In the business industry, the typical training of a given sales representative is knowledge and execution of a sale. Training someone to be personable is never on any employer’s agenda. Employers expect their employee’s to have the necessary interpersonal skills beforehand. Very often enough, employees rarely have those skills and those who have them, usually discourage themselves from further developing them. Now managers understand the importance of people skills and universities are incorporating social entrepreneurship education which fosters social responsibility awareness leading to workplace satisfaction (Judge & Robbins, 2016, p. 2).
As an employee of Wego Chemical in 2000, I performed my personal best when I accomplished the largest sales transaction between our organization and Merck Germany. The sale of $750,000 of products to Merck over a 3-month span has been marked the largest sales transaction. This transaction only occurred with diligence, competency and interpersonal skills consisting of verbal communication, problem solving and decision-making. The vice president and owner of the organization acclaimed this transaction. It was noted that success was driven by the above strengths.
After such an accomplishment, identifying my reflected best self was directly correlated to my interpersonal skills which I value as my strengths. Reflected best self is a strength-based conception of the qualities and characteristics that a person believes he or she exudes when they are at their best (Roberts, Dutton, Spreitze, Heaphy,& Quinn, 2005). Now, it is imperative to continue developing my strengths through daily practice and application in both work and non-work related environments. By setting goals, SMART goals, these identified strengths will provide the necessary leadership qualities.
My SMART goal is to advance future career opportunities by