Personal Assessment of Strengths

                                 Assignment 1: Personal Assessment of Strengths

                                         Heather L Dyer

                                        Dr.  Gina Zaffino        

                                               Oct.19,2016

My top five Strengths are: Consistency, Adaptability, Relator, Strategic and Achiever. My initial reaction was skeptical while taking the quiz because I am thinking how are the answers to these questions going to describe myself. After taking the quiz my reaction was amazed at how accurate it was to describing my life in the past and present.

        I feel that all these Strengths relate to my leadership style in that no matter the situation I adapt and overcome anything that comes my way. I am the type of person that doesn’t judge someone by what others think, what they have or what they look like. I give everyone a fair chance, then I try to help them out before they get in trouble. My personal feelings don’t matter when it comes to what’s best for business. I am always, in my current job, looking for ways to make an issue or problem into a solution or an opportunity. I try to do things the right way the first time, so I have some extra time at the end of the day because you never know what will happen. I am a good listener and try to figure out the best way to handle any situation brought to my attention. I think before I act on my emotions because I don’t want to do or say something I can’t take back later. I was taught growing up to treat everyone the way you want to be treated in life and that’s what I do no matter where I am at.

The trait I need to work on would be Relator. I have a tendency to say what is on my mind without thinking about the consequences in the end. I need to learn to think things all the way through then addressing the issue at a later time. My biggest issue is that I am honest and some people don’t like my honesty but I say what I have seen when asked. I need to learn to be a little less outspoken and think before I talk to people especially when they are asking for my opinion. That’s the only issue I need to work on to be a manager in my career field. I am a good listener and I will listen to anything you have to say and never repeat it to anyone. I will help you out if I can. I need to not let my personal feelings affect my decisions at work.  I try my best not to act on my personal feelings but to do what’s best for the business.

        I feel that all these traits will be useful in college or my career choice because you have to be a good listener, treat everyone the same no special treatments, stay busy and be productive in anything you do to succeed in life. I can eliminate distractions and get my job done in a timely manner and still have time at the end of the day in case something comes up that needs addressed. I would say the trait I will use the most would be Consistency. I try to treat everyone the way I would want to be treated and set up clear rules and make sure people abide by the rules set forth by management. And make sure people don’t take the easy way out of doing something by not doing it the correct way and the way they figured out to get it done faster. Just because you are faster at getting tasks done doesn’t mean it is done the right way.