ENTP Ability and Job Satisfaction Characteristics!

You are ENTP, Extraverted with Intuition, Thinking and Perceiving, with ENTP ability, or you are interested in someone who is, and you are perhaps seeking information regarding how the ENTP personality type and associated ENTP 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 ENTP ability can be maximally used in the workplace and how all this knowledge of ENTP ability can increase workplace motivation and job satisfaction for you, and your organization.

You can also learn how knowledge of ENTP strengths and weaknesses in the workplace, that is ENTP ability, can insure that the ENTP 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!

ENTP Workplace Strengths

ENTP 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
• May seem distant and/or unapproachable; are direct, sometimes at the cost of being insensitive to others
• focus on the work at hand; don’t allocate much time to get to know others and build relationships
• are naturally critical of ideas and proposals; identify deficiencies in ideas and plans, and impediments to achieving goals
• believe that what is accomplished is more important than how a group works together; expect the best ideas and solutions to emerge from argument and debate; enjoy give and take
• analyze impersonally; are able to step back and be impartial
• champion sticking to the principles
• are spontaneous, “go with the flow,” open to new experiences and not wanting to miss out on anything, fun loving
• bring in new information, perspectives, and options; are adaptable and often devise flexible or innovative approaches to work
• like to start things-motivation and interest may decline when it’s time to finish
• are comfortable proceeding without a definite plan; take a “let’s wait and see what rolls out” approach; may frustrate others by bringing up new information or possibilities after a decision seems to have been made
• are comfortable not having something definite to work toward, and may feel constrained by what you perceive to be narrow or rigid goals and deadlines; focus on processes and want a team to organize around the ways they will work
• initially welcome a new assignment or project, thinking there’s lots of time to get it done-and later feel pushed to fit everything in

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

ENTP Workplace Weaknesses

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

• may need to be less logical in the workplace and “feel” more at times
• may have difficulty in environments where work relationships are highly valued
• will have difficulty seeing in the present truth and being realistic and in-the-moment only
• may have difficulty with non-theoretical brain storming activities
• may have difficulty with person centered decision making
• will be uncomfortable to troubled proceeding with strict plans
• hesitancy to finish things may be viewed as negative
• may have difficulty with others who are not willing to take risks
• may struggle with others who do strongly present a natural “personal” approach to things
• may be troubled in an isolated work environment, need people and newness on the job

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

What Others Might Observe First

• generate and are engaged by ideas and possibilities, inventive, make connections quickly
• have lots going on, are lively, contribute to a highly charged environment
• approach most things-and people-logically and analytically
• are outgoing, articulate, assertive, and confident in their ideas and abilities

Work Style

• like variety and activity in work, people, and methods; are energized and stimulated by new problems and challenges; get involved with others, not inclined to sit still
• do things in novel or non-standard ways, resist rules and structure, and may look for ways to go around or outwit system
• value competence in self and others-want to work with others whom they regard as competent, and seek new challenges and opportunities to test or expand their abilities; do not like and may resist close supervision
• may move ahead without a complete plan, agenda, or all necessary materials

On Work Teams/In Groups

• have enthusiastic, entrepreneurial characters-champion ideas, can win support of and motivate others, and like their own ideas and contributions to be recognized
• are comfortable with and begin with the big picture (abstract, future possibilities) and are less interested in the specifics of implementation; can see multiple points of view and may frustrate others by seeming to change their minds as new information or options emerge
• seek to create a dynamic and stimulating environment, want work to be playful and fun, and often engage in intellectual play
• like to communicate directly and straight-forwardly; readily offer suggestions for improvement or provide critiques

Facing Change

• energized by, create, and stir up change; like to start new things
• see or generate many options for how change could occur; can almost always see another possibility
• are adaptive and go with the flow
• are comfortable beginning with a concept or model-what may seem like just a rough idea to others-and creating whatever is needed as they go along

During Conflict

• assume an analytic stance-want to use principles to resolve conflict and may take an objective, non-personal approach to people
• want to talk about the conflict, but are not usually bothered by (and may be stimulated by) intellectual give and take or debate
• able to see all sides and points of view
• under stress, may become inappropriately and extremely focused on or distracted by a few specifics, and may have bursts of misdirected energy

Workplace Contributions

• want to keep themselves and the team or organization on the cutting edge and pushing boundaries via creativity, risk taking, and exploring whatever is new
• well-developed, though sometimes irreverent, sense of humor
• ability to synthesize a variety of sometimes disparate perspectives and information into a new whole
• the desire, persistence, and resourcefulness to solve problems and make things happen

May Be Experienced As

• being high energy and tireless and sometimes as having too many activities going on at once, overwhelming or distracting others with possibilities and complexity
• lacking closure or follow through-pushing deadlines and seeming to be pushed for time
• competitive, arguing for the fun of it, and sometimes as wanting to be “one up”
• having high expectations and sometimes as impatient and critical of self and others when standards are not met

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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