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The assessment profile describes me as harmonic, deliberative, disciplined, futuristic and an achiever. I think this is pretty accurate. I always plan things out and want to achieve my goals in an organized manner. I am very future-oriented and manage my day in a somewhat ritualistic planned out manner. I like to have a calm and cool demeanor and want others around me to have it too. I am pretty even-tempered when dealing with others and think this is important.

By being aware that my attempts to create harmony by allowing everyone a turn to speak might actually create disharmony in some people. Individuals with exceptional Achiever talents, for example, might be anxious to make a decision and take action. By learning to briefly yet effectively communicate the value of listening will help me achieve the harmony I am working towards. It is important to keep diversity, equity, and inclusion at the center of all work (Alvarado, Vargas and Jobs for the Future, 2019). This will promote inclusion and increase valuable opinions.

I need to partner with someone with strong Command, Self-Assurance, or Activator talents. Together we can make many decisions, and these decisions will be sound. I need to hold on to my opinions and wait for all the facts before blurting things out that I don’t have enough backing for. I want my ability to be disciplined seen as a way of staying organized not rigid. I want others to recognize that my organization helps me to be effective during the day. The ability to understand the what and why behind a decision is important to ensure commitment (Cardwell, 2015).

I need to take each achievement I make as an opportunity to celebrate. I do tend to move on to the next thing without being mindful of what I just accomplished. This goes hand in hand with my rigid personality. Mindfulness can be defined as a state of paying conscious attention to current moment experiences, with an open and accepting attitude (Karremans, van Schie, van Dongen, Kappen, Mori, van As, ten Bokkel, and van der Wal, 2020). Since I do tend to overanalyze myself for things I didn’t do well, being mindful will let me enhance my natural abilities which will strengthen my shortcomings in the end. Being more open with sharing what I see in others will help them to gain the confidence they might need to act on their abilities. I need to share my vision for what I see others being able to accomplish not just assuming they see it in themselves.

Alvarado, M., Vargas, J., & Jobs for the Future. (2019). How to Lead Systems Change for Student Success: Developing 6 Qualities of Effective Cross-Sector Leadership. In Jobs for the Future. Jobs for the Future.

Cardwell, J. (2015). Disciplined Leadership. Credit Union Magazine, 81(5), 32.

Karremans, J. C., van Schie, H. T., van Dongen, I., Kappen, G., Mori, G., van As, S., ten Bokkel, I. M., & van der Wal, R. C. (2020). Is mindfulness associated with interpersonal forgiveness? Emotion, 20(2), 296–310. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1037/emo0000552