Friday, June 25, 2010

Discovering Yourself

During the soft-skill class of our 3P course,the tutor gave us a personality test to know ourselves better. I found out it is quite interesting yet useful.Knowing yourself well may help you in either developing your future as well as we can impact each other. We can also minimizing the potential conflicts or unpleasantness.

There are 4 categories of personality Styles.But bear in mind that there is no right or wrong or even good or bad...The key of this personality test is "appropriateness".

4 categories of personality styles:

1. D- Dominance also known as "Driver" style or OVERCOMER
2. I- Influence also known as "Persuader" style or EXPRESSIVE
3. S- Steadiness also known as "Amicable" or RELATIONAL
4. Compliance to Own Standards also known as "Analytical" style or ORGANISER


So let start to evaluate yourself. Below is a table which consist of different characteristics. Mark one word in each row that you feel describe you the best:































This is the scoring sheet. Total up the number of times you have chosen D,I,S and C..

For example for the 1st row : you choose Careful, you will have to circle the column 3 row 1 ,D.




Total up your score for each are as follow :

D= ____ I=_____ S=____ C=_____

Pick the highest score. If you have highest score in D ,means you are in D category,if you have highest score in I,it means you are in I category and same goes to S and C.


Description of Personality Styles :

D- Dominance

Emphasis is on shaping the environment by overcoming opposition to accomplish results.

This person's tendencies include :
  • Getting immediate results
  • Causing action
  • Accepting challenge
  • Making quick decisions
  • Questioning the status quo
  • Taking authority
  • Managing trouble
  • Solving problems
This person desires an environment that includes :
  • Power and authority
  • Prestige and challenge
  • Opportunity for individual accomplishments
  • Wide scope of operations
  • Direct answers
  • Opportunity for advancement
  • Freedom from controls and supervision
  • Many new and varied activities

This person needs others who :
  • Weigh pros and cons
  • Calculate risks
  • Use caution
  • Structure a more predictable environment
  • Research facts
  • Deliberate before deciding
  • Recognize the needs of others
To be more effective, this person needs :
  • Difficult assignments
  • An awareness of existing sanctions
  • Understanding that they need people
  • Techniques based on practical experience
  • An occasional shock
  • Identification with a group
  • To verbalise the reasons for conclusions
  • To pace self and to relax more
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I-Influencing of Others

This person's tendencies include :
  • Contacting people
  • Making a favourable impression
  • Verbalizing with articulateness
  • Creating a motivational environment
  • Generating ethusiasm
  • Entertaining people
  • Desiring to help others participating in a group
This person desires an environment that includes :
  • Popularity, social recognition
  • Public recognition of ability
  • Freedom of expression
  • Group activities outside the job
  • Democratic relationships
  • Freedom from control and detail
  • Opportunity to verbalise proposals
  • Coaching and counselling skills
  • Favourable working conditions

This person needs others who :
  • Concentrate on the task
  • Seek facts
  • Speak directly
  • Respect sincerity
  • Develop systematic approaches
  • Prefer dealing with things to dealing with people
  • Take a logical approach
  • Demonstrate individual follow-through
To be more effective ,this person needs :
  • Control of time
  • Objectivity in decision-making
  • Participatory management
  • More realistic appraisals of others
  • Priorities and deadlines
  • To be more firm with others
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S-Steadiness

This person's tendencies include :
  • Performing an accepted work pattern
  • Sitting or staying in one place
  • Demonstrating patience
  • Developing specialized skills
  • Concentrating on the task
  • Showing loyalty
  • Being a good listener
  • Calming excited people
This person desires an environment that includes :
  • Security of the situation
  • Status quo unless given reasons for change
  • Minimal work infringement on home life
  • Credit for work accomplished
  • Limited territory
  • Sincere appreciation
  • Identification with group
  • Traditional procedures
This person need others who :
  • React quickly to unexpected change
  • Stretch towards the challenges of an accepted task
  • Become involved in more than 1 thing
  • Are self-promoting
  • Apply pressure on others
  • Work comfortably in an unpredictable environment
  • Delegate to others
  • Are flexible in work procedures
  • Can contribute to the work
To be more effective ,this person needs :
  • Conditioning prior to change
  • Validation of self-worth
  • Information on how one's efforts contribute to the total effort
  • Work associates of similar competence and sincerity
  • Guidelines for accomplishing the task
  • Encouragement of creativity
  • Confidence in the ability of others
____________________________________________________________________

C-Compliance (to their own standard)

This person's tendencies include :
  • Attention to key directives and standards
  • Concentrating on key details
  • Working under known circumstances
  • Being diplomatic with people
  • Checking for accuracy
  • Critical thinking
  • Critical or performance
  • Complying with authority
This person desires an environment that includes :
  • Security assurances
  • Standard operating procedures
  • Sheltered environment
  • Reassurance
  • No sudden or abrupt changes
  • Being part of a work group
  • Personal responsiveness to their effort
  • Status quo unless assured of quality control
  • Door openers who call attention to accomplishments
This person needs others who :
  • Desire to expand authority
  • Delegate important tasks
  • Make quick decisions
  • Use policies only as guidelines
  • Compromise with the opposition
  • State unpopular positions
To be more effective, this person needs :
  • Precision work
  • Opportunity for careful planning
  • Exact job and objective descriptions
  • Scheduled performance appraisals
  • As much respect for people's personal worth as for what they accomplish
  • To develop tolerance for conflict
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So have you known yourself better now after taking this test?


Source : Graduates personal development programme by Ron Leong