My best business relationship to date was with an INTP. We imagine, conceived, and implemented our own business from scratch. We did that when we realized that the autonomy we craved didn't exist in our chosen profession.
Before either of us were aware of MBTI, we noticed that we complemented each other very well. He has a strong tendency to identify weaknesses in my approach, in particular helping me to tone down the assertiveness or perceived aggression. In addition, my desire to have everything done yesterday, was something he really helped with.
In turn, he was greatly helped by my ability to push things through and to implement the things we talked about. My big strengths were in making things happen. We were also very good in meetings - we would break down the stakeholders we expected to be present in the meeting, review talking points and how to present them to different people, and what approach we would take in the meeting. After the meetings, we would dissect our performance and the different impressions we had of each other as well as all the parties present.
This was a tremendous partnership - I ended up moving on to another opportunity, partly because I burned bridges when I crossed the wrong person (he was much better at laying low). Still a tremendously productive partnership. It helped that he was very assertive for an INTP, and even though he naturally deferred to me in most settings, he also didn't take any of my criticisms personally and with time learned to be more assertive in our discussions.
Also, my best friend is an INTP and one of my best relationships was an INTP, and I discovered all of this only after learning about MBTI. So personally, I've found this to be an excellent combination, but I'm skeptical of how much one could generalize my personal experience.
Before either of us were aware of MBTI, we noticed that we complemented each other very well. He has a strong tendency to identify weaknesses in my approach, in particular helping me to tone down the assertiveness or perceived aggression. In addition, my desire to have everything done yesterday, was something he really helped with.
In turn, he was greatly helped by my ability to push things through and to implement the things we talked about. My big strengths were in making things happen. We were also very good in meetings - we would break down the stakeholders we expected to be present in the meeting, review talking points and how to present them to different people, and what approach we would take in the meeting. After the meetings, we would dissect our performance and the different impressions we had of each other as well as all the parties present.
This was a tremendous partnership - I ended up moving on to another opportunity, partly because I burned bridges when I crossed the wrong person (he was much better at laying low). Still a tremendously productive partnership. It helped that he was very assertive for an INTP, and even though he naturally deferred to me in most settings, he also didn't take any of my criticisms personally and with time learned to be more assertive in our discussions.
Also, my best friend is an INTP and one of my best relationships was an INTP, and I discovered all of this only after learning about MBTI. So personally, I've found this to be an excellent combination, but I'm skeptical of how much one could generalize my personal experience.
