ISFP
On A Team
The following
is adapted from Linda V. Berens, Linda K. Ernst and Melissa Smith, Quick Guide to the 16 Personality Types and Teams (Telos Publications,
2005) *Used with permission.
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For them, team relationships are about having camaraderie, having fun interacting, and solving problems. They value the ability to say anything or say nothing and not have to think about or check what they’re doing to get another’s approval. They need the freedom to be able to change their mind or direction. They often feel the challenge to balance freedom and their need for privacy with connection. They will do what they can to accommodate other team members, but the feeling of being trapped may suddenly occur. For them, establishing relationships is not about self-disclosing but about helping solve problems...
Conflict is something they tend to ignore for a while and then work to resolve. When strong values are crossed or when the conflict seems to go on and get in the way of the work of the team, they may withdraw from the relationship...
Provide a team environment with lots of opportunities, choices, and flexibility and a few familiar and friendly people. They want to be doing something that uses their skills and abilities, gives them variety, is stimulating, and lets them have a mission with people. Present a positive, harmonious team climate...
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They want the freedom to take advantage of all opportunities as they come up, even anticipating future opportunities. They won’t want to spend a lot of time hashing and rehashing issues but want to get to the production, working issues as they go. They tend to find opportunities to build relationships and attract loyalties...
Decision making for them is a process of constantly checking against their values and adjusting their actions as situations change to keep true to what is important. This is not about changing their mind but adapting to situations in such a way as to stay in line with what was important. In this way, they are ready to make quick decisions, but they have given a lot of thought ahead of time about what is important...
They are likely to resist any change that disrupts their freedom to adapt to the needs of the moment or significantly varies from the way they’ve become accustomed to doing things. They can also get locked into the vision of how something is going to be, especially when the envisioned actions are in alignment with what is important. They will embrace a change if it can be shown to be needed in light of the current situation...
Buy the book and get 2 pages of type descriptions on teams and
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Search & Apply to New Jobs The following is adapted from Linda V. Berens, Linda K. Ernst and Melissa Smith, Quick Guide to the 16 Personality Types and Teams (Telos Publications, 2005) *Used with permission.
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