Sérgio Lourenço's Workplace Insights

Work Habits

Achievement-oriented by nature, you will benefit from being challenged to achieve even greater effectiveness in a role and to look for opportunities to further refine your strengths and apply them for greater impact.

Your exacting, precise, and organized approach to work will be beneficial in many tasks, but you do run the risk of being perceived as inflexible at times. Allowing for some flexibility and uncertainty in your projects, plans and approaches may be beneficial. It's possible that you may be so focused on the details, or on having everything perfect, that you lose sight of the bigger picture. Your style also runs the risk of being perceived as micromanaging people or processes, so allowing others additional flexibility and freedom from time to time may also be beneficial.

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

Competitive by nature, you should look for win-win relationships. The most successful people are often those who are effective at building relationships of mutual value. Be aware and considerate of others' needs when interacting with them and focus on helping others achieve their objectives.

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

Knowing when to take a creative approach is important to accomplishing goals. However, there are also times when using tried and true methods are best for getting things done. The balance is in understanding the situation at hand, quickly learning the relevant history of what has already been attempted, and capitalizing on the more effective strategy.