Background: Originally from Ghana, I moved to the US, alone, at the age of 18. I completed my Associate’s degree in Nursing, and then eventually completed my Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies. I have about six years of experience working as a nurse. I decided to pursue the MBA in order to help me transition to investment finance, which I find more challenging and satisfying.
Personality assessments:
For the most part, the various assessments confirmed strengths and weaknesses that I was already aware of.
My career anchor was pure challenge. This confirms one of the many reasons why I left my previous job. In my previous job, I felt like I was doing the same things day in day out without even thinking about it. Though I felt that I performed relatively unchallenging tasks, I still felt drained of energy by the end of each working day. And that did not give me any satisfaction, despite receiving praise from my managers. I turned down opportunities to move into management because I knew that my managers spent a lot of time buried in compliance-type paperwork.
My DISC assessment showed that I am mostly steady and conscientious. In particular, the comments about my basic characteristics were eerily accurate (I feel like they got the information from the NSA). I will like to share those comments in the quote below:
Kobina can be motivated through teamwork. He likes to know he is a valued team member. He can be open, patient and tolerant of differences. His natural quality of being nonjudgmental is a great strength. Because he is receptive and listens well, he excels in gathering information. He tends to build close relationship with a relatively small group of associates. He looks to people for support and inner-satisfaction as a way to reach his personal goals. At times, Kobina would like to slow the world down and cut out some of the activities people want him