Whenever I take a personality test, I never know what to think about the results. Do the results portray me spot on or not? Everyone's personality is different and unique, that sometimes it is hard for me to believe that a personality test, that puts people into four or whatever number of categories, can tell people who they are and how to approach them. Also, there are many different factors that can affect your results. For example, you may answer differently to questions in different situations, or you may even fib/stretch the truth to certain questions to arrange a more favorable result in your eyes. But, I guess if I like the results, then the personality test got it right!
Well, on the recent leadership/management diagnostic that I took in class, I think the result was close to my personality, so I guess the test got it right. The results of the DISC test stated that I am a C sub d, which means I am conscientious and slightly dominant as well. I think I am conscientious because I am the kind of person who loves planning ahead, needs to know what my job is exactly so I know how to execute my work to the best of my ability, and I am very analytical. Yet, I am, also, slightly dominant in that I do enjoy challenges and new situations that just make work interesting and allows me to come up with creative ways to approach things. Also, I like freedom from supervision and I am looking for opportunities for advancement (I mean I, ultimately, want to be a CEO of a hotel or other business that I've created.).
Although, this test was pretty accurate in identifying my management orientation, I don't think it was 100% accurate because some days I behave like an S type, steadiness, with emphasis on cooperating with others. This leads me to the issue of whether or not this kind of diagnostic is helpful to determine people’s management "type" to better understand where they are coming from and how to interact with them. I think it is both helpful and not. It is helpful because, at least for me, it can show my employer that I have the ability to be dominant and authoritative, which s/he, probably, wouldn't have thought of at our first interaction since I tend to act shy with new people. On the other hand, it isn't helpful because how can a test tell the boss who you are and how to interact with you. Maybe you're different or better in person than in paper. Also, as I said before we all are different, and if the boss is just managing you based on your C type, he/she might be missing out on another effective way of managing you based on your unknown S type. I don't wish I was another management "type" because I think Cd portrays me the best in how I work, but on any test, I think we should look to the results not as an accurate depiction of someone, but more as a guideline for yourself on determining how this person works, something to get the ball rolling. Meeting or working with the other person never hurts, too.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Life after College
Thinking about the future can be scary, especially for those of us who will be graduating college soon. I don't know if there will be jobs out there for me, and I don't know if I'll be able to pay for graduate school if I decide to take that route in life. But according to a video, "The Power of Vision," that I saw in my management class, as long as you have a positive vision, goal, for the future, you will have a purpose for the future and most likely, find success. This view of the future sounds very optimistic and promising. It may even sound too good to be true, but I think the video is right.
I've always been a goal-oriented person. Ever since I was in Elementary School, I would set out visions of my future, such as my goal of getting into the same High School that my sister went to and my goal of becoming a teacher who owned a Jaguar. I did get into the same High School by getting high grades in elementary school, and for my second goal, although my career path has changed, I did start a Jaguar Fund that didn't raise much money, but had me start thinking about saving my money in a bank account for the future. Either way, for me, having a vision of the future helps me know where I am going, what I should be doing today, and makes me feel a little secure about the unpredictable future.
Today, my vision for my future, after graduating college, is to become a manager of a hotel, own a condo in the city, and publish my own song. Well, after my teacher phase, I fell in love with the idea of running a hotel because I love to travel and love business, so I thought why not have a career that combines both things that I love. In making this vision true, I am planning to get an internship at a Hotel in the city, and hopefully move up from there. In making my vision of owning a condo true, I will, hopefully, obtain a successful, financially secure job and I will be saving my money until I have enough to pay a good down payment. Now, my vision of publishing my own song has been a personal goal of mines ever since I was in Junior High. I've been writing lyrics that's been accompanied by beats from other people, but I would one day want to hear a song that I wrote on the radio. I am trying to achieve this by learning to write my own music, so I will be able to publish my song. Then, all I need to do is to send my song to recording studios, and have someone want to use it for their album.
I don't know what tomorrow holds or even if my visions will come true, but I do know that as long as am working hard towards a goal that is meaningful to me, my future will feel a lot less scary and a little more brighter.
I've always been a goal-oriented person. Ever since I was in Elementary School, I would set out visions of my future, such as my goal of getting into the same High School that my sister went to and my goal of becoming a teacher who owned a Jaguar. I did get into the same High School by getting high grades in elementary school, and for my second goal, although my career path has changed, I did start a Jaguar Fund that didn't raise much money, but had me start thinking about saving my money in a bank account for the future. Either way, for me, having a vision of the future helps me know where I am going, what I should be doing today, and makes me feel a little secure about the unpredictable future.
Today, my vision for my future, after graduating college, is to become a manager of a hotel, own a condo in the city, and publish my own song. Well, after my teacher phase, I fell in love with the idea of running a hotel because I love to travel and love business, so I thought why not have a career that combines both things that I love. In making this vision true, I am planning to get an internship at a Hotel in the city, and hopefully move up from there. In making my vision of owning a condo true, I will, hopefully, obtain a successful, financially secure job and I will be saving my money until I have enough to pay a good down payment. Now, my vision of publishing my own song has been a personal goal of mines ever since I was in Junior High. I've been writing lyrics that's been accompanied by beats from other people, but I would one day want to hear a song that I wrote on the radio. I am trying to achieve this by learning to write my own music, so I will be able to publish my song. Then, all I need to do is to send my song to recording studios, and have someone want to use it for their album.
I don't know what tomorrow holds or even if my visions will come true, but I do know that as long as am working hard towards a goal that is meaningful to me, my future will feel a lot less scary and a little more brighter.
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