Reflection On Self Assessment Results

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Self-Assessment Results With results and knowledge I have gained from completing and analyzing the results from Strength Finder, I am now able to clearly identify my strengths and compare those strengths to some of the world’s top leaders and managers to see how they compare. Key strengths that have been identified for me are my abilities to compete, focus, strategize, achieve, and develop a plan with future results in mind. As I analyze my results, I like highlight key components for each one so I that I have a better understanding. The strength of being competitive allows me to focus on winning and being ahead of the competition. I believe this is extremely important in management because it forces to you have the desire to be better than …show more content…
However, I can still compare my main strengths with a leader such as Bill Gates to see our similarities and differences. According to Rachel Sylvester, Bill Gates displayed several leadership strengths in the 1990’s that are comparable or similar to my Strength Finder results. For example, she mentions that when Bill Gates has a vision, he has a clear vision and puts all the pieces of that vision together in his brain (Sylvester, 1997). I believe that by having a clear vision with all the required pieces to fulfill that vision, a great leader is formed. The strength of having clear vision can be comparable to my strengths of having focus and a strategy. For Bill Gates to become successful over the last 30 years, his vision’s needed to be taken in to action with great focus and …show more content…
Also, the strengths that have been identified through Strength Finder, seems to be inside of every successful leader. I’ve learned that these strengths are just potential abilities until I put them into action in a leadership role. I do believe that some leaders are born and some develop the necessary traits through years of experience. While do research on Bill Gates, I am no able to state that he didn’t get lucky and is another selfless billionaire. He is a truly, a committed leader world leader that possess top management skills which has lead him to be one of the most well-known businessman around the

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