This month’s issue offered some interesting opportunities as we put together the editorial lineup. The subject of leadership and business lends itself to many diverse topics, from the importance of color in the future of the industry to choosing the right color car for marketing your business.
However, when I read Scott MacKenzie’s article on “Learning to Type,” which discusses the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and how it can help both managers and employees understand their situations and personalities, I e-mailed him and said, “Wow, I’ve always wanted to do that.” Scott immediately put me in touch with his father, Bill, who administered the test and informed me of my results.
So, what are those results, you may ask? Well, for what it’s worth, I’m an ENFP. What does that mean? From a work-related standpoint ENFPs are innovators, likely to be creative and imaginative, which bodes well for an editor. We are also supposed to be cooperative and supportive. I hope I achieve those qualities, but you’ll have to ask the rest of the editorial staff about that!
The negatives are also important to understand, as Scott points out so well in his article. To quote directly from the handbook, “Under great stress, ENFPs may become overwhelmed by detail and lose their normal perspective and sense of options. Then they tend to focus on an unimportant or distorted detail, letting it become the central fact of their universe.”
I know there are a few of you out there laughing right now.
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