The ENTJ personality type is one of the sixteen personality types according to the MBTI typology. ENTJ is referred to as “Leader”.
The basic characteristics of this personality type are:
- Analytical skills, ability to determine a strategy, a good organizer
- Can lead subordinates
- Likes to plan
- Does not like isolation
- Consistency and rationality
- Does not mind confrontation
- Likes criticism
- Notes contradictions and reveres those who report them
Kroeger, Thuesen and Rutledge indicate following characteristics and recommendations:
- At work: encourages others with strong visions and leads to their realization
- Professional development: must learn to respect individual differences in approach to work - a different time and space that others need
- Leadership position: demanding leader motivating to meet the goals
ENTJ personality type in practice: Every type of person is suited for different work. People with ENTJ personality type usually excel in organizations in the following professions:
- CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
- Crisis Manager
- Entrepreneur
- Facility Manager
- Financial Analyst
- IT consultant
- Lawyer
- Lecturer / Instructor
- System Analyst
Following important people had the ENTJ personality type:
- Bill Gates - Microsoft Founder
- Edward Teller - theoretical physicist
- Franklin D. Roosevelt - American President
- Margaret Thatcher - British Prime Minister
