Individual

I am presently working as a project manager in an organization that focuses on project management especially in the areas of construction and management framework. My work encompasses managing teams of personnel each working on different tasks all aimed at completing a specific project. I manage construction of a project right from the initial stage of an idea to presenting complete work. When our company is outsourced to manage a particular project, we first examine and analyze the expected outcome according to the client. My work therefore entails sourcing for skills and expertise to compliment the necessary input needed to complete a project within the stipulated elements of costs, scope and timelines.

Self-assessment for Personality Development

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze my level of personality and identify where I need to improve.

Score: 33 A + 36 B = 69

Interpretation of score: I recorded high scores depicting my attitudes and traits suggesting my personality as less-outer oriented than I realized. I am very sensitive to the attitudes of others, am interested in others, can be warm and am powerful in my own right.

Application of the Score to Improve on my effectiveness and efficiency in my organization

My work mostly entails managing and coordinating teams for accomplishment of a main task. In this case, am expected to have high degree of leadership and communication attributes so as to foster collective responsibility and productivity.

I have learnt that am a good listener and normally seek accurate information before making a decision. I am focused on what I do and pay attention to cues in order to avoid misunderstanding at work. I am also observant and this proves to be a vital trait especially when managing teams and organizations where there are friendships. These three traits among others have been the key drivers of my personal and professional life and have realized that I need to enhance on them to be more productive and have sound judgments and decision making. However, I have realized that I need to work on how I engage others. I have realized that I lead effectively when others are eager and self-starters. I wait for the right circumstances to prove my leadership. I also don’t engage with individuals who seem upset or angry. However, it’s upon me to set the pace and try to influence change in others as a leader. I ought to face problems connecting with the personalities of others and influence positive change if I am to grow.

Self-assessment for Personality Strength

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze how strong my personality is and the areas I need to improve on.

Score: 34 A + 36 B = 70

Interpretation of score: I recorded high scores depicting a strong personality. This means I am able to live with others comfortably and am one person who is not irritated by the personality of others. Other people are able to share with me about their personal and professional issues.

Application of the Score to Improve on my effectiveness and efficiency in my organization

As a project manager, I am expected to subdivide an entire project into tasks that are managed by teams. Am therefore expected to have high caliber expertise especially in the area of managing personalities. The test scores provide a vital basis within which I can now be able to maintain on my strong attributes and improve on where I may not be effective.

Even though I have a strong sense of maintaining work friendships, I fear confrontations. When I realize that there is a problem in team or department, I have a tendency of delaying to solve the problem and as a result the problem becomes bigger. I don’t like to hurt the feelings of others and I also fear being hurt. This is a bigger problem to my leadership capacity and I must therefore work on improving on this trait. I must understand that sometimes I need to confront problems even if it means not agreeing with other people’s opinions. I ought to learn how to control my mood and remain sober even when things are not moving in the direction I intend. I have learnt that I will develop strong relationships when I learn to work out problems and manage my moods without fear. This is essential at both my professional life and my personal life.

Self-assessment for Team Player

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze the level of my personality is in terms of working in teams.

Score: 36 A + 36 B = 72

Interpretation of score: I recorded high scores depicting a strong personality in terms of engaging teams. This means I am able to work with others in teams especially in lead roles. Am able to understand and influence others to maximize on their productivity for team goals and ultimately organizations goals.

Application of the Score to Improve on my effectiveness and efficiency in my organization

As my work entails coordinating teams to ensure they deliver as per expected standards, it my work to ensure I provide conducive environment within which they work. It’s important that I ensure they maximize on their skills and expertise and this is possible through effective coordination and conducive environment (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013). The score attained will help me enhance on my personality so that I can be accommodative more to ensure employees seek my opinions and are ready to approach me in case of a problem. I have noted that in some instances I create a wall between my office and departments in such a way that they are not very open to me on issues especially those that would make me mad. However, I ought to learn how best I can instill the essentials of communication among teams so that problems can be ironed out instead keeping quiet. I need to improve on my communication skills so that I can enhance the rapport within the organization and foster collective responsibility. When the health of employees is better, then they maximize on their abilities. Effective workplace relationships ensures better coordination (Miner, 2016).

Self-assessment for Listening Skills

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze the level of my personality is in terms listening skills.

Score: 35 A + 35 B = 70

Interpretation of score: I recorded high scores depicting a strong personality in terms of listening. This is a positive trait especially in management and leadership positions where am expected to offer direction and make decisive decisions.

Application of the Score to Improve on effectiveness and efficiency in my Organization

The test scores provide an essential background within which I can be able to enhance on my strong traits while at the same time make improvements on my weakest points. Active listening skills are vital for every leader as it lays the basis of engagement with employees (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013). Am an active listener and I don’t make decisions before I get credible information to back the decision. However, when it comes to personal issues am very fond of judging quickly. Human beings are social creatures and so I some circumstances am called in to solve personal quarrels among employees. Through I take time to listen to both parties, am sometimes biased in that I listen more to the employee whose input is more in the organization. My listening skills are therefore biased when it comes to personal issues among employees. I therefore need to work more on how I can be incorporate active listening skills in my personality in personal matters so that I can be making sound judgments. Active listening is also essential for my organization especially I taking keen interest on market trends, competitive forces and global economics. My improving on my listening skills, I can be able to propel our organization to greater heights.

Self-assessment for Influencing Others

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze my level of personality in terms of how I influence my colleagues and peers.

Score: 33 A + 36 B = 69

Interpretation of score: I recorded high scores depicting my attitudes and suggesting my personality as more on an influencer. I realized that am an inspiration to colleagues and peers and provide the necessary guidance in at both personal and professional levels.

Application of the Score to Improve on my effectiveness and efficiency in my organization

The score provides a vital basis within which I can be able to enhance on my personality in terms of influencing others. This is a vital trait as a leader within our organization. As a leader, am expected to show direction and guide employees towards attaining the set targets. This is important especially when am in control of teams. Sometimes the work rate decreases as a result of economic or market turbulence or internal conflicts. Without my effective sense of direction, the productivity continues to decrease. I should therefore work towards improving on how I influence colleagues to maximize on their productivity. Most importantly, I should improve on how I encourage them through works and show sense of direction with my actions. My inspiration to them should be focused on enhancing their morale when they feel like giving up, be a role model so that they can seek my opinion on various work matters, and walk with them in advancing their careers (Robbins & Judge, 2017). Various scenario demand different ways of managing them and so I should work on having a clear mindset where I can make decisions that are worthy to be emulated by my colleagues and peers. Through at times we may stumble, it’s important that I learn how to compose myself.

Self-assessment for Managing Conflicts

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze my level of personality in terms of managing conflicts.

Score: 32 A + 32 B = 64

Interpretation of score: I recorded average scores depicting my attitudes and suggesting my personality as more of someone who fears conflicts. Generally, I don’t like to hurt other people’s feelings as I normally put myself in other people’s situation.

Application of the Score to Improve on my effectiveness and efficiency in my organization

In life, we go through various scenarios that act as learning lessons on how we are to present ourselves in future. However, when it comes to managing conflicts I rarely learn. Though I try as much as possible to avoid conflicts, in some instances am forced to intervene when there are conflicts within our organization. The test scores portray my fears and it’s upon time I compose myself and learn how to manage conflicts. In most instances, I direct such matters to other personnel. I have realized that this is not a positive trend as a manager. A leader is expected to handle conflicts as that is one of my roles as a manager. It’s upon time I learn on conflict resolution strategies so that I can provide the expected guidance as a leader within our organization. Creating a cordial friendship among employees is essential in creating work teams that are productive (Miner, 2016). Without such friendships it will be difficult to pull skills, ideas and expertise to work together for a common goal. These teams need to be guided and managed well and this can be possible once I improve on my conflict resolution mechanism. I believe that helping employees work out their differences and inspiring them towards working together enhances on productivity.

Self-assessment for Leadership Traits

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze the level of my personality is in terms of making a difference as a leader.

Score: 35 A + 36 B = 71

Interpretation of score: I recorded high scores depicting a strong personality in terms of making a difference as a leader. I believe that as a leader, am expected to inspire positive change and structures that propels our organization towards its mission and vision.

Application of the Score to Improve on my effectiveness and efficiency in my organization

My main task as a leader task involves coordinating people both internally and externally to assure the organizations goals are achieved. The coordination demands regular communication and this is the key to ensuring positive results from conflict or competition. The focus should be on promoting the organizations effectiveness through managing well intergroup conflict and competition. I believe that once I meet the above element am in the path towards making a difference in our organization. However, sometimes I lose focus as a result of managing my work/life balance. How am I supposed to make a difference in the outside world? Sometimes expectations supersedes my ability and some critics may view me as a failure based on few elements. It’s therefore my role to ensure that I cultivate a positive attitude even when I don’t meet the set targets or expectations as a leader. I believe a leader is depicted by how well he/she deals with setbacks. Improving on my weaknesses will play a great role in improving on my traits as a manager. I ought to make a difference even when there seems nothing to celebrate about. I ought to be an inspiration, a guide, a motivator and an influencer in leading people to achieving personal and professional goals at all times and seek the drive within me.

Self-assessment for Organizational Structure

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze the kind of organizational structure I prefer as per my personality.

Score: 35 A + 37 B = 72

Interpretation of score: I recorded high scores depicting a strong sense of organic structure. I believe that as the world changes, organizations need to transform with the changing trends so as to remain relevant in the current market and economic settings.

Application of the Score to Improve on my effectiveness and efficiency in my organization

The score portrays my attitude towards organizational structure. I strongly believe that organizations should gradually review on their strategies and mission so as to ensure they meet the changing needs of the world. Innovation has been one of the drivers within our organization. It becomes impossible to compete in the current world without being creative and innovative. I believe that a change in environment means that companies must be in a position where they gather, process and propagate information quickly to be implemented within the organization. From my position as a project manager, I empower teams to be creative in the way they handle tasks. I emphasize and influence an organic structure where there is assurance of fast distribution of information, knowledge and ideas and that the organization is able to respond to transformations in internal as well as external environments (Miner, 2016). However, I have realized that my impact in terms of influencing an organic structure is not very effective. In improving on this, I need to facilitate trainings among employees on the need for the structure, how it operates and its impact in both professional and personal life. The trainings will provide the necessary basis within which the entire organization can appreciate organic structure.

Self-assessment for Corporate Culture

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze the corporate culture I prefer in relation to my personality.

Score: 37 A + 36 B = 73

Interpretation of score: I recorded high scores depicting my outlooks and suggesting my belief in a corporate team culture. I have a strong sense of teams and always like to work in an environment where every employee participates fully for accomplishment of company’s mission.

Application of the Score to Improve on my effectiveness and efficiency in my organization

I have always believed in the power of teamwork as signified in the score. I believe that it’s through teams that we are able to portray our skills and expertise effectively. I believe in the empowerment of teams where employees are able to make use of their knowledge to create solutions to problems. I therefore strive to create conducive environments within which team members can be able to maximize on capacity and abilities and in the process advance in their careers and personal life (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013). Teams provide a positive culture where each member looks forward for an upcoming project. However, I need to improve on my influence on teams within our organizations and incorporate more team building and trainings. I should do this by having regular events and programs outside the scope of our work so that employees can be able to learn more about one another, foster cordial friendships and enhance their commitment to their teams. Employees should be kept at bay with upcoming events where they look forward for an event that breaks the work boredom and monotony. I think that constituting a team that plans of regular team building events will be vital within our organization in fostering relationships and commitments at work.

Self-assessment for Tolerance to Change

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to help examine and analyze my personality in response to my tolerance to change.

Score: 36 A + 36 B = 72

Interpretation of score: I recorded high scores signifying my belief in change. The world is changing rapidly in different areas and I feel I need to consider and appreciate change where necessary.

Application of the Score to Improve on my effectiveness and efficiency in my organization

I consider change as inevitable. The world is transforming at a much faster rate and we have to accept and abide by the change. Failure to recognize the change would render our organization null. It’s my belief that we need to gradually review our strategies as a company so that we can be able to compete fully knowing very well what the current client or consumer wants. This is based on the fact that needs change gradually with the changing trends and so we have to ensure we keep up with the markets and economies (Robbins & Judge, 2017). I need to inspire the change to other employees. I have noticed that at times we have failed to detect changes and so have been caught off-guard by our competitors. I have also noted that within our organization, millenials are prone to change while baby boomers are slow to change. In view of this, I will instill in employees on the significance of change and its impact within the industry. Trainings are also necessary so as to enlighten employees on the basics of change and what to look for even as they continue with their daily work. Being tolerant to change paves the way for learning new skills and trends both externally and internally and thereby enable me to overcome daily situations and problems both in personal life and in my career.

References

Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2013). Organizational behavior. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Miner, J. B. (2016). Organizational behavior: From Theory to Practice Armonk, NY [u.a.: Sharpe.

Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. (2017). Essentials of organizational behavior. Boston: Pearson Education.