As you plan your week, month, year and the rest of your life, why not take a few moments out to reflect on how well you're doing on these things?
Rate yourself on the following skills/attributes, using the following scale:
1 = This is something I really need to improve:
2 = I am less strong at this compared to the typical professional at my level;
3 = I am about as good at this as the typical professional at my level;
4 = I am a little bit better at this than the typical professional at my level;
5 = This is a particular strength of mine
- The calibre of work I'm involved in
- The strength of my external relationships (with clients)
- The strength of my relationships with my superior(s)
- The strength of my relationships with my colleagues
- The strength of my relationships with my family
- The new skills I have developed in the past two years
- My current mood
- My current energy level
- My ability to set priorities well, so I do what's important, not what's urgent
- Ability to be decisive, i.e. make decisions with limited information
- Ability to avoid jumping to conclusions too quickly
- Ability to win people's trust and confidence
- Ability to get others to treat me like a member of their team
- Ability to persuade and convince, rather than to assert conclusions
- Ability to convey "bad" news to people in a way that they find acceptable
- Being good at delegating to others what does not really require my talents
- Confront and deal with underperformance in those who work for me -- tackle issues, rather than avoid them
- Listen well to what people have to say before reacting
- Show an interest in people beyond the specifics of the tasks that require you to deal with them
- Deal with problems in my relationships openly and quickly
- Demonstrate energy, drive, ambition
Any patterns to your answers? Does it make you want to do anything differently this week?
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