Personal Assessment: Leadership, Management, and Skills Review

This document presents a comprehensive personal assessment conducted by a student working as a Chief Financial Officer, Safety Manager, and Human Resources Manager in a Civil Engineering and Land Surveying company. The assessment evaluates various aspects of the student's leadership and management skills, including introversion/extroversion, needs for achievement and social approval, preferred team roles, active listening skills, influence tactics, conflict handling styles, understanding of leadership, preferred organizational structure, corporate culture preferences, and tolerance for change. The assessment utilizes multiple questionnaires and self-reflection to provide insights into the student's strengths, weaknesses, and preferences in a professional setting. The results indicate a moderate level of extraversion, a high need for achievement, a preference for collaborative team roles, strong active listening skills, an emphasis on integrity and negotiation in influencing others, a problem-solving approach to conflict, a moderate understanding of leadership, a preference for a mechanistic organizational structure, a performance-driven corporate culture, and a lower tolerance for change. The assessment concludes with a discussion of how these findings relate to the student's current roles and responsibilities within the organization.

Running head: PERSONAL ASSESSMENT
Personal Assessment
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s note

1PERSONAL ASSESSMENT
Abstract
I am currently employed in a Civil Engineering and Land Surveying company as the Chief
Financial Officer, Safety Manager as well as Human Resources Manager. I have been working in
the company for 11 years now. The daily tasks and responsibilities as mentioned in the job
description is to take care of all the financial and monitory aspects and dealing of the
organization. Aforementioned I have a diverse role to play in the organization my daily activities
also consist of managing the functions of the human resources and safety manager. The duties as
the human resource manager includes hiring and recruiting employees for the organization and
as a civil engineering firm I also look after the safety measures and keep a check of the safety
requirements.

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Self-assessment Activity
Are You Introverted or Extraverted?
1. The purpose of this assessment is to understand the communication nature of a person.
2. Total score: 28-34: (29)
3. Moderate Extraversion. As a human resource manager of the organization I have to deal
with a lot of interaction with people who I have not met before. Therefore I need to keep
an open mind and communicate with people.
4. I am moderately extrovert and I am extremely aware of what to say and what is
appropriate in a situation. I like talking to people and getting to know them better as I
have to hire them for the job profile that is vacant. Not only that I am also a good listener
and hence it makes it easy for me to strike an instant conversation with the person I am
dealing with or interviewing.

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Need Strength Questionnaire
1. The purpose of this assessment is to identify the priorities of an individual.
2. 18-23: (23) Above average need for achievement
6-11: (10) Below average need for social approval
3. Achievement is very important for me, I am an organized player and for me to play
multiple roles in an organization it evident that I chock out plans and strategies to tackle
situation. Achieving the target or executing the plan in the way that I had though in my
mind is important for me to judge the next step that I am going to take.
4. On the other hand, social approval and what others think about me or my personality is
something that I am least bothered about. Social approval according to me is an anchor to
my progressive view point and career opportunities.

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What Team Roles Do You Prefer?
1. The purpose of this assessment is to determine the nature of the role that an individual
plays at the work place.
2. Total Score: Encourager: 15 + Gatekeeper: 15 + Harmonizer: 15 + Initiator: 15 +
Summarizer: 15 = 75
3. High on all the aspects
4. As a manger it is very important for me to look after the fact that the subordinates who
are working under me is in a pleasant work culture and have a high sense of job
satisfaction. Being a monitor and keeping a check on the safety methods and precautions
is a part of my job and I also look after the challenges and grievances faced by the
employees of the company and hence I do work as a gatekeeper to a large extent. It is
also one of my duties to deal with the internal disputes that arise in the field or in the
office. I deal with a lot if issues on a daily basis and I try to be fair and non-biased in the
process of harmonizing a situation. I also imitate as well summarize work for people to
carry on their job profile with ease.

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Active Listening Skills Inventory
1. The purpose of this assessment is to understand the analytical skill of a person.
2. Total active listing: Sensing: 20 + Evaluating: 17 + Responding: 18 = 55
3. Listening is a very important and essential skill that is required by all the leaders. There is a
difference between listening and hearing, I listen to my subordinates as well as my seniors
because I identify that I am the mediator and the medium of communication in between the
two layers of the organization.
4. I listen to what people have to say intently and evaluate the situation according to my
analysis and understanding I take in to consideration what people have to say and
simultaneously take necessary actions. Communication is a two way process and it is the
basis to run an organization and I understand the significance of participation from both
needs is important for any situation.

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How Do You Influence Coworkers and Other Peers?
1. The purpose of this assessment to determine the impact a person has on the co-workers.
2. Total score: Persuasion: 9 + Silent Authority: 7 + Exchange: 4 + Assertiveness: 3 +
Information control: 3 + Coalition formation: 3 + Upward appeal: 8 + Ingratiation: 6 = 43
3. The score is high and it indicates that the person has a higher for a particular tactic
4. I believe in maintaining integrity and respect in whatever I do in life and that reflects in
my work place as well. When I have to deal with a difficult client or a crisis situation
within the organization I am a good negotiator. I do not like to indulge in any kind of
unethical activity which is out of my moral principles and values. I also discourage and
dislike if I find any kind of unethical situation in my sector. I deal with the finances of the
company and this is the section that has high chances of unethical corruptive behavioral
tendencies.

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Dutch Test for Conflict Handling
1. The purpose of this assessment is to check the approach an individual has towards
conflict situations.
2. Total score: Yielding: 9 + Compromising: 10 + Forcing: 14 + Problem solving: 20 +
Avoiding: 8 = 61
3. Score is high in this segment.
4. As a manger who has to deal with multiple roles in the organization I have to deal with a
lot of conflicts and emergency situations as well. I like to keep a clam and broad minded
approach towards any dispute or issue that may arise from within the organization from
factors which are directly under the control the company as well as from the situations
form external business environment. I like to solve a problem by analyzing and
understanding the situation as I do not like taking any rash actions, but in case the
situation needs immediate remedy I also quickly formulate a solution and implement it
immediately.

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Do Leaders Make a Difference?
1. The purpose of this assessment is to identify an individual’s understanding of a leader
2. Total score: 22
3. Below average romance of leadership
4. A leader is an individual who others follow in order to achieve a common goal. A leader
makes a lot of difference to the way an organization is run and inspires the subordinates
to strive towards high performance and excellence. I am inspired by some of the famous
leaders like Jeff Bezos; I try to be as far sighted as I can be in terms of my duties and
responsibilities I have towards the organization as well as the employees. But I do not
agree with controlling or telling people what to do and what not to do.

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What Organizational Structure Do You Prefer?
1. The purpose of this assessment is to check the approach an individual has towards the
structure of an organization he or she is associated with.
2. Total score: 9 (H) + 8 (F) + 8(C)= 25
3. Sore indicates medium which is mechanistic
4. I believe that there should be hierarchy in an organization in small steps in order to
delegate responsibility properly and individually deal with specific matters of concern. I
prefer to have versatility and flexibility in a person and I think an individual with proper
skill and guidance and achieve anything. I also like to include the perspectives and
viewpoints of everyone affected by the decisions and policies of the organization, but that
does not mean that I will agree with everything a person has to say, I use my judgment
skills and understanding to deal with a situation.

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Which Corporate Culture Do You Prefer?
1. The purpose of this assessment is to check the preference of an individual towards the
corporate culture he or she is associated with.
2. Control culture: 3 (high)
Performance culture: 6 (high)
Relationship culture: 2 (low)
Responsive culture: 1(low)
3. I am a person who is performance driven and I think that my hard work and diligence
towards the organization will act as a motivation for the people as well. I think that the
senior management of the organization is responsible in helping the employees of the
organization strive towards performing well and the management should have a
monitoring power over the employees.
4. It is the employees who are the backbone of any organization and the performance of the
employee weather senior officer or a junior officer. I believe in shared effort and team
work in an organization is the way to success. Understanding among the senior
management with the other employees of an organization is significant for the growth
and development of an enterprise.

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Are You Tolerant of Change?
1. The purpose of this assessment is to check whether a person is accepting of changes that
take place in the organization.
2. Total score: 28
3. Low degree for change and prefer a stable work environment
4. In the organization that I have been working for 11 years there has been a lot of changes
which is necessary for a business to grow. But I am a believer in traditions and I think
that traditions along with changes is healthy, if the change is not back up by a tradition it
does not make sense as it misses out on fundaments, values and principles. There are few
things that I would not like to change in the organization for example the structure or the
safety policies and measures etc. Sometimes it is important to have a stable work culture
and environment in order to control chaos and disputes among the employees and the
senior management as well.