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Careerstrength(TM) Step 1
Type of test:
Career, temperament, learning styles, self-leadership style, talent assessment
My results, long:
Talent Assessment:
Tactical: 13
Logistical: 3
Strategic: 14
Diplomatic: 6
Learning Assessment:
Impact: 14
Authority: 5
Knowledge: 15
Relationship: 10
Self-Leadership Assessment:
Opportunity: 9
Stability: 7
Expertise: 16
Authenticity: 12
(I counted the bars represented in the result pictures and inserted the numbers)
Summary of results:
Talent: Strategy
Learning: Knowledge
Leadership: Expertise
The explanations:
Careerstrength(TM) Step 1
Type of test:
Career, temperament, learning styles, self-leadership style, talent assessment
My results, long:
Talent Assessment:
Tactical: 13
Logistical: 3
Strategic: 14
Diplomatic: 6
Learning Assessment:
Impact: 14
Authority: 5
Knowledge: 15
Relationship: 10
Self-Leadership Assessment:
Opportunity: 9
Stability: 7
Expertise: 16
Authenticity: 12
(I counted the bars represented in the result pictures and inserted the numbers)
Summary of results:
Talent: Strategy
Learning: Knowledge
Leadership: Expertise
The explanations:
THE FOUR SKILL SETS*
Diplomatic Skill Set
* Build bridges between people
* Have empathy—know what people are feeling and thinking and how they will respond
* Strive to unify by understanding and resolving deeper issues while honoring individual uniqueness
* Move to a level of abstraction to see how two seemingly different view are alike and then to choose a symbolic way of communicating the similarity
Best environment to nurture this skill set:
* Growth and development is allowed and fostered
* Praise is given and nurturing of potential is encouraged
* Focus is on the positive belief in others rather than constant critique
Logistical Skill Set
* Provide the logistical support and protection necessary for people to get things done right and make sure things go well and don’t go wrong
* Provide service and care taking that help people get underway
* Get the right things, and the right information, in the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity, in the right quality, to the right people and not to the wrong people
* Attend to people’s comforts and make things easy for others
Best environment to nurture this skill set:
* Stability and consistency is provided
* Clear definition of roles and expectations
* Opportunity to be of service and be responsible
Strategic Skill Set
* Think of and explain all the possible contingencies and influencing factors and then design processes for achieving the objectives
* Abstractly analyze a situation and consider previously unthought-of possibilities
* Look at the relationships between the goals and the means
* Identify the ways and means to achieve a well-defined goal.
Best environment to nurture this skill set:
* Independent thinking is fostered and encouraged
* Intellectual stimulation is provided
* Opportunity to look at complexities of a situation
Tactical Skill Set
* Read the current context, the situation, and skillfully mange that situation
* Effect a desired result, often coming up with a variety of solutions
* Take action according to the needs of the moment and plan the next move
* Cleverly display, compose, and perform with attention to impact and effect
Best environment to nurture this skill set:
* Freedom to respond to the needs of the moment
* Variety and quick response are appreciated
* Opportunities to take action and have impact
*Adapted from Linda V. Berens, Understanding Yourself and Others®: An Introduction to Temperament-3.0 (Telos Publications, 2006)
THE FOUR LEARNING STYLES*
Relationship Centered
* Focused on the relationships in the learning environment, seeking an empathic connection with the teacher, facilitator, or mentor
* Want learning to relate to personal growth and development
* Need to make what there are learning their own
* Want what they are learning to meaningfully related their purpose
Best environment to nurture this style:
* Want sincere, highly personalized feedback that is focused on the positive
* Opportunity to personalize and share responses
* Accepting with praise and appreciation for the individual regardless of performance
Authority Centered
* Focused on the what is supposed to be learned
* Want learning to be useful and applied to required tasks
* Need to apply, practice, and improve
* Want what they are learning to responsibly fulfill their roles
Best environment to nurture this style:
* Want corrective feedback that helps them improve
* Opportunity to work within a clear structure to achieve results
* Organized and secure
Knowledge Centered
* Focused on mastering the content and developing competence
* Want learning to increase competencies
* Need to understand the logic and concepts behind what is being learned
* Want what they are learning to relate to their conceptual frameworks
Best environment to nurture this style:
* Want feedback from experts and recognition of expertise and knowledge
* Opportunity to share and generate knowledge
* Skeptical explorations with active discussion/debate
Impact Centered
* Focused on what will help them have impact and give a skillful performance
* Want learning to be immediately relevant in the situation
* Need to do it, rather than observe or “study” about it
* Want what they are learning to be able to be put to immediate use
Best environment to nurture this style:
* Want immediate feedback that improves their performance
* Opportunity to try it out and learn by doing
* Stimulating with a chance to vary how they approach things
*Adapted from Linda V. Berens, Understanding Yourself and Others®: An Introduction to Temperament-2.0 (Telos Publications, 2000)
THE FOUR SELF-LEADERSHIP STYLES*
Authenticity Oriented
* Focused on being true to themselves and authentic in their interactions with others
* Want others to have an opportunity to be themselves
* Tend to give praise to foster growth and development
* Find it important to go with their beliefs and what feels like the right thing to do
Best environment to engage this style:
* Want an environment that allows personal expression
* Open to freedom of self-expression while seeking cooperative and consensus
* Changes are linked to a higher purpose
Stability Oriented
* Focused on achievement of results that will provide increased security for the group as well as themselves
* Want others to have an opportunity to responsibly fulfill their roles
* Tend to give cautions to be sure things go right and don’t go wrong
* Find it important to have a set of guidelines to follow
Best environment to engage this style:
* Want an environment that promotes a sense of community
* Predictable and dependable
* Changes are linked to continual improvement for increased stability
Expertise Oriented
* Focused on becoming an expert an sharing expertise
* Want others to have an opportunity to become competent
* Tend to develop strategies to help themselves and others achieve goals
* Find it important to have logical understanding of operating principles of any situation
Best environment to engage this style:
* Want an environment that allows innovation
* Challenging without being so difficult that mastery isn’t possible
* Changes are linked to improvements in both efficiency and effectiveness
Opportunity Oriented
* Focused on being responsive to opportunities as they arise
* Want others to have the freedom to respond
* Tend to take action to maximize outcomes from new opportunities
* Find it important to go with their gut feel for what to do next
Best environment to engage this style:
* Want an environment that provides lots of variety
* Will foster freedom of action while seeking pragmatic results
* Changes are linked to needs of the situation to have impact
*Adapted from Linda V. Berens, Understanding Yourself and Others®: An Introduction to Temperament-2.0 (Telos Publications, 2000)