Personality and Decision-Making

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Individual Personality The first personality test was the basic personality test. The assessment from the basic personality type indicated that my personality classification is an ESTJ (Llorens, 2010). The results found that I am more extroverted than introverted; I tend to be more sensing than intuitive, more of a thinker versus a feeling individual, and I am judging versus perceiving. The interpretation indicated that I am realistic, logical, analytical, decisive, organized, and I like to run things. The results were interesting, the analysis and interpretation was extremely accurate to my tendencies and my current role in my organization. The result provided me with insight to my tendencies and approaches to situations that I face each day as a leader in a multi-faceted organization (Llorens, 2010). Additionally the results indicated that my personality type matches my career aspirations as an Executive Program Manager in a corporate setting. Understanding and accepting my tendencies as an ESTJ personality type helps me be more introspective and insightful of my approaches and how I treat people and convey expectations will make me a more aware of weaknesses and strengths and use the knowledge to improve how I engage with others. The second assessment was to determine if I have type-A or type-B tendencies. While I was certain I did not possess a hardcore type-A personality, I was enlightened that my scores indicated that I fell in the type-B+ personality scale and have some personal tendencies as a type-A personality type because of my drive to achieve more and sometime become impatient when progress and change stagnates (Rastogi & Dave, 2004). Upon reflection, when I entered management in 1996, I am positive that my... ... middle of paper ... ...r, R. (2011). Zoom in, zoom out. Harvard Business Review, 89(3), 112-116. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Llorens, J. (2010). Taking inventory of Myers-Briggs. T+D, 64(4), 18-19. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. McFerran, B., Aquino, K., & Duffy, M. (2010). How personality and moral identity relate to individuals' ethical ideology. Business Ethics Quarterly, 20(1), 35-56. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Pychyl, T. (2011). Procrastination: Oops, where did the day go? Psychology Today, 44(5), 58. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Rastogi, R., & Dave, V. (2004). Managerial effectiveness: A function of personality type and organisational components. Singapore Management Review, 26(2), 79-87. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Rich, B., Lepine, J., & Crawford, E. (2010). Job engagement: Antecedents and effects on job performance. Academy Of Management Journal, 53(3), 617-635. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

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