Comparing types
ESTJ
vs ESTJ
Efficient organizer
ESFP
Enthusiastic improviser
Strengths
ESTJ wants
- Providing clear plans, organization, and structure
- Avoiding unnecessary change by clearly explaining what’s working well and what could be improved
ESFP gives
- Being flexible and easygoing in their efforts to help others
- Communicating to others with energy and enthusiasm
Stretches
ESTJ wants
- Frustration with people who spend a lot of time exploring possibilities
- An impatient or impersonal manner toward others
ESFP gives
- A tendency to get bored or distracted easily
- Focusing too much time and energy on what they enjoy, rather than what’s important
Likes
ESTJ wants
- Taking charge to bring order to the world around them
- Being decisive and goal-oriented
- Challenging and critiquing systems to test their logic
ESFP gives
- Taking action quickly
- Experiencing and responding to the world around them
- Variety and spontaneity
Working together
ESTJ wants
- Organized, efficient processes
- Accuracy and facts
- Opportunities to find and solve problems in the world around them
ESFP gives
- Encouragement and enthusiasm for collaborative ways of working
- A sense of fun, excitement, and enjoyment in their work
- A hands-on, action-oriented approach