The Jungian Test: Introverted Intuition Personality

The Jungian test results show that my profile is ENFJ, known as an extraverted feeling with introverted intuition personality. This means that I am compassionate, caring and enjoy collaborating with others. My efforts focus on helping people become the best that they can be. These factors also drive imagination , creative abilities and social adaptation. I like to make decisions quickly and enjoy feedback from my colleagues to spawn creative ideas from their views. A challenge that I face consistently is that my desire to keep peace or resolve conflict becomes an overpowering task. An incredible amount of energy is spent on this task when conflict arises. I quickly get discouraged when others do not want to resolve the issue. I look for …show more content…
A majority of software engineers are successful because of their fact oriented method of thinking. Aside from the previously mentioned behaviors, the engineers that exemplify this personality type enjoy working alone. In my experience, application engineers show pride in communicating their findings and expressing the viable solution. They do not appreciate when someone challenges their solution or questions the long term effects of the solution. The behavior changes from confidence to aggression and since emotions are not relevant, the message is received as threatening or dismissive. I recollect a difficult situation when my performance at work was challenged. It was early in my career where an infrastructure project was assigned. The business requirements were not defined, but a target due date was assigned to the project. To expedite, I had to pull together requirement gathering sessions with what I thought was the project sponsor and project stakeholders. After a few weeks, I discovered that the declared project sponsor did not have the authority to approve requirements or …show more content…
The first strategy is to select my words carefully. I want to make sure that the message that I am conveying is properly received. The way that the message is interpreted is my responsibility. Words are very powerful. Ambiguity creates frustration and unnecessary references to opinions need to be clearly articulated to ensure that the message is properly received. The second strategy is to consider the perspective of others. Acknowledging other points of view would allow me to learn and build better relationships. The third strategy is to forgive and forget. As human beings, we employ trial and error in order to grow. My emotional intelligence needs to be fed with the thought that not everything will be perfect and that we should expect differences. If I make a mistake or someone else makes a mistake, I need to be able to forgive myself and or others and quickly forget. Otherwise anomosity will arise. The fourth strategy that I will employ is to eliminate sarcasm from thought, communication and speech. I need to control my emotions so that I can gain the respect of others. The fifth strategy is to remain cognizant of my non-verbal cues. Non-verbal is just as important as verbal or written communications. The way that I portray my actions impacts the emotions of the