Promoter (Role Variant)

The Promoter Artisan is one of the 16 role variants of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter. David Keirsey originally described the Promoter role variant; however, the personality descriptions of Isabel Myers contributed to its development. Promoters correlate with the ESTP Myers-Briggs type.

Overview

According to Keirsey, Promoters are the most adept among the types at maneuvering other people to their position. Concrete in speech and utilitarian in action, Promoters are smooth operators. They make a point of getting to know those in positions of influence. Promoters are also resourceful, knowing where the fun and action is. They like to indulge themselves in the finer things in life and to bring other people with them. Their goal in life is to sell themselves and their ideas to others. Dramatic and debonair, they are gifted at earning others' confidence.cite web|url=http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=4&c=promoter|title=Keirsey.com|accessdate=2008-05-07]

Notable Promoters

For illustrative purposes, Keirsey and his son, David M. Keirsey, [cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200009/ai_mark01016857|title=FindArticles|accessdate=2008-08-03] have identified well-known individuals whose "behavior" is consistent with a specific type. Unless otherwise noted, the categorization of the individuals below, whether living or dead, as Promoters is a matter of expert opinion rather than the result of the named individual taking a personality type inventory.

*Winston Churchill
*Ernest Hemingway
*John F. Kennedy
*Madonna
*General George Patton
*Evita Peron
*Franklin D. Roosevelt
*Theodore Roosevelt
*Grace Slick
*Donald Trump

Notes and references

ee also

*Artisan temperament
*Keirsey Temperament Sorter
*ESTP
*Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

External links

* [http://www.keirsey.com/ Keirsey Temperament and Character] The Web Site for the Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Keirsey Temperament Theory.