A631.8.4.RB - Shuck, Allison

After completing the Myers-Briggs personality test and seeing the results, I am amazed! I found the test results to be so true and accurate that it is almost frightening. The test classified me as an ESTJ (Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging).

ESTJ Personality

ESTJ’s are very much in touch with their external environment. They know their community and usually are pillars of strength. ENTJ’s are outstanding at organizing orderly procedures and in detailing rules and regulations. They like to see things done correctly. In addition, they tend to be impatient with those who do not carry out procedures with sufficient attention to those details, prescribed by those with the most exerpience that will get the job done right.  

ESTJ’s are comfortable in evaluating others and tent to judge how a person is doing in terms of standards set for by the ESTJ. Furthermore, ESTJ’s may at times be abrupt with those who do not follow rules correctly. ESTJ’s are realistic and are curious about new devices and processes rather than principles and theories.

ESTJ Career

ESTJ’s are generally loyal to their organizations, works, and community and make excellent friends, employees and leaders. They see where their duties lie and are not likely to avoid the doing of those duties, even when this requires considerable sacrifice on their part. However, ESTJ’s may not always be responsive to opinions and emotions of others and may have a tendency to jump to conclusions. They may not always be willing to listen patiently to opposing views; they are especially vulnerable to this tendency when in positions of authority.  ESJT’s may need to make special effort to remain open to input from others who are dependent on them.

Furthermore, ESTJ’s are in tune with the established, time-honored institutions and ways of behaving within those institutions that they cannot understand those who might wish to abandon or radically change those institutions.  ESJT’s follow routines will at home and at work and tend to have a place for everything and prefer to have everything in its place.

Overall, I believe that the Myers-Briggs test has helped me gain better understand myself and my leadership style. Sometimes it is hard to really hard to understand who you are or why you believe the things you do. The Myers-Briggs test has helped me gain an outsider prospective, without constructive criticism.