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The
Stabilizer™ Temperament
Adapted from Linda V. Berens, Understanding Yourself and Others®: An Introduction to the 4 Temperaments-3.0 (Telos Publications, 2006) *Used with permission.
People of the Stabilizer™ Temperament . . .
Want to fit in, to have membership. Hunger for responsibility, accountability, and predictability. Tend to be generous, to serve, and to do their duty. Establish and maintain institutions and standard operating procedures. Tend to protect and preserve, to stand guard and warn. Look to the past and tradition. Foster enculturation with ceremonies and rules. Trust contracts and authority. Want security and stability. Think in terms of what is conventional, comparisons, associations, and discrete elements. Generally are serious, concerned, and fatalistic. Usually are skilled at ensuring that things, information, and people are in the right place, in the right amounts, in the right quality, at the right time. Frequently gravitate toward business and commerce.
Themes
of the
Stabilizer™ Temperament Variations
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Planner
Inspector
ISTJ
Drawing up plans and
being prepared. Take responsibility.
Getting work done first. Being active
in the community. Loyalty to their
roles. Cultivating good qualities.
Doing the right thing. Bear life’s
burdens and overcome adversity.
Talented at planning, sequencing,
and noticing what’s missing.
Having to learn so much in hindsight
is painful at times.
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Protector
Supporter
ISFJ
Noticing what’s
needed and what’s valuable.
Talent for careful and supportive
organization. Know the ins and outs.
Enjoy traditions. Work to protect
the future. Listening and remembering.
Being nice and agreeable. Unselfish
willingness to volunteer. Feeling
a sense of accomplishment. Exasperated
when people ignore rules and don’t
get along.
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Implementor
Supervisor
ESTJ
Talent for bringing
order to chaotic situations. Educating
themselves. Industrious, work-hard
attitude. Balance work with play.
Having a philosophy of life. Having
the steps to success. Keeping up
traditions. Being well balanced.
Connecting their wealth of life
experiences. Often disappointed
when perfectionistic standards for
economy and quality are not met.
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Facilitator
Caretaker
ESFJ
Accepting and helping
others. Managing people. Hearing
people out. Voicing concerns and
accommodating needs. Admire the
success of others. Remember what’s
important. Talented at providing
others with what they need. Keep
things pleasant. Maintaining a sense
of continuity. Accounting for the
costs. Often disappointed by entrepreneurial
projects.
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