ENTP Personality Type According to MBTI Typology

The ENTP personality type is one of the sixteen personality types according to the MBTI typology. ENTP is referred to as “Visionary”.

The basic characteristics of this personality type are:

• Visionary
• Own view of the world
• Discovering new possibilities and new ways
• Independence, creativity, instability, impulsivity
• Great tolerance, friendliness and sociability
• Need for continuous development and meet the challenges
• Impulsiveness and resistance to repeated and lengthy affairs
• Can act extravagantly

Kroeger, Thuesen and Rutledge indicate following characteristics and recommendations:

At work: considers a workplace a system that is necessary to change and improve that all improve themselves and finish important tasks Professional development: Must strive to complete also those projects that seem to him boring and avoid mood swings Leadership position: encourages colleagues’ thinking by confrontation and divergent views

ENTP personality type in practice: Every type of person is suited for different work. People with ENTP personality type usually excel in organizations in the following professions:

• Consultant
• Corporate Psychologist
• CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
• CSO (Chief Sales Officer)
• ECM Consultant
• Entrepreneur
• Financial Analyst
• IT analyst
• IT consultant
• Lawyer
• Marketing Analyst
• Marketing Specialist
• Programmer, developer
• Salesman
• System Analyst

Following important people had the ENTP personality type:

• Alexander the Great - king, military commander
• James A. Garfield - American President
• John Adams - American President
• Nikola Tesla - inventor, physicist, engineer
• Richard Feynman - physicist
• Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt - American President
• Thomas Edison - inventor
• Walt Disney - filmmaker, entrepreneur