Taking all the habits into consideration, I like to believe that I have become an effective person. That might not have been the case a five or ten years ago when I was just showing up to work just to collect my pay every two weeks. I believe that if I had taken the time to introspect earlier on in my career I could have been walking a complete different path from today. With my goals clearly defined and my family to support me along the way, I will continue to work hard, and further develop the habits I am currently lacking, which will in turn make me a better person and a more effective future leader as an officer in the
I have chosen to write about myself. I am consistently trying to improve myself both personally and professionally. According to the test that we took previously for class on the Keirsey website, I am an INFJ. This stands for introverted, intuitive, feeling, and judging. Keirsey identifies INFJ’s as counselors. We care deeply about others and their feelings. Sometimes we often notice the feeling of others before they themselves were aware. We prefer independent work or very small groups as opposed to team work. This specific combination of amounts is only three percent overall and those around us may consider our personality to be unique. I have always felt unique but would have guessed
Avi) A PDP is a Personal Development Plan and is developed between you and your manager. Your manager will record information about your learning and development needs in work. It should include things like targets, agreed objectives and activities to meet them and standards that are required. All of this is built into
I have held several positions throughout my life. The knowledge and experience that I have acquired has played an intricate part in molding me into the person I am today. For most of my life I have always been driven to achieve. I am always setting goals for myself, long and short term and stay committed to achieving these goals. I feel that you must hold yourself accountable to your commitments and pursue what drives you. To say that you are going to accomplish something is one thing, but staying committed and actually achieving the goal is a true testament of perseverance. Commitment is not just a word, it is a chosen way of life. Sometimes this comes with many sacrifices and hard work that can only be surmounted by inner drive and
Over the course of the last 5 months I have experienced many challenges that have presented to me in a wide variety of ways, some of which presented themselves based on my acts of poor judgment, and others I enacted on my own behalf. Throughout this period of time I have set many goals both academic and personal based on my challenges which have allowed me to stay focused and driven to be successful. Having an opportunity for personal reflection I have learned many things about myself and how I function, learn, and perform which as allowed me to grow mentally, personally, and spiritually. I now know and have gained a better understanding for how I think and feel, and how the decisions that I make on a daily basis shape my future. It is important for me to pay attention to how my actions have affected myself and those around me in that past and consider it as I move through life in the future.
I am a kinetic learner. I have to have something to do even if it's just tapping my foot. I can not sit still unless I'm reading or doing something else. I will always be moving in some way or another. I don't really like most sports like football or baseball. But I do like basketball and street hockey. I always want to do something. And my patience is very low.
Thinking back to the beginning of the semester to now, I can definitely see how things have changed. I had a list of many of strengths and weaknesses at the beginning of this class. I feel as if I have gotten out of my comfort zone and I have grown throughout this semester as a person, and more importantly a leader. I have learned many lessons that I can take and apply to my everyday life and my future ahead.
This article explained many reasons as to why and ways in which co-workers can be difficult to get along with. The article gives the idea that often times difficult individuals are unconscious about being difficult. This being that these same individuals can be triggered by past experiences/traumas, and use self-protective defense in order to protect themselves from emotional hurt reoccurring within their lives. As human beings this is often normal behavior, due to the fact that no one wants to experience emotional pain, but this type of behavior can cause a cycle of hurt to continue. Therefore, making it so that more individuals become difficult to deal with. As an individual who has dealt with
Socialization, “the process through which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a society and learn to function as its members” (Conley, 118) is something we all go through and re-go through in life. The individuals who have helps socialize me and shaped me is my father and my grandmother, the groups that have had an effect on the socialization of shaping me would be school and the media. Each of these individuals and groups have shaped me into becoming a member of society.
When defining myself, I took the Myers Briggs personality test online and the results were that I am an INFJ (The Advocate). From past experiences in my opinion my strengths are that I have a very strong work ethic, which I believe I inherited from my dad. Also I feel I am a very organized person when it comes to certain things. For example, I get very upset when a pen is not in a certain place on my desk. I feel most of my success from school comes from being organized and on top of my studies by managing my time efficiently. My last strength that I feel is unique is my everlasting patience with people. This trait of patience has developed over time because I grew up with a little brother that was diagnosed with autism at an early age and
Self-assessment can be described as the means of examining oneself, the team or organisation that they working in, against certain aspects that are significant to one's personality, team or work structure. Self-Assessment tools can be a very useful way to test personal, management and organisational abilities, performance and goals. They can be used as guidance to assist in implementing change or in the development of a team or an organisation, or even to help a manager grow and improve as a leader. However, there are several disadvantages which together with the advantages will
Stephen R. Covey’s self-help book is an influential communication for personal change. He advises building from the inside-out and offers a plan for moving from dependence to independence and then to interdependence. The inside-out approach starts first with one self, which includes paradigms, characters, and motivations. To improve relationships with others, we have to first improve ourselves by putting character ahead of personality.
During the past ten weeks, I have strengthened my concept of what constitutes effective leadership. Importantly, it is a leadership style that maximises the contributions of followers to achieve the desired outcomes for the organisation they represent. As Nanjundeswaraswamy & Swamy (2014, p.57) explains, effective leaders need to balance the drive to achieve a task with managing relationships. Therefore, it is essential for good leadership to not only focus on the task but develop, motivate and empower team members to strive for the achievement of task goals.
I feel that I have to get rid of bad habits in order to make room for better habits that I need for everyday life. I am learning better habits everyday. Even though I did bad on my first exam I feel that counted as learning for me because now I know what it takes for me to receive a high grade on any test I take.
An individual’s effectiveness in the workplace often depends on his/her personality, attitudes and values, along with his/her motivation to succeed. Concurrently, the perception, attitudes and values of colleagues in the workplace play a role in determining the individual’s effectiveness. Understanding these characteristics of employees can be very crucial for organizations to operate successfully. At the same time, it is essential that employees understand the values associated with the organization in order to avoid any conflicting feelings toward the work they are employed to do. By recognizing and appreciating each other’s characteristics and constraints, employees and the organizations they are part of, form a highly-beneficial
Countless studies and meta-analysis have been done on the effect of the individual personality on success, whether it be within the workplace or an educational institute (ETS, 2016).