Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

If your organization is to begin an endeavor that will take time and patience to bear fruit, employ the right type of person.

Some endeavors require years to come to fruition. A college degree is one example. It comes after four years, not four hours, of sustained effort.  Some companies sponsor college degrees and hire those graduates that they sponsored. Such a program requires time and patience.

If an organization is to seriously attempt one of these long-term endeavors, I strongly suggest employing an ISTJ person to lead it. ISTJ is one of the types in the Myers-Briggs types. This link goes to one article about the ISTJ type. There are many others available.

At its core, an ISTJ person will patiently work at a task and do it well. Exciting? No. Steadfast? Yes.

Employ the right person for the right job. Things seem to work better than way.