The sixteen types

ESTJ

The Administrator

You bring order into disorder and do not hesitate to name what is wrong. You are practical, decisive, and trust the process that has been proven.

Strengths

  • Organises and runs things effectively
  • Decides quickly and clearly
  • Reliable on commitments
  • Says the difficult thing

Watch out for

  • Rigid and inclined to impose
  • Little patience for feeling
  • Dismissive of unfamiliar methods
  • Hard to accept change from below

Work

Operations management, finance, administration, the military, construction, sales.

Relationships

You look after your family very practically. Ask them what they need rather than giving them what you believe is right.

Where to grow

Before rejecting a proposal, ask three questions about it. You will keep more good people.

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