Self Assessment Strengths

I recently took the StrengthsFinder assessment for a class, which after a series of questions determined that my three greatest strengths are that I’m deliberative, disciplined, and an achiever. I felt that these strengths were accurate at describing me well. I have always been very deliberative when making decisions, as I like to evaluate all of the options and evidence, before I make a decision and I very rarely do things on a whim. One particular example of a decision I made after a lot of deliberation was when I was deciding which college to attend roughly four years ago. After researching and visiting all of the schools I had been accepted to, I made a chart in which I ranked all of the schools in a wide variety of characteristics that

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I have received a professional bachelor degree in Finance, specializing in banking and insurance, where I have gained excellent theoretical and practical knowledge in finance analysis, management, accounting, statistics, and technology. Currently I am studying at XXX University to obtain MBA in International Banking and Finance. My expectation is that with an MBA, my strengths will position me to pursue a broader scope of practice within other fields than audit, and in a variety of settings beyond the financial services with which I am most familiar.

After completing the Abilities Pre-Assessment form, I learned more about myself and how I view the world around me. Although I have always had a general idea of how I view myself, the assessment broke down the sections into small pieces which allowed me to evaluate myself on a different level. For example, before taking the assessment, I would have rated my general communication skills as very low because I don’t talk well in front of a large group. However, after reading the subcategories, I realized that certain aspects of communication, such as changing how I communicate so others can understand me, is something I learned to be good at when I trained other employees at my last job. In the communication section, I also learned I am a

The description of the four types of personal orientation to others, named as competitors, individualists, cooperators, and equalizers is another way to understand our unique preferences and how we respond to others (Greenberg, 2013). This exercise indicated an individualist disposition with cooperators coming in second. Since the overall concern or motivation for an individualist is the outcomes related to self, the question now is regarding job motivation. How does this relate to the current job choice since this exercise ended in a self-revelation unbeknownst to me? Regardless of ones personal orientation, effective communication has key elements, which

Every person has his or her own unique style of working. After reviewing all of the self-assessments, I believe I have a solid understanding of what it take to interact collaborate with my co-workers, I am able to establish good working relationships, resolve conflicts, and institute good leadership skills. Although, I have good enough skills to be effective, I need to continue learning to advance my skill sets. Just as every person is unique, every organization has its own unique style of working. The type of culture that controls the way employees work and behave in my office is very different from other organizations. By its nature, working for a staffing firm is all about adapting to the need of the client and candidate. As a recruiter

I have found that self-assessment of my knowledge and personal skills will keep me on the right path in order to achieve my development needs. I have to aspire to achieving the skills and knowledge I identify that I require. Monitoring this is important, as it will be the difference in achieving skills and not being competent. Taking any opportunity to learn, or build on my current skills is essential in progression. I need to take advantage of technology that may help me in accomplishing and achieving goals and skills. Recognising that I have potential to do and be anything if I put my mind and effort to it, it will help me reach my aspirations. This is where setting goals comes in to affect. As I set goals and apply my success and failures

I know having a well-rounded team with different strengths can be important when getting a job or project completed. I have been evaluating my top five strengths from the StrenthsQuest report. I find that most of the descriptions describe my attitudes and the way I work. Most of my strengths have me doing most of the relationship building and some of the executing parts of a project. I know relationship building is very important when completing projects because every job needs resources and help from outside sources. In my job we create many relationships with other organizations to make our program work. If we did not build relationships we may not have funds to keep our program running. It also helps when people believe in what you are doing because they will give good feedback to others who may help. The team also needs someone who is well rounded and keeps the team running smoothly and knows each person’s role in their jobs. I have been working with nonprofits for a long time and I find that most of their collaborations are with other non-profits. The organizations have a unique relationship with each other because many of their goals are the same. They focus on helping others who are less fortunate. We spend a lot of time in the community doing various workshops and presentations. A person like myself with the positivity theme works great in this environment because if you are upbeat and positive about what you are doing, others will be as well. The Includer theme came up as my number one in the report. I find this to me true on so many levels. I know it’s important to have various people with different backgrounds to help execute a project because each person

Often times we get sidetracked in obtaining our ultimate goals in life by life itself. That is what happened to me. I completed my bachelor’s degree and then I got caught up in earning a paycheck to provide for my family. I am finally at a point in my life where I can refocus on

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Understanding ones strengths is very advantageous. It allows for an individual to focus their efforts to mastering their strongest abilities. There is a benefit to understanding one weaknesses as well, however the benefit of developing ones strength possess a greater yield. This is due to the fact that in our work and personal lives we are seldom alone, thus where one may not possess skill there are others whom could complement which in turn results in better allocation of time and effort. To discover my strengths I used self-reflection, commentary from individuals who know me well, and performing various personality test and discussing them with individuals in my most intimate of social circles.

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.

Have you ever experienced something that changed your outlook on life? Personal strength is realizing you are at low times, but finding the positives even when it seems like nothing will get better. During times of weakness, I struggled with finding hope and strength within myself. Personal strength defines us as individuals. Because I experienced the loss of a good friend, and the divorce of my parents at a young age, I was able to find personal strength.

How does one properly evaluate their own skills, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, and so on? Well this past weekend I took a series of tests to evaluate these attributes of how I might be in the workplace and whether or not I know myself as well as I thought I did. There were four tests that made up this evaluation the Personality Type, Personal Interest Area, Career Skills, and the Career and Workplace Values Assessments. There are many results that can be derived from this but the focus of my evaluation is on my Strengths, Areas I could Improve on, and what of these Skills I have used and the Values I possess that may be of use to a future employer.

Like any individual I have a wealth of weaknesses and strengths. This is the unique mixture that