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ESTJ Main Page

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EExtravert. Outer-directed; active,
energetic, outgoing, and assertive;
versatile with broad interests

SSensor. Practical & task-oriented;
prefer action over reflection; excel at
handling details & concrete tasks

TThinker. Use logical analysis to
make decisions; attuned to facts,
consistency & fairness

JJudger. Outwardly firm, direct,
and decisive; conveying closure;
planful & conscientious

ESTJs’ Dominant Function

Extraverted Thinking

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Rationally structures & organizes ideas, things & processes; consults established facts & methods in decision-making

ESTJs’ Auxiliary Function

Introverted Sensing

Introverted Sensing Stabilizing Icon

Stabilizes beliefs, decisions & behavior by drawing on past experience & learning; embraces the “tried and true”

Key ESTJ Traits:

  • Hardworking, dutiful, responsible, organized, and task-oriented
  • Outwardly confident, decisive, and unselfconscious
  • Readily proffer advice and opinions to others, even if unsolicited; commonly assume leadership roles
  • “Straight-shooters”: exhibit a direct (at times blunt) communication style
  • Highly competitive; rarely back down from confrontation
  • Maintain and defend strong beliefs regarding right and wrong, truth and falsehood; evaluate their own and others’ behavior according to these suppositions
  • Sustain routines and traditions that substantiate familial bonds and continuity with the past
  • Typically quite loyal to friends and family, but may turn on those who’ve wronged them or violated their core principles
  • Tend to downplay their own emotional needs and misfortunes; exhibit a stoic, “no nonsense” approach to life; tend to see emotions as inconvenient disruptions
  • May be perceived as unsympathetic to other people’s struggles or difficulties
  • Efficient, organized, and planful; live by the calendar
  • Prefer clear guidelines and expectations (and their enforcement) in the workplace
  • Reliable team members, diligently and efficiently carrying out their duties
  • Often oriented to status and career advancement
  • Drawn to sales, management and enterprising careers; business, law, marketing, real estate, finance, medicine, etc.

Learn More about ESTJs in Our Books:

My True Type: Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions

The 16 Personality Types: Profiles, Theory & Type Development

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More ESTJ Resources:

ESTJ Type Profile

Extraverted Thinking (Te)

Personality Type Basics (Typology 101)

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