What do you notice in your results? I found that my results
fell into the average category when compared to the scoring groups used for
each study. Overall, I did not score
very well on the self-awareness survey and I was pleasantly surprised with my
results. This is the one area where I
feel I did not understand what the expectations were. I really had to think about what my reaction
was to the questions and analyze certain situations compared to what I thought
the right should be. Self-evaluation is
something I thought I had a in-depth understanding of. For emotional intelligence, I scored a 70
which placed me in the third quartile; stating I have a slightly above average
ability to manage my emotions when dealing with others. For cognitive style I scored close to the mean
for knowing and planning while scoring below average on creating. On locus of control scale, I scored a 6; third
quartile. For tolerance of ambiguity I
scored a 59 which placed me in the third quartile. This indicates that I perform well above average
in the ability to cope with situations with ambiguity. Last, but not least, is the core
self-evaluation scale I scored a total of 43 with an average of 3.5 placing me
in the second quartile with a range of 3.35-3.87.
How much of this rang true for you? I am not sure I agree
with the overall results. I have learned
that assessment results change according to your internal position in life and
also according to the external environment you have to deal with. I understand that answers vary and there is
no right or wrong responses. I have to
say about 50 percent of the results may be true. However, from a personal perspective, I feel
the questions are very general and subjective and not directed toward the individual.
Nonetheless, because the direction did not state to think about a particular event,
I am not sure if I would say that the assessments are practical and are based
on real life.
What did you see that you were expecting in the results? I felt that three
areas were close to my expectations; emotional intelligence, locus of control and
tolerance of ambiguity. Overall, the
results provided me with information that can be good for identifying my
strengths and weaknesses. I feel these tools will be useful in helping me
narrow down weaknesses that I was not aware of.
What were the surprises? The thing that surprised me was the results on the
self-awareness section of the assessment.
I honestly thought I would score higher in this area. I guess I am not as self-aware as I
thought. With these results, I am now humbled
after taking the self-awareness survey. I
was also very surprised about the thought provoking decisions I had to make
with limited information on the defining issues test. I did not score not score as high as I
thought I would in this area.
How will you make use of this information? I am not sure of
how I will use this information. Maybe, when
the course is over, I will retake the assessments and see how much I have
changed. With the pretest results, I
will be able to acknowledge if I have some shortcomings that may need to be
addressed for my success as a leader. With
post test results, I will be able to turn these identified shortcomings into
assets by becoming more self-aware. The
information gained from this exercise will be used as a baseline from which I
attempt to use the information to define areas that I can improve.
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