Determining My Perfect Position
As a valued and experienced employee in my expanding and growing organization, I was presented with the opportunity of determining a leadership position, where I can utilize my expertise and my knowledge of the vision and mission of the organization, daily operations and processes of almost every department and the qualities and values that I possess, and determine the best suitable position that benefits of such experience and qualities, as well as benefits the organization in whole and the department I will be working for.
By knowing one’s qualities, ethics and capabilities this should enable this one to better define the responsibilities, challenges, strengths and weaknesses and the accurate leadership style that can be practiced in the best manner to benefit both the employee and the organization. So, by analyzing the Leadership and Team Skills self- assessments one can discover individual strengths and weakness that will assist in determining his or her leadership style, and abilities to lead others. Employee-oriented leaders are “described as emphasizing interpersonal relations; they took a personal interest in the needs of their employees and accepted individual differences among members. The production-oriented leaders, in contrast, tended to emphasize the technical or task aspects of the job” (Robbins & Judge, 2007 pg. 406)
By taking a number of self-assessment tests provided by the University of Phoenix student’s portal, such as the Pearson Prentice Hall Self-assessment test for basic personality test, and the Williams institute for Ethics and Management Assessment test for values and attitude insights, decision making insights and other leadership and team skill tests. Based on the results achieved, my personality tests turned out as moderately extrovert, talkative and assertive, good natured, cooperative and