Khristopher Richardson
Liberty University
Project 2
Abstract
For this project, my task was to review my personality type, ESFJ, through the use an
Assessment. The assessment identified areas about myself such as personal insight, values and
point-of-view motivational insights as well as decision making insights. The assessment also gave
a
understandable description of the way my communication skills and leadership skills were
defined
through my personality type. While working with others my character type can also be explained
in the
district of organizational structure and change and stress. This project will give insight into each
class through my personality and will explain how I use my personality type, daily, in the
body of work.
Step 1: Part 1: What about Me?
Personality Insights
Being an ESFJ personality type, I am considered an extraverted, sensing, feeling and
deciding type of person. After taking the assessment, I learned what type of person I really was. I
am a care giving person who loves individuals and takes leadership very caution. I am a
individual who is warm and energetic and are often focused on reading other people. It was
absorbing to see these results in the assessment because it is actually exactly the type of person
that I am. I can give specific information about other people based on how the interact with me.
Values and Attitude Insights
The assessment demanded that I value ethics and although my moral code is strong, it is
literally defined by the world around me, which I found very interesting. The character that I
have
is kind-hearted and consoling and I often take care of others before myself. The assessment
demand that I was also a good team member which I found interesting because I thoroughly
like to work alone versus in a group.
Motivation Insight
I am drived by learning new things that are outside of what I am doing. I am most
drived by feedback, according to the assessment. Feedback, to me, is very incentive but I
had never examine it a form of motivation. Opportunities for personal development are among
the prime motivators for employees to remain with an organization” (Kinnear and Sutherland,
2016).
Part 2: Working With Others
Communication Skills
I have often struggled in the area of communication in all aspects of life. The assessment
explains that I am often certain in my reasoning and would like others to share my ideas when
well communicated. The assessment also suggests that I am a stickler for communication and try
to follow rules accordingly, which I do.
Leadership and Team Skills
ESFJ’s are facilitated and present a fine mixture of task and people position. We lean
to be very task oriented and have little to no problems staying on task to achieve goals. These
characteristics work well as being a leader because the team will often follow suit. However, my
individual type may not be able to tell the differences between effective and efficient, which
could form
a cause for a chief.
Power and Conflict Skills
The project gave clarity that I had been wondering about myself for a while. It stated
that my personality urge to engage in issue as much as possible but sometimes
permit dispute and debates to lead to mutual agreements. I want everyone to be
cozy with me as well as what I think.
Part 3: Life in Organizations
Organization Structure
My personality type does well in organizational structures, especially when we are
placed
in management plays. We are well ordered and very planned oriented. These characteristics are
very
fine when in management or in any career setting. I scored higher in this area than I thought I
would.
Careers
The profession that are listed in my personality type are nurse, instructor, administrator, child
care provider, and office manager, to name an other. I have been an instructor, I am an
administrator now and I have also been an office manager so this area was very familiar and
interesting to see.
Change and Stress
This segment of the project was very close to me as I do not do well with either
of the areas. ESFJs are easily pressure with unexpected change, amorphous environments,
censure and feeling unknowledge, to name a few.
Step 2: What Have I Learned?
Based on business behavior, I have learned that people who score high on
spiritual stability are happier than those who score low (Robbins & Judge, 2016). The things
that I have learned about me personally that will help me be a better staff are how to cope with
tension as well as how to remain task oriented to complete my work more efficiently. By being
an
friendly individual, I have learned to use my outgoing, sociability and assertiveness to be an
successful leader (demonstration). I also learned that compared to introverts, extraverts tend to
be
cheery in their jobs (Robbins & Judge, 2016).
Step 3: The Gospel and Personal Reflection
God is in the business of drawing individual people together through Jesus Christ for His
collective purposes (Fischer, 2015). This is true and all of the information obtained in reference
to my character type can increase my productivity in order to please God. Biblically, the
business world is another way for God to reach his people. The Bible states “For what does it
interest a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” Mark 8:36. What will it profit me to
excess money from a business but lose sense of myself? My personality type puts forth lots of
achievement to fulfill duties and other obligations but I have to remember why I do what I do. I
am not
just amusing my boss but God as well. Although I take my commitment to my job very serious,
the larger the point-of-view that I see is being a great servant for God while I increase
productivity at my
project and to come with better results.
References
Robbins, S. P & Judge, T. A. (2016). Organizational Behavior. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River:
New Jersey.
MyManagementLab
Kinnear, L., & Sutherland, M. (2016). Determinants of organizational commitment amongst
knowledge workers. South African Journal of Business Management, 31(3).
Fischer, K.J. (2015). The Gospel and Personal Reflection. Presentation - Lesson 4: Group Behavior
and Work Team
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