As a healthcare professional and being a leader, you can have a positive impact on the organization, if the correct leadership traits are being utilized.
Personality Test After taking the personality test, I was able to discover some of my strength and weakness in leadership. According to the human metrics jung topology test, my personality type is ENFJ. There are several strengths in which I will identify according to my personality type. First, I will focus on the strength with my communication skills. “In essence, effective communication skills are essential for effective leadership” (Grossman & Valiga, 2009, p.10). The ENFJs personality type are gifted with their communication skills. They are very good at influencing and persuading other people to accept their way of thinking. I believe this would be a good trait to have as a leader, especially when there are problems identified in the work area. The leader can examine the problem, come up with a solution to the problem and persuade the staff to go along with their idea or solution to the problem. Second, ENFJs personality type are very good at gaining trust from other people. I believe in order to be an effective leader, the staff has to trust your knowledge or ability to make a profound decision for the betterment of the …show more content…
After taking the personality test online called human metrics jung topology test, I was able to identify the strength and weakness of my leadership capabilities. After realizing the strength and weakness of my leadership style, this has shed some light on how my personality traits can enhance or hinder things in the healthcare environment as a leader. I possess ENFJs personality type and I was able to research in details the four different aspect of this personality type. As a healthcare professional, in order to be an effective leader, you should identify the strength and weakness of your personality type and the staff in which you are leading. “Understanding psychological preferences of others in how they make decisions and perceive the world, for the purpose of listening and learning, puts leaders in a better position to succeed” (Plonien, 2015, p. 79). This will help achieve the goal of creating a positive work environment with the people in which you are