Amber Kelly
Organizational Communications
OMP 320
Mr. Frank Sowell
26 February 2012
“Personal Communication Model”
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is the most commonly used personality instrument in the world. The Keirsey temperament is a tool that helps people better understand their personality. After taking the quiz, it was revealed that I most closely resemble the Guardian temperament. (ESTJ) Guardians are observant and cooperative. Seeking security and belonging, they are concerned with responsibility and duty. Guardians have four types which are Supervisor, Inspector, Provider and Protector. Guardian’s greatest strength is logistics. They excel at organizing, facilitating, checking, and supporting. This is very close to my personality.
I shared my temperament result with my sister and oldest niece. They agreed with the results. It is the same as my personality. According to them I am dependent, helpful, cautious, humble and trustworthy. Guardians tend to preserve a social institute. My family says I have natural talent in managing daily routines. I do believe in following rules, cooperating with others, working within the system, and planning a schedule. In some ways, the Keisery description is an accurate description of my overall personality. For example, I do value evidence and fact over assumption, if someone is explaining something to me; they must demonstrate why it is as they say it is. I usually do not take someone’s word for it. I would say any person could exhibit qualities from all personality types. For example, I usually trust my intuition about people which is an idealist quality, I sometime seek adventure and truly enjoy creatively working on things which are artisan qualities, and I am always skeptical and trusting of sound logic which is a quality of a rational person. The Keisery test has also shown me that I am a laid back, down to earth type of person. I realized that