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Personal Strengths And Weaknesses

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My second strength is to seek first to understand, then be understood. There was a time in my life that this section would have been a low scoring section for me. I was once a person that would never put myself into the position of another to fully establish a connection of understanding from the other persons point of view, I was too busy. Now I have “individualized consideration” and I think age and career choices are the reasons why. In an article by B. Wilson, (2003-2005), he writes that “Stephen Covey, as others, believes that the only way to establish communication in some professional and personal situations is by becoming, in small part, the person you are listening to”. I make every attempt to do that exact procedure when employees come to me with problems or concerns. I’m no longer impatiently waiting on them to finish their story but now I put myself in their shoes. It’s important for the staff to feel as though they can come to me with issues and this is where the idealized influence and individual consideration come into play. Listening to the staff and genuinely caring about them makes for a more pleasant work environment, happier employees, and appreciative people. My third strength is Synergy. This actually caught me by surprise, a little. Synergy is achieved my maximizing the driving forces, minimizing the restraining forces, and combining strengths of people through positive teamwork, so as to achieve goals that no one else could have done alone,

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