Julie, I threw away my files full of corporate personality tests at the beginning of Covid, and now after reading your piece, I'm kind of regretting it. I was ENFJ, I think, but now don't have any of the analytic info that explains it all - and how to get along with others who have different profiles.
Under the heading, Sh*t Richard says: my husband started reading a new book in the middle of the night and chose that hour to announce: “Heres a chapter you'll like, ‘Too much math, too little meaning.’”
Book title: ‘Restoring the Soul of Business: Stay Human in the Age of Data.’
Yes, our health education department at the Iowa Department of Public Health took the Briggs Meyers test. We found Laurie did not like to talk to people so we just left her in the office to write grants which she was very slow doing. Later we found we had to add a creative person to work with her to get ideas. She would not ride an elevator and we had to pack up all the items to do these workshops. We gave her the paper work to do and a very detailed part of the team. I was an organizer and once wrote a grant and implemented it in one week. It is fun to be the creative one but do not have me do the filing.
I've been having people take Myers Briggs when I begin managing a new project, not to judge people, but to better understand them and know how I have to adapt when working with them to be an effective leader and manager. I love it!
Julie, I threw away my files full of corporate personality tests at the beginning of Covid, and now after reading your piece, I'm kind of regretting it. I was ENFJ, I think, but now don't have any of the analytic info that explains it all - and how to get along with others who have different profiles.
Under the heading, Sh*t Richard says: my husband started reading a new book in the middle of the night and chose that hour to announce: “Heres a chapter you'll like, ‘Too much math, too little meaning.’”
Book title: ‘Restoring the Soul of Business: Stay Human in the Age of Data.’
Yes, our health education department at the Iowa Department of Public Health took the Briggs Meyers test. We found Laurie did not like to talk to people so we just left her in the office to write grants which she was very slow doing. Later we found we had to add a creative person to work with her to get ideas. She would not ride an elevator and we had to pack up all the items to do these workshops. We gave her the paper work to do and a very detailed part of the team. I was an organizer and once wrote a grant and implemented it in one week. It is fun to be the creative one but do not have me do the filing.
I've been having people take Myers Briggs when I begin managing a new project, not to judge people, but to better understand them and know how I have to adapt when working with them to be an effective leader and manager. I love it!
So true, so true. I wish you had told us what “I” and “S” stand for. Intuitive? Introspective? Sassy? Shrill?
So true and so beautifully articulated.