Comments on: As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Two) http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= I Help You Become a Higher Performer, Get Promoted, and Better Paid Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-520 simonstapleton Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:38:38 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=958#comment-520 @Michael - let us know when you post the report by leaving a comment here! @Michael – let us know when you post the report by leaving a comment here!

]]> By: Michael Cruse http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Michael Cruse Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:25:17 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=958#comment-513 @Mark I will post my finder report on my blog...as soon as I find the PDF file again. The assessment is general in nature, but gives someone an easy place to start looking into their strengths. I though it pegged me well. I shared it with a colleague who agreed with the findings. Interesting stuff. @Mark
I will post my finder report on my blog…as soon as I find the PDF file again. The assessment is general in nature, but gives someone an easy place to start looking into their strengths.

I though it pegged me well. I shared it with a colleague who agreed with the findings. Interesting stuff.

]]> By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-510 simonstapleton Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:06:40 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=958#comment-510 @Mark - I agree these systems aren't perfect but they help us approximate our preferences. I think it's also important to remember they are <i>preferences</i> and don't suggest inabilities. My test tells me I am naturally quiet and slightly introverted, but that doesn't mean I don't party or can hold the attention of a room, which I can! I think I could be a successful sales guy but I think I would need to work very hard at first to overcome my natural tendencies! I'll check out that Careers Anchor assessment. @Mark – I agree these systems aren’t perfect but they help us approximate our preferences. I think it’s also important to remember they are preferences and don’t suggest inabilities. My test tells me I am naturally quiet and slightly introverted, but that doesn’t mean I don’t party or can hold the attention of a room, which I can! I think I could be a successful sales guy but I think I would need to work very hard at first to overcome my natural tendencies!
I’ll check out that Careers Anchor assessment.

]]> By: Mark McClure Coaching http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Mark McClure Coaching Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:48:01 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=958#comment-509 @Michael - I read the Strengths book but as it wasn't my own copy I didn't qualify to take their online test (nice business model, btw!) Are you able to share what EI assessment tools were effective in a IT employee mentoring context? Would make a good blog post or series! @Simon - you are the classic IT introvert? ;-) While I agree that well designed testing has merits, a part of me (the sensitive thinker haha!) always has some internal (!) doubts that this is likely to become a self-fulfilling prophecy, or whatever the equivalent psychological term for that is... I also sometimes wonder how much our observed "personality profile" is likely to adapt/change with experience and over time. In other words perhaps there is an ace Simon the IT Sales guy "in there" but your current life path, choices and experiences have blocked him off for the time being... :-) The most useful careers test I've taken for many years was Ed Schein's Career Anchors assessment. A paid service but worth it imo. I wrote about it here: http://markmccluretoday.com/career-anchors-workbook I'll make a note to take that Myers Briggs you mentioned. @Michael – I read the Strengths book but as it wasn’t my own copy I didn’t qualify to take their online test (nice business model, btw!)

Are you able to share what EI assessment tools were effective in a IT employee mentoring context? Would make a good blog post or series!

@Simon – you are the classic IT introvert? ;-) While I agree that well designed testing has merits, a part of me (the sensitive thinker haha!) always has some internal (!) doubts that this is likely to become a self-fulfilling prophecy, or whatever the equivalent psychological term for that is…

I also sometimes wonder how much our observed “personality profile” is likely to adapt/change with experience and over time.

In other words perhaps there is an ace Simon the IT Sales guy “in there” but your current life path, choices and experiences have blocked him off for the time being… :-)

The most useful careers test I’ve taken for many years was Ed Schein’s Career Anchors assessment. A paid service but worth it imo. I wrote about it here:
http://markmccluretoday.com/career-anchors-workbook

I’ll make a note to take that Myers Briggs you mentioned.

]]> By: Michael Cruse http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Michael Cruse Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:25:31 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=958#comment-508 We have a mentoring program and Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been the recent focus. I really have discounted the role of personality for many years, being a more centralized manager by nature. However, this last year while working with my coach and peer coach, I now understand the value of understanding your own personality, the personality of others, and the effect it has on teams. It has almost been like looking at the world through a different lens and seeing the real impact on people. I am finishing a book, Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, and it is not directly on personality, but it has given me some keen insight into my strengths and personality traits. I agree with you that once you gain some understanding of self, you are able to make better career choices and improve peer interactions. We have a mentoring program and Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been the recent focus. I really have discounted the role of personality for many years, being a more centralized manager by nature. However, this last year while working with my coach and peer coach, I now understand the value of understanding your own personality, the personality of others, and the effect it has on teams.

It has almost been like looking at the world through a different lens and seeing the real impact on people.

I am finishing a book, Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, and it is not directly on personality, but it has given me some keen insight into my strengths and personality traits.

I agree with you that once you gain some understanding of self, you are able to make better career choices and improve peer interactions.

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