Paa Business

My name is Ziad Salah and I’m studying Management at Macewan, as well as Supply-Chain Management at University of Alberta. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a widely-used personality inventory, or test, employed in vocational, educational, and psychotherapy settings to evaluate personality type in adolescents and adults aged 14 and older. Based on the evaluation, my personality-type is INTJ (Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging). INTJ’s are perfectionists. Furthermore, INTJ’s are known as the “System Builders” of the types.

Initially, upon reading the main description, I thought the evaluation might be a little off.  However, the more I read about INTJ’s, the more I felt that this is my personality-type. It was almost scary how well it described me, specifically in social areas such as relationships, etc.

Three things that would be beneficial to me in the workplace, based on my MBTI, are: organizations, empowerment, and time. INTJs learn best when learning is systematic and intensive, which is why I consider organization within a company to be important. INTJs have also been known to take it upon themselves to implement critical decisions without consulting their supervisors or co-workers; we are perfectionists and independent, therefore I believe that having control and/or being empowered is important. Time is also beneficial because to INTJs, a moderate pace is best when delivering material, as we spend time forming and retaining theoretical connections between different pieces of information.

One big strength associated with INTJs is that we are very self-confident and decisive when making decisions. However, one challenge that I will face based on my MBTI is developing personal relationships. This is because, generally, INTJs don’t readily grasp the social rituals. I plan to overcome this challenge by getting out of my comfort zone in social settings, as well as having more patience and understanding of such things as small talk, etc.