My Personality Assessment

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First of all, I have never taken one of these personality tests before and I must stress that it is quite an eye opener. Immediately I got my results I shared it with my boss, who was quite intrigued and wanted to take it herself. So, thank you.

As a business and Military professional, I have been directed to participate in several personality assessments or evaluations. Although each assessment utilizes a different format for the questioning or a different process for explaining the results, I find the outcome fairly consistent. Consequently, I am regularly identified as having the personality traits of dominate, results driven, goal oriented, and extrovert with good people skills.

Q1. When I first took a glance at different personality type details for this assignment, it was difficult for me to make a definite choice between types seven, eight and three. However, the discussions we had during our class meetings and videos filmed by Palmer, with a detailed and vivid descriptions (Nine Points of View Video Series, 1994), we watched helped me to draw a conclusion that I had a number eight personality. To this point, I have never heard of the Enneagram method to evaluate personalities. Therefore, it was such a new and amazing experience for me to learn about this particular technique.

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The careers listed in my personality assessment were psychologist, actor, teacher, and counselor and computer specialist. None of those interest me that much besides actor but I’d rather be a vet than an actor.

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We don 't usually transition our personalities, morals and commitment established on what we reviewed about ourselves. A conception of our personalities can help us find character in which we will do well, and assist us staying away from circumstances in which we will have an occurrence to have much stress. For example, if you are a highly reserved person, you are likely to experience more stress in a your life in a complicated position than a highly outgoing person would. So, if you are highly reclusive, you should either learn skills to manage with the demands of a intense job that requires extravert-type behavior patterns, or you should find a position that is more compatible with your personality. Knowledge of your personality helps you determine such a conclusion.Self-awareness helps managers identify gaps in their management skills, which promotes skill development. But self-awareness helps support stress management and motivation of oneself and others also helps managers find situations in which they will be most effective, assists with intuitive decision making. Self-concept plays an important role in leadership. Leadership self-concept symbolize a leader’s perceived ability to perform for the accustomed leadership tasks of advising, resolving and defeat obstacles. More specifically, it refers to the leader’s judgment that he or she can favorably make use of leadership by setting the route for the work group, build

I found my IPIP personality assessment to be pretty accurate, while I was surprised by the results of certain personality traits. The first trait extraversion was my highest scoring personality trait; I figured this would be the case. I really enjoy interacting with people. Within this trait the facets I scored high in were friendliness, gregariousness, activity level, and excitement-seeking. Of these facets I was surprised that my activity level score was only an eighty because I work out almost every day and have club basketball practice twice a week. I would have figured this score would have been higher. With regards to my gregariousness I am surprised that I scored a ninety-nine, I figured that it would be a high score but not

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