David's Workplace Insights
Test Date: Oct 18, 2020
David's Work Personality
Work Habits
Attitudes & Outlook
Interaction Style
Temperament
Notable Traits
You can be described as:
Goal-Oriented
Values achievement, sets goals, and prioritizes achieving them
Cooperative
Values social harmony, inclined to seek common ground
Extroverted
Socially outgoing, gregarious, often initiates social interactions
Competitive
Innate drive to win, measures performance in comparison to others
Work, Communication & Interaction Style
Very Goal-Oriented.
As someone who tends to be driven by exceeding expectations, you are likely to be seen as a high achiever. As a result, you are likely to have excellent follow-through on tasks when appropriately engaged.
Very Motivated.
You are likely to have a very strong inner drive, which should see you viewed as driven and committed. Team members will generally describe you as motivated to achieve your goals.
Very Cooperative.
You are likely to be very cooperative and obliging, which suggests that you will value harmony in a group situation as opposed to advancing your own interests. You are likely to place a strong emphasis on treating others fairly and with respect, which should see you viewed as someone who is considerate, trustworthy, and perhaps even selfless. Cooperativeness is a trait well suited to service-oriented roles.
Very Extroverted.
You are much more extroverted than most, and people would likely describe you as sociable, lively, and gregarious. You are likely to prioritize social interactions, which may mean that you prefer roles and activities where you can frequently interact with others. You are likely very energetic and enthusiastic and should feel comfortable initiating social interactions, even with strangers.
Temperament, Attitudes & Outlook
Very Competitive.
Compared to most people, you have a very strong drive to win. You are likely to be highly motivated by competition and will strive to meet and exceed external targets. In work settings, highly competitive individuals often excel in fields such as sales but are sometimes less well suited to roles like customer service.
Strengths & Potential Challenges
Strengths
- You are likely to possess a very strong drive to achieve. As a result, you are likely to have excellent follow-through.
- You are a highly motivated person with a strong inner drive.
- You are highly competitive by nature, with an innate desire to win, which will serve you well in roles where performance measurement is valued. You are comfortable taking risks when required.
- Expressing yourself directly should not be an issue for you.
- Lively, sociable, and gregarious, you are comfortable meeting new people and likely prioritize social interactions.
- You are likely well suited for roles that require a high degree of creativity, variety, or innovation. Others are likely to view you as an ideas person or experimenter. You are also likely to thrive in roles that evolve or change frequently.
- Highly tolerant of frustrations and easy-going by nature, you are likely to bring a sense of calm and stability to collaborative tasks. You are likely to be more accepting of setbacks than most, and tend to be unruffled by the presence of stress or pressure.
Potential Challenges
- While your high drive for achievement may have led to many successes, you may be particularly uncomfortable with potential failure. This discomfort may drive you to overwork yourself or be overly perfectionistic at times, leaving you vulnerable to burnout.
- Your highly competitive nature may, at times, be seen by others as unfriendly. You should find ways to ensure you are competing as a team towards shared goals, as opposed to competing against your team mates.
- In certain situations, team members may not be universally comfortable with your frank and direct style of expression.
- You may find that you become unmotivated quickly when required to do repetitive tasks. You may also find yourself getting lost in idea generation and may be less focused on idea execution.
- Given your highly tolerant and relaxed nature, you may find it uncomfortable if required to act with a great sense of urgency when the situation calls for it.
Development Suggestions
Work Habits
Highly achievement-oriented by nature, you will likely benefit from taking on particularly challenging tasks to further optimize your effectiveness in a role. Taking on these challenges may also further refine your strengths and enable you to apply them for even greater impact.
Your strong inner motivation and drive are likely to see you do well in a variety of tasks, even in tasks that you do not find intrinsically enjoyable. This strong inner drive can be best utilized in high impact activities where your motivation should see you achieving strong outcomes.
Temperament
While there is a time and a place for healthy competition, there is also a risk that being highly competitive may have a negative impact on developing good relationships with others. It may be beneficial for you to consider using your energy and enthusiasm for success to help others in their attainment of goals. This may help you foster valuable working relationships. You may also benefit from understanding that it's OK to lose and to fail - doing so can encourage growth, build resilience, and help shape future goals.
Given your highly tolerant and patient nature, you are likely to feel uncomfortable being rushed or pressured by others into taking immediate action. Your prioritization of stable and calm relationships can mean you are unlikely to tell others when they have disappointed you. Understanding that your time, effort, and opinions are valuable may help increase your comfort with voicing your opinions when others don't meet your expectations.
Interaction Style
It may be beneficial to consider when your direct approach may be useful and when it may be less so. While there is value in being assertive and leading the way, being too assertive can prevent others from sharing their opinions. Taking the time to consider the views and perspectives of others will not only help build relationships but often lead to better decision-making through collaboration.
As a highly extroverted person, you may need to be careful that you do not dominate meetings and other social events by talking too much. You may sometimes be prone to capturing the attention of a group when it would be better to give others a chance to shine. It may take effort for you to let others share the focus and attention of a group, but making this effort can help build relationships with others. You may also find it hard to maintain your energy while working on solitary tasks. You may need to manage the time you spend interacting with others in order to ensure that solitary tasks can be completed.
Attitudes & Outlook
You are likely to thrive in creative roles or where innovation is highly valued. However, you may become easily unmotivated when required to follow conventional methods for extended periods of time. You may benefit from identifying other aspects of your work that can motivate you during these times. Additionally, you are likely to have a tendency to offer complex solutions where a simpler solution is available. This can make your solution difficult for others to follow. So it may be beneficial for you to practice creating simple and practical solutions and designing them from other people's points of view.
Workplace Stressors & Motivators
The following section relates common workplace situations to your behavioral preferences, to better understand how your potential may be best realized. Situations that may be comfortable or motivating for some people may be stressful or de-motivating for others. Below is a list of common workplace situations together with an indication of how each may impact you.
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Having to work alone |
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Change in workplace expectations or job duties |
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A narrowly defined role |
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Having clear and well articulated goals |
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Being exposed to frequent conflict |
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Taking the lead in group settings |
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Having to work alone
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Open discussions
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Rigid enforcement of rules
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Change in workplace expectations or job duties
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A narrowly defined role
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Having clear and well articulated goals
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Being exposed to frequent conflict
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Taking the lead in group settings
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