or ignorant
  • Fail to appreciate their need for uninterrupted time alone

Can maximize effectiveness when under stress by:

  • Loosening up, being less dogmatic
  • Accepting that all plans should be subject to revision in light of reality