Personal Reflection On Leadership And Leadership

I can use MBTI evaluation to understand how I connect with my emotional and physical world. I have completed the MBTI and the assessment reveals me to be an Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving (ENFP). As and ENFP I have the following results:

A bit surreal today as I sit down and write my first paper in almost 20 years. I’ve spent the last 10 years trying to be very concise in my communication, to the point and easy to skim the important facts to ensure what I need to get across will be read. The fact that I am having some emotional response to the stress related to routinely writing papers that ‘feel long’ is just a great example of some of what I learned from my MBTI/Firo B results.

The MBTI assessment was an extremely useful tool in helping me to understand my inner world, assessing the way I think and behave. Dr. Robert Prescott in OB often emphasizes that we judge ourselves by our intentions, but others judge us by our behaviors. My personality type is reported as INFJ. The information provided in the assessment was a little overwhelming at first and has applications that reach well beyond the topic of change. I have learned that effectively managing change in the business world requires that I understand and manage change personally first; the MBTI is a start in that direction. I have begun to pay attention to my external behaviors, and realize that I can manage those behaviors to facilitate change. Change is often generated in business via external drivers, and to survive that change it becomes necessary to adapt my behaviors successfully to the changing environment.

They suggest that measuring one’s characteristics such as sociability, drive, self-determination and demeanor can aid one to better interpret and discern them introspectively. By taking the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) I am able to compare my personality traits to careers in which I may enjoy, will fit my individual personality and enable me to be successful say Drummond, Jones & Sheperis (2016). The results of my self-administered inventory are as follows; Introvert (I) 55%, Intuitive (N) 76%, Feeling (F) 86% and Perceiving (P) 67%. The four dimensions of the inventory seem to be very accurate for the manner in which I view myself. The result of INFP suggests that my personality shows a predominant association with being in a career in which I am able to care for others, such as a healer. This is a correlate with my first career as a firefighter and

The MBTI differs from the more traditional testing and measuring traits, such as intelligence quotient (IQ) testing, in that the MBTI assesses individuals, and then classifies them into specific “types”. Although originally published by the Educational Testing Service, the MBTI protocol is currently controlled and published by the Consulting Psychology Press (CPP). To keep up with changing social standards and norms, CPP continually seeks to improve the MBTI, and as such the assessment is constantly in flux. In years past, there was only one set of official assessment questions. That has changed over time, and at present there are four unique versions of the assessment.

The MBTI questionnaire was created by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. Their collaborative work to develop this measurement of personality was inspired by to the writings/work of Carl Jung (more specifically his book entitled Psychological Type). This mother and daughter’s shared fascination and interest in type theory led them “to create the MBTI in the early 1940s as a test to be used for personnel selection. Myers believed that different occupations favored different personality orientations, and that Jung’s theory provided a theoretical link between personality and job performance” (Pittenger, 1993). It is important to note that it was Myers “belief” that

The MBTI results have brought forth many questions that for many people. However, the results are not definite, but alines a person with certain expectation of the the results. In order to get a precise idea about anyone, you will have to get to know them personally. Conflicts arise when generalization concludes everyone in the same category, reason being that humans changes depended upon their environment and situation. These tests may be great for determining success, however they lack the candidate’s values, motives, and work styles and will not give the final verdict for which is right for the job. The assessment of personality should not be

Recently, I have taken the Jung typology personality test. It showed that I was ISTJ. This acronym stands for introvert, sensing, thinking, and judging. I feel as though the results were thoroughly correct. Introvert perfectly explains the type of person I have been throughout my life. I have always liked working by myself instead of in groups and I have very few close relationships with people. The sensing category was also true of my character because i tend to notice small details and I am a very practical, realistic type of person. As far as the thinking category, I always judge things rationally and

In scientific environments, logic, analytical skills, structure and applying relevant past experience when dealing with problems are required to complete projects. My best-fit MBTI profile ESTJ (Appendix-6) is in line with being logical, analytical and objectively critical (Thinking). I have a predisposition in assimilating information using the five senses (Sensing), being pragmatic in finding solutions and constantly in search of details (Judging).

A physical therapist helps those who have gone through a traumatic injury to get back on their feet. Helping people make progress on an injury that brought their world down is something that interests me. Seeing a smile on a patient's face after helping them walk, run, or play their sport again is why I want to pursue being a physical therapist. Knowing that I helped someone after a difficult time in their life is what warms my heart and would motivate me to help more and more people. I get along with people great so helping, talking and motivating patients would be an easy skill that I would be able to perform. The Myers Briggs Test concluded that I was, “Introvert, Sensing, Feeling, Judging (ISFJ),” and states that, “ISFJs are good with people in small groups or one on one situations because of their patient and genuinely sympathetic approach to dealing with others (Myers Briggs Test).” Being in the physical therapist field, I will work one on one with all the patients to help make them stronger until they carry out their goal of walking, running, or playing their sport

The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) enables an individual to gain a deeper insight into their inherent personality traits. For some people, they have had prior knowledge or underlying assumptions about their personality, but this test provides clearer information about each of their identifiable traits. According to the MBTI in Human-metric personality test, my scores were 22% (E) extroverted thinking more than introverted, 9% (N) intuitive as oppose to sensing, 16% (T) thinking more than feeling, and 12% (J) judging as compared to perceiving. Thus, my personality type is ENFJ. The ENFJ personality group is described as a minority group that consists of natural-born leaders, and people filled with passion, and charisma for example, Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey; they are notable members of this group, also known as the protagonists (16personalities, 2016). The protagonists apprehend pride in providing guidance for others to improve individually and to improve the community at large (16personalities, 2016). The protagonists find it naturally easy to communicate with others and excel at communicating with other people in person (16personalities, 2016).

Both times I have taken the MBTI I have scored one more point for Perceiving than for Judging. After reading through all of the characteristics of these two preferences I can see that I am very balanced in this area of my life.

The MBTI test items are multiple-choice and ask questions about behaviors and preferences. A couple of the questions presented in the assessment are about individuals being late for appointments and planning tasks. The Step I assessment has 93 items and takes about 15-25 minutes to complete (Chong, Richard, and Durkin, 2016). Clients are sorted and aligned into dichotomies, or features of personalities, that consist of opposite personality preferences and type. An example of this is Extraversion vs. Introversion (I) which is about how individuals get energy and focus their attention. The MBTI Step II (Form Q) has 144 items and includes the 93 items from Step I (Quenk, 2009). It clarifies unclear preferences from Step I by using components of the dichotomies, called facets. The Myers and Briggs Foundation website (2017), states that each dichotomy has five pairs of opposite facets that “provide insight into an individual’s

During the past ten weeks, I have strengthened my concept of what constitutes effective leadership. Importantly, it is a leadership style that maximises the contributions of followers to achieve the desired outcomes for the organisation they represent. As Nanjundeswaraswamy & Swamy (2014, p.57) explains, effective leaders need to balance the drive to achieve a task with managing relationships. Therefore, it is essential for good leadership to not only focus on the task but develop, motivate and empower team members to strive for the achievement of task goals.

Due to my passive nature, I’ve always avoided leadership roles. With that being said I still aspire to be someone who can be looked to as a leader. In order to reach that goal I observe and try to mimic the actions of people that inspire me. There have been many people I’ve taken orders from, but I have “followed” few. Those are the ones I consider to be true leaders, and have tried to be like myself.