Strengths Finder Assessment Reflections
Q1: The strength-based leadership approach is touched on briefly in the Daft textbook and I believed one specific quote explains it quite well. According to Daft, “The best leaders recognize and hone their strengths while trusting and collaborating with others to make up for their weak points.” It is key for leaders to recognize their strengths work towards maximizing them to become their best selves as a leader. Strength-based leadership focuses on maximizing people’s strengths in order to eliminate weaknesses. If everyone worked together towards highlighting their own strengths in a work environment, then they would eliminate each other’s weaknesses.
Q2: The Strengths Finder assessment did ensure a few strengths that I already knew about myself. Throughout high school and even college, I have always cherished close tight-knit friendships. I was never the girl who had to be friends with everyone as long as I had a few I trusted. This assessment confirmed my desire for close intimate friendship through the relator category.
Q3: The results from the Strength Finder assessment were not too surprising to me. I found little …show more content…
This score did not surprise me because understanding and reading people’s emotions has always been an asset of mine. In social and some professional settings I am able to have an overall sense of how people are feeling and not take their feelings personally. It is easy to see someone’s emotions and think you influenced them, but I am able to take a step back and dig deeper into those feelings. My lowest score was a 67 under Personal Competence for Self-Management. I was expecting scores in the mid 70-90 rang for the both the Self and Social Competence category. My overall scores in both categories surprised me because I believe I have good personal and social-emotional awareness and relationship management
Q1: The strength-based leadership approach is touched on briefly in the Daft textbook and I believed one specific quote explains it quite well. According to Daft, “The best leaders recognize and hone their strengths while trusting and collaborating with others to make up for their weak points.” It is key for leaders to recognize their strengths work towards maximizing them to become their best selves as a leader. Strength-based leadership focuses on maximizing people’s strengths in order to eliminate weaknesses. If everyone worked together towards highlighting their own strengths in a work environment, then they would eliminate each other’s weaknesses.
Q2: The Strengths Finder assessment did ensure a few strengths that I already knew about myself. Throughout high school and even college, I have always cherished close tight-knit friendships. I was never the girl who had to be friends with everyone as long as I had a few I trusted. This assessment confirmed my desire for close intimate friendship through the relator category.
Q3: The results from the Strength Finder assessment were not too surprising to me. I found little …show more content…
This score did not surprise me because understanding and reading people’s emotions has always been an asset of mine. In social and some professional settings I am able to have an overall sense of how people are feeling and not take their feelings personally. It is easy to see someone’s emotions and think you influenced them, but I am able to take a step back and dig deeper into those feelings. My lowest score was a 67 under Personal Competence for Self-Management. I was expecting scores in the mid 70-90 rang for the both the Self and Social Competence category. My overall scores in both categories surprised me because I believe I have good personal and social-emotional awareness and relationship management