Gil's an Intuitive on the
MBTI.
He operates from hunches, looks for patterns, focuses on
possibilities, and moves easily from one part of a problem to another with no particular
sequence.
Most of his subordinates have a more concrete,
Sensing
style which makes them comfortable with the detailed and factual content of their
responsibilities in the Finance Department. They rely on what they can taste, touch,
hear, see, and "smell;" and they tend to think sequentially (from A to B to C...). So they bought into Gil's innovative ideas but they were very frustrated, not
knowing the steps to carry them out!
The MBTI can be a useful tool for any Enneagram style. It happened to
be especially useful for this
Four, already an
innovative thinker, able to see "outside the box."
As an MBTI Intuitive this became exaggerated in Gil.
By understanding the differences between his and his team
member's MBTI preferences, Gil learned to spell out the connections with them: the facts
and details (with examples), the steps involved, the links to already existing procedures.
He was then able to delegate projects more effectively, and his team developed the
experience necessary to continue their success when he was promoted.
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