ENFJ Ability and Job Satisfaction Characteristics!

You are ENFJ, Extraverted with Intuition, Feeling and Judging, with ENFJ ability, or you are interested in someone who is, and you are perhaps seeking information regarding how the ENFJ personality type and associated ENFJ ability gleaned from the Myers Briggs Test can perform optimally and at their very best in the workplace. You may also be seeking information as to how ENFJ ability can be maximally used in the workplace and how all this knowledge of ENFJ ability can increase workplace motivation and job satisfaction for you, and your organization.

You can also learn how knowledge of ENFJ strengths and weaknesses in the workplace, that is ENFJ ability, can insure that the ENFJ will not fall victim to job dissatisfaction which has been termed “Falsification of Type” and which is the core reason an estimated 70% of all the workers in the world dislike (or hate) their jobs!

ENFJ Workplace Strengths

ENFJ ability and strengths are many and would mean for you in the workplace that you:

• are someone who reaches understanding through interaction and discussion, someone who wants to talk it through
• are energetic, enthusiastic, and prone to take action
• move around and may “do business” in various locations
• participate, often speaking up right away, letting others know what you think or feel
• regard meetings as places to build relationships and as vehicles to get work done
• are aware of the impact of what’s going on in the larger organization and the outside world
• focus first on and are most interested in the big picture, global issues, future possibilities; you notice the “forest” before noticing the “trees”
• are speculative and work toward “what if”
• work in bursts, await inspiration, may skip around, pursuing what “strikes your fancy;” may work on several things at the same time
• elect to acquire new knowledge that is interesting even if there is no apparent use for it
• want a team to have an engaging vision and mission; initiate and enjoy consideration of possibilities or theoretical matters
• arouse energy and zeal, especially for pursuing the mission and for innovations
• are amiable and approachable; are sensitive to others, sometimes at the cost of being direct
• often want to spend some time getting to know others and build relationships before getting to the work at hand
• are naturally appreciative of people’s ideas and contributions
• believe that how a group works together is equally important as what is accomplished; expect the best ideas and solutions to emerge from cooperation; may experience give and take as disruptive arguments
• are sensitive to how others will react or be affected; promote harmony, conciliation, and well-being; seek win/win results
• urge actions that are congruent with individual values and the professed values of the organization
• are dependable, deliberate, decisive, and focused; stick to commitments, plans, and schedules
• are methodical and systematic, and often develop routine approaches to work
• like to finish things-may do so even when finishing is no longer appropriate or necessary
• may be uncomfortable proceeding without a plan; take a “let’s get on with it/let’s get it done” stance, deciding “too quickly” without “sufficient” input and discussion of alternatives
• may be uncomfortable proceeding without a plan; work best when there is something definite to work toward; want a group to focus on and organize to accomplish the agreed-upon result
• initially respond to a new task or assignment with “There’s no way we can take on a new project,” then later adjust plans and schedules to fit it in

Basically those jobs/careers that would allow the ENFJ to use the strengths listed above, ENFJ ability, as a natural part of doing the job would be the jobs/careers providing maximum workplace motivation for the ENFJ. With increased workplace motivation normally follows increased job satisfaction. Likewise, jobs/careers not allowing the ENFJ ability to be used will provide much less workplace motivation and consequently much less job satisfaction for the ENFJ personality type.

ENFJ Workplace Weaknesses

ENFJ personality and ENFJ ability would include a tendency toward the following workplace weaknesses:

• may need to be more logical in the workplace and “feel” less at times
• may have difficulty in environments where work relationships are not valued
• will have difficulty seeing the in-the-moment possibility and being open to that realistic potential
• may have difficulty with non-theoretical, non-people oriented brain storming activities
• may have difficulty with non-person centered decision making
• will be uncomfortable to troubled proceeding without strict plans
• may be prone to overextend themselves for others
• may have difficulty with others who are not willing to take risks
• may struggle with others who do not strongly present a natural “personal” approach to things
• may be troubled in an isolated work environment, need people on the job
• may struggle with an environment rift with disharmony and strife

Now take a few moments and consider how ENFJ’s behave and perform in the workplace from the following seven aspects:

What Others Might Observe First

• are enthusiastic and energetic, involved with the people and events around them, often in the center of things and sought out by others
• take interest in others and are easy to relate to-outgoing, naturally engaging, gracious, comfortable and skilled at working with others
• are expressive-communicate freely and openly, convincing, and self-revealing
• are reliable, responsible, and persistent

Work Style

• work interactively, seek to involve others and be facilitative, create and make use of networks to get work done
• do their best work in a supportive, lively environment where there is a sense of connectedness and a variety of challenges
• like things to be organized-work space, meetings, written materials-and their work to be planned
• view their work as a helpful service to others, no matter what work they do

On Work Teams/In Groups

• prefer a collaborative, comfortable, harmonious work environment where people are included and valued, where there is open communication, and where contributions are recognized and appreciation is expressed
• create excitement and team spirit
• make things happen-initiate, make proposals, spawn opportunities-and can organize people for a project
• create opportunities or people to grow and develop

Facing Change

• propose and initiate change and are willing to try new approaches (sometimes can’t leave well enough alone)
• are aware of and responsive to others’ needs, and like change to benefit people
• can handle complex change situations, though they typically do so via a plan or structure
• may not have a good sense of own energy limits and become susceptible to burnout

During Conflict

• have a need for and can create harmony, are tactful
• usually want to address conflicts immediately, may be worn down by long-term conflict, even if it is peripheral to them
• prone to “take things personally,” even when they aren’t meant to be
• under stress, may criticize or blame, may adopt rigid stances or solutions, and may press to speed up the pace and take action even more quickly

Workplace Contributions

• creating an atmosphere and structures to help people reach their potential, and expect organizations to affect people positively, including their own employees
• serving as catalysts and motivators-able to make things happen and keep them happening
• garnering resources to support efforts they believe in
• seeing things through to completion

May Be Experienced As

• decisive, coming to quick conclusions and sometimes as deciding too quickly before considering sufficient options, impatient with others not as quick to act as they are
• eager and exuberant and sometimes as overwhelming others with enthusiasm, ideas, requests
• promoters of people, values, and causes and sometimes as single-minded or inflexible regarding their own values or what is “best” for others
• having difficulty staying in the present, becoming overextended or overlooking their own needs

The Myers Briggs Test can be looked upon sometimes as an ability and personality test. Once you have identified your personality type via the Myers Briggs Test and have some understanding of the associated strengths, weaknesses, abilities and behaviors of your type you can better determine the kind of work environment and associated factors that provide the maximum workplace motivation and job satisfaction for you. Again, view the results of the Myers Briggs Test concerning work as a kind of ability and personality test.

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