By Donna Dunning Act and Adapt Responders are at their best when they can use their natural work preferences. By focusing on your preferences, you can find work that is personally satisfying. The following list describes typical characteristics and preferences of Responders. Ide ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning In my MBTI® Certification workshops participants respond to the instruction -“Describe your type using words, phrases, or pictures.” I find these visual representations of type preferences help illustrate individual differences. Here is a photo of a response ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning ESFP motto: “Consider it done.” I must confess, I have a bit of “type envy” when it comes to ESFPs. Their active, fun-loving approach is very appealing and inspirational to me. Unfortunately, it takes effort for me (ENFP) to stay in, and enjoy, the here-a ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning In my personality type based communication workshops I sometimes have participants complete this thought –“To communicate most effectively with me please…” This exercise helps participants express their communication style and preferences. I can ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Career focus is on doing Animal Metaphor: Fox Although S and P are letters associated with personality type theory, these two preferences also align to an older theory, which describes four basic human Temperaments. You may be familiar wit ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Personality type preferences ESFP and ESTP Characteristic Strengths • Active • Practical • Adaptive • Engaging • Living in the moment Work Preferences • Having fun and being playful • Doing a variety of hands on activities • Being practical and us ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning What motivates you to get up and work each day? The answer to this question can help you position yourself in work that meets your physical and psychological needs. Psychologists have spent considerable time trying to figure out the meaning of work in people’s ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Personality Type Gifts: ESFP Isabel Briggs Myers wrote the book Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type, describing the value of all combinations of personality type preferences. I respect her vision and strive to appreciate and celebrate all personality ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Interpret and Implement Individuals with these personality type preferences have a dominant function of Introverted Intuition (Ni). Together, people with preferences for INTJ and INFJ comprised 3.6% of the national representative sample of personality type prefe ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Having coached several people with ESTP preferences through career and learning processes, I noticed they prefer activity to reflection and practical applications more than theoretical knowledge. Action and Reflection I have previously discussed the importance of ... Continue Reading
