Leadership in Healthcare

Effective managers or leaders in healthcare environment often depend on their Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging (ENFJ) personality to perform their duties. The paper will focus on analyzing how this specific type of personality can either enhance or hinder effective leadership in healthcare environments. ENFJ is one of the many personality types identified by Myers Briggs. Individuals with the ENFJ personality have their primary mode of living focused externally. They are known to handle things according to their feelings or how they fit their personal value system. The ENFJs are known to plan and make decisions on their activities early. EFNJs get their sense of control through predictability. ENFJs are natural leaders and can be effective organizers and managers in any healthcare environment.

Most of them turn out to be successful because they are idealistic, charismatic, outspoken, very principled and ethical in how they handle their health-related activities. Individuals with the ENFJ characteristics have such awesome people skills that they can usually influence people to do any activities they feel that is right (Remus & Kennedy, 2012). For example, the problems may be the in critical care settings or can be resource limitations, challenges involving the increasing complexity of care and maybe the challenges that come with a diverse group of personnel. Additionally, the current complicated and stressful work settings call for efficient stress and conflict management skills that the EFNJs are gifted with. The EFNJ personality individuals are incredibly organized and have a character that enables them to deal with uncertainties, and they are good communicators (Lloyd, 2012).

All these characters qualify the EFNJ personality as one that can help enhance leadership in any healthcare environment. EFNJ personality type also has some of its disadvantages that instead of enhancing effective leadership can play a role in hindering effective leadership in healthcare settings. If the leader is one with the EFNJ personality type but does allow to be corrected, then he or she will be an ineffective leader. In conclusion, the EFNJ personality type has all the positive aspects that are required of a good leader. If the people who believe they have the personality type acknowledges their imperfections and learn to understand the uniqueness of other people, they can be the best leaders for a healthcare environment. EFJNs should learn how not to judge people according to their strict idealistic ideas but be good enough in identifying and understanding differences.