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They are curious, intellectual, and are continually delving into the meaning of things. They are often able to gain huge support for their directions through a thorough, logical and commanding approach. They are often clever with words and phrase-making and are good at developing communication campaigns. ENTJs as Team Members
ENTJs do well to ally
themselves with those types who have a more natural rapport for
feelings.
They must learn to negotiate
with others who don’t agree with them and stick by those agreements.
Otherwise they can be seen as manipulative and appear to be just waiting
for the right moment to return to their original plan. ENTJs often see accomplishing goals as the meaning of life. The people around them are one means of accomplishing the goal. They usually will declare themselves to be saddened by conflict, but can be quite ready to join a fight they believe is necessary to win the battle and accomplish the purpose. They are often quite shocked when others see goal accomplishment as
less important than they do. Because of this, leadership for the ENTJ
may be for a period of time in a situation of special need. Winston
Churchill, probably an ENTJ, spent a great deal of his life in splendid
intellectual isolation, chosen to save England in WWII in its greatest
hour of need, and summarily dismissed when the crisis was past and the
world could settle back to kinder, gentler ways and people-oriented
leaders. ENTJs can then sink into despair, believing their own earlier
confidence in themselves to have been undeserved. ENTJs and the Rest of Their Lives As spouses and life partners, ENTJs can be quite idealistic and romantic, despite their intensity and driving personalities. They have a vision of the perfect plan, the perfect organization, and the perfect relationship. They can be as intense about relationships as about business and plans. They can also be harsh judges of family, spouses, life partners, and children. Their greatest frustration is when they believe people won’t change. The ENTJ must form partnerships and unions with those who hold similar ideas or they may default into cynically going through the motions of a relationship. |
To others
it's the face in a crowd. To you it's your boss, your colleague,
your direct report, your mother, brother, or significant other.
It's your child. It's the person who needs to sign off on your
promotion or buy your deal.
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The
ENTJs
will most often be
found in some position of leadership with formal or informal power. They
see groups of people as having the potential to achieve goals that may
seem unrealistic to other members of the organization and they think
they are the logical person to lead the group, because they have devised
and understand the plan.
They breathe strategy and direction and have
an almost mystic sense that they are the person to move the group
forward.
A team is fortunate to harness the abilities of an ENTJ. There will
be huge strategies and initiatives and most often rapid progress. They
will develop ways of accomplishing objectives that are ground breaking
and highly effective.
ENTJs can view people,
however, as another obstacle to overcome and members of the team can be
surprised that for the ENTJ, the end game is the only game. 