In class we took the a leadership/management diagnostic that assesses your personality and determines what type of person you are in the workplace. I believe that the test accurately gauged my management orientation. The test declared me as a "Cs"- primarily Conscientious coupled with characteristics of Steadiness.
I am pleased with my results but I believe that Conscientiousness and Steadiness are very similar to each other. Conscientious people place an emphasis on working conscientiously within existing circumstances to ensure quality an accuracy while people who fall under Steadiness place an emphasis on cooperating with others to carry out the task. I do wish I had a little bit more of Dominance in me because I think I may be too soft sometimes. Dominant people place an emphasis on shaping the environment by overcoming opposition to accomplish results.
I think that it is helpful to determine people's management "type" to better understand where they are coming from because it is difficult to change a person's personality, which has been developed over their life. This way, you are able to adjust to your manager's leadership style as well as know what to expect and thus, perform more effectively and efficiently. As a manager it is also important to understand your employees' management "type" in order to properly assign certain tasks to certain individuals. This test would be helpful in a variety of situations such as a class group project or even choosing your girlfriend/boyfriend.
In the winter survival scenario, I think that it is important to have a Conscientious person because this is the person who will be thinking with the most rationality. The Dominant person may be a hindrance to the right course of action, as well as the Influence person. A Steady person would be good to have in the group but should not be the leader because the right action may not be taken.
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