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Understanding Personality Types

The document discusses understanding personality types. It defines personality and its components of temperament and character. Personality is determined by both nature (heredity/genes) and nurture (environment). There are four dimensions that describe personality types: extraversion vs introversion, sensing vs intuition, thinking vs feeling, and judging vs perceiving. Understanding personality types helps individuals identify their own strengths and weaknesses and improves their ability to understand and work with others of different types.

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Understanding Personality Types

The document discusses understanding personality types. It defines personality and its components of temperament and character. Personality is determined by both nature (heredity/genes) and nurture (environment). There are four dimensions that describe personality types: extraversion vs introversion, sensing vs intuition, thinking vs feeling, and judging vs perceiving. Understanding personality types helps individuals identify their own strengths and weaknesses and improves their ability to understand and work with others of different types.

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UNDERSTANDING PERSONALITY TYPES

Dr. Daisy Chauhan


Associate Professor
Management Development Institute
Gurgaon
E-mail: [email protected]
M: 9818762933
Understanding your Personality
Personality represents the overall profile or
combination of stable characteristics that
capture the unique nature of a person.
It combines a set of physical and mental
characteristics that reflect how a person looks,
thinks, feels and behaves.
Personality is the sum total of ways in which an
individual reacts and interacts with others.
Components of Personality
The two components of Personality:
1. Temperament: Inclinations, Predisposition,
Inborn form of human nature
2. Character: Habits, Disposition, Emergent form
develops through interaction of temperament
and environment
Personality Determinants
Your Personality is the Result of :
HEREDITY (GENES) - NATURE
ENVIRONMENT - NURTURE
Also known as :
Heredity vs Environment or
Nature vs Nurture or
Default vs Design

SITUATION
Nature Vs Nurture

Personality is partly inherited or genetically


determined and partly evolves from life
experiences.
Studies indicate that some personality traits
are inherited
Some personality traits develop over time and
is learned.
How Personality affects your Behaviour & Working

Energy
EXTROVERT INTROVERT

SENSING Information iNTUITIVE

THINKING Decisions FEELING

JUDGING Lifestyle PERCEIVING


Introvert
Possible Strengths:- independent; works alone;
diligent; reflects; works with ideas; careful of
generalizations; careful before doing/acting.
Possible Weaknesses:- misunderstands the external;
avoids others; secretive; loses opportunities to act;
misunderstood by others; needs quite time to work;
dislikes being interrupted.
Extrovert
Possible Strengths:- understand the external; interacts
with others; open; more into action; is well
understood.
Possible Weaknesses:- has less independence; does
not work without people; needs change, variety;
is impulsive; impatient with routine.
SENSING AND INTUITIVE

Sensing (S):
The sensing (S) side of our brain notices details of the
Present.
It categorises, organises and records the specifics from here
and now and is REALITY based.

Intuitive (N):
The Intuitive (N) side of our brain seeks to understand,
interpret and form overall patterns from all the information
collected. It thinks in terms of possibilities including
looking into the Future. It focuses on the conceptual
aspect, the big picture.
Sensing
Possible Strengths:- attends to detail; is practical; has
memory for details, facts; detail oriented; is patient; is
careful, systematic.
Possible Weaknesses:- does not see possibilities; loses
the overall in details; mistrusts intuition; does not
work out the new ; is frustrated with the complicated;
prefers not to imagine future.
Intuitive
Possible Strengths:- sees possibilities; sees gestalts;
imagines, works out new ideas; works with the
complicated; solves novel problems.
Possible Weaknesses:- is inattentive to detail,
precision; is inattentive to the actual and practical;
loses sight of the here-and-now; jumps to
conclusions.
THINKING AND FEELING
Thinking (T):
 The Thinking side of the brain analyses information in a Detached,
objective manner.
 It operates on factual principles and forms conclusions
systematically and logically and objective analysis of cause and
effect.

Feeling (F):
 The Feeling side of our brain forms conclusions in an Attached
manner based on likes/dislikes, impact on others and what is
important to people. It is our subjective nature.
 Prefers decisions by paying attention to how people will be affected
by decisions.
Thinking
Possible Strengths:- is logical, analytical; objective;
organized; has critical ability; is just; stands firm.
Possible Weaknesses:- does not notice people’s
feelings; misunderstands others’ values; is
uninterested in conciliation; does not show feelings; is
uninterested in persuading.
Feeling
Possible Strengths:- considers others’ feelings;
understands needs, values; is interested in
conciliation; demonstrates feeling; persuades,
arouses.
Possible Weaknesses:- is not guided by logic; is not
objective; is less organized; is uncritical, overly
accepting; bases justice on feelings.
JUDGING AND PERCEIVING

The Judging Style (J) likes to be planned, and have


an organised approach to life. Approches the world
with a PLAN.

The Perceiving Style (P) takes the outside world AS


IT COMES, is adaptive, flexible, receptive to new
ideas and prefers to keep options open.
Judging

Possible Strengths:- decides; plans; orders; controls;


makes quick decisions; remains with a task.
Possible Weaknesses:- is unyielding, stubborn; is
inflexible, unadaptable; decides with insufficient data;
is judgmental; is controlled by task or plans; wishes
not to interrupt work.
Perceiving
Possible Strengths:- compromises; sees all sides of
issues; is flexible, adaptable; remains open for
changes; decides based on all data; is not judgmental.
Possible Weaknesses:- is indecisive; does not plan; has
no order; does not control circumstances; is easily
distracted from tasks; does not finish projects.
SENSING-THNIKING

Focus on facts and details


Speak and write directly to the point
Adapt easily to established procedures and guidelines
Goal or task oriented
Emphasize s accuracy
Approachs tasks sequentially
Focuses on the present
INTUITIVE-THNIKING
Needs time to plan and consider consequence
Likes to organize and synthesize information
Decides based on evidence and logic
Stores huge amounts of knowledge and information
Interested in ideas, theories and concepts.
SENSING-FEELING

Open to impulsive and spontaneous acts


Sensitive to other's feelings
Decisions made according to personal likes/dislikes
Persuasive through personal interaction
Keen observers of human nature
Interested in people
INTUITIVE-FEELING
Open to the non-conventional
See facts and details as part of larger picture
Adapts to new circumstances
Process oriented
Enjoys exploratory activities
Focuses on the future.
Dealing with persons of a different
Personality Type
Extroverts need to respect the Introverts need for
personal space.
Introverts should try to be more open.
Thinking types can show appreciation before criticising.
Thinking types should make critical comments only
when necessary rather than as a natural, automatic
response.
Feeling types can state their wishes clearly so that the
Thinking type does not have to guess about their needs
and desires.
Feeling types should not take comments of thinking
types personally.
Dealing with persons of a different
Personality Type

Judging types should try to get over their rigidity and


become more flexible.
Perceiving types should respect the judging types
need for structure and organised way of working.
ST SF NF NT

 ATTEND TO Facts Facts Possibilities Possibilities

 WITH Impersonal Personal Personal Impersonal


analysis warmth warmth analysis

 ARE Practical Sympathetic Enthusiastic Logical


Matter of fact Friendly Insightful Ingenious

 FOCUS ON Technical Practical Understanding Theoretical &


skills with help people communicating technical
facts/objects with people development

 PURPOSE Accurate & Practical & Insightful & Theoretical &


responsible service- inspiring entrepreneurial
oriented
Combinations
INTROVERT-SENSING – Thoughtful Realist

EXTROVERT-SENSING– Action-oriented Realist

INTROVERT-INTUITIVE – Thoughtful Innovator

EXTROVERT-INTUITIVE– Action-oriented Innovator


SJs - Protectors

SPs - Creators

NTs - Intellectuals

NFs - Visionaries
THE SIXTEEN PERSONALITY TYPES

ESTJ - Fact-minded, practical organiser/Guardians/Overseers


ISTJ - Analytical Manager/Duty Fulfillers/Examiners
ENTJ - Intuitive, innovative organiser/Executives/Chiefs
ENFJ - Imaginative harmoniser with people/Givers/Mentors
ENTP - Inventive, analytical planner of change/Visionaries/Originators
ENFP - Warmly enthusiastic planner of change/Inspirers/Advocates
ISTP - Practical Analyser/Mechanics/Craftsmen
INFJ - People-oriented innovators of ideas/Protectors/Confidante
ISFP - Observant, loyal helper/Artists
INFP - Imaginative, independent/Idealists/Dreamers
ESFJ - Practical harmoniser with people/Caregivers/Supporters
ESFP - Realistic Adapter in human relationships/Performers/Entertainers
ISFJ - Sympathetic Managers/Nurturers/Defenders
ESTP - Realistic Adapter in the world of material things/Doers/Persuaders
INTJ - Logical, critical, decisive innovator of ideas/Scientists/Strategists
INTP - Inquisitive analyser/Thinkers/Engineers
Purpose of Understanding Personality Type
The purpose of knowing about personality
type understand your preferences, strengths
and weaknesses and understand others
Understand and appreciate why individuals
respond differently to the same stimuli.
Dealing with people of different types
becomes easier when the manager/leader
knows individual differences
Adopt different styles of leadership to lead
different people.
Gaining acceptance by the People.

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