I took a series of assessments. I pulled out my DISC assessment, still my favorite. I took a Values in Action (VIA) Strengths Assessment (which I believe I found through the Brazen Careerist), I bought the Discover Your Strengths book and took the Clifton Strengths Finder and I dug out something called CultureLink from a speaker I saw at a group I was once a part of many years ago.
I then collected the findings and created a composite view of my particular strengths. I am going to share those findings with you over the course of several posts and ultimately post my composite.
First up was the DISC assessment. I am a big fan of the DISC process and after having gone through this exercise spend the $25 on the DISC and you won't have to worry about the rest. For the sake of the exercise, it was good to validate. It was a good scientific approach. But the DISC, for me, is the grand-daddy of the assessments. Get the comprehensive report and you will learn things about yourself that will scare you. :)
DISC says I am:
Motivated by:
- Having control over work environment
- Directing other people’s activities
- Being offered new opportunities
- Situations where he is held accountable solely for results and not how results are achieved.
- Opportunities for advancement
- Rewards for achieving goals
- Control over factors that affect the quality of his performance
- Environments where quality and accuracy are rewarded
- Logical, systematic approaches
Preferred Environments
- Maximum freedom to determine how things are done
- Fast paced, results oriented
- Performance measurements and rewards based on achieving agreed-upon results
- Opportunity to control events
- System for performance which provides specific feedback
- Business-like atmosphere where people are task oriented
Tends to Avoid
- Situations where he has no control
- Appearing soft or weak
- Situations requiring routine, predictable behaviors day after day
- Being closely managed by others
- Having to check in frequently
- Having to report step by step how he is doing a task
- Ambiguous situations where his performance is criticized
- Being held accountable for quality outcomes in situations where he has insufficient control
- Having to defend inferior performance in products or services
- Reacting quickly to situations requiring analysis
- Responding to others without time to evaluate possible consequences
- Emotionally charged situations where he may react and lose his reserved, detached manner
Strengths:
- Leader, change leader, create sense of urgency
- Think and react quickly, tempered by desire to explore all possible outcomes
- Love, embrace change/variety
- Value quality and accuracy
- Big picture/strategic thinker
- Can apply technology to business needs
The 3 major themes that came out of my DISC assessment are:
QUALITY FOCUSED
STRATEGIC MINDED
CHANGE LEADER
Next time I will post the results from the VIA Strengths Finder.
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