Mr. Dean’s personality
A performer (ESFP)
Extravert
Sensing
Feeling
Perceiving (Lake et al., 2019)
Mr. Dean’s development of management skills
He developed his skills from his upbringing
Authoritarian parents
Firstborn – cared for his siblings
His personality
He was trained well in school
Three management skills of Mr. Dean
Goal-oriented – he is proactive and hands-on and therefore often ready to develop and work on workplace related goals
Team player – extremely social and love engaging with others and therefore works well with teams and gives everyone sufficient platform to thrive
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Sensitive and concerned – can identify an employee in distress and help where possible ( Cherry, 2019)
Development of the above skills in my life
Goal-oriented – education
Team-player – training
Sensitivity and concern – experience ( (Tan, n.d.)
Disadvantages of these traits
Favoritism may develop for individuals with similar management traits
Excessive sociability may translate to being casual with employees which may interfere with effective leadership
Sociability means caring about what others think of personal traits like interactions with others which affects judgment in management ( Farrell, 2017)
Utilization of the identified skills in my experiences
I have observed goal-orientation from my older siblings as they share with me how they have achieved various goals in their lives and how they keep focus on them
I have experiences team-players in various instructors especially in class as they use group activities often as a form of teaching
Sensitivity and concern is always exhibited by my parents towards me and my siblings
Marketing the traits
Goal-oriented
Detailing all goals achieved through this skill
Expressing the success achieved using the skill
Outlining how it has benefited those I interact with
Team-player
Showing how it has benefited my team mates
Identifying how this traits contributes to the achievement of goals
Detailing personal learning opportunities of being a team player
Sensitivity and concern
Identifying how it contributes to organizational cohesiveness
Developing a sense of belonging for employees
Establishing how it creates a safe space for all thus influencing the output of employees positively
My relation to the character
Identify with some of their personality traits and management skills
I would love to experience such a manager to learn certain skills from them
References
Cherry, K. (2019). ESFP: The Performer (Extraverted, Sensing, Feeling, Perceiving) An Overview of the ESFP Personality Type. Retrieved 30 January 2020, from https://www.verywellmind.com/esfp-extraverted-sensing-feeling-perceiving-2795984
Farrell, M. (2017). Leadership reflections: Extrovert and introvert leaders. Journal of Library Administration , 57 (4), 436-443.
Lake, C. J., Carlson, J., Rose, A., & Chlevin-Thiele, C. (2019). Trust in name brand assessments: The case of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The Psychologist-Manager Journal , 22 (2), 91.
Tan, M. Profile of the ESFP (Performer). Retrieved 30 January 2020, from https://idigitalcitizen.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/esfp-profile-performer-pdf2.pdf
