The Globesmart assessment provided me with an excellent measure of what I truly am after spending 10 years out of my country of Birth India. The results were a fair mixture of the qualities that defined me.
I agreed with each and every part of the assessment. Even though I think independent, I do tend to think that my decision should consider the whole team which to me shows interdependency. I am not status driven at all. After going through several high risk events (that's what young age is for :-) ) I now tend to take less risk or what I like to call educated risks. I am very task oriented. I like to be direct to people but I must admit that when someone is not appreciative of direct talks, I do not use direct language, which surprisingly shows on my Globesmart assessment. Overall, it is pretty impressive that I agree 100% with all results of this assessment and I am overall happy with these results too.
The CPQ was my favorite survey assessment. I scored 5 on harmony which in my real life I treat very highly. I do not feel comfortable working in a group unless there is harmony where I can balance many things. I would have liked the score higher than 5 but I still am above class average. I like my assessment of personal relationships, where I scored highest in the collective dimension. I do tend to believe that managing people is a huge part of a firm's success. Without happy people, you will not get a product that will make people happy! I do tend to make collective decision but that does not mean wrong decisions. There are times when you have to stand tough but yes I use it as a last resort.
My orientation in Activity showed clear bias towards thinking. I do tend to play the entire situation in my mind before I actually set out to do it. To me, thinking and planning is the real deal. Doing it is a mere formality. This assessment got me right. My nature is definitely shows good dimension. I basically tend to think that people are good. I always give people benefit of doubt. Time wise, I do tend to think a lot about past and what went wrong and what could have been done better. The assessment about me is correct and this is exactly what I would like to improve. I want to be able to move on from past and concentrate on future while just considering the lessons learned.
Now over to the global competency index assessment, this was the most complex assessment that I had to take. It judged me right in my nonjudgementalness as moderate which does surface on some occasions. It rightly assessed my inquisitiveness levels as high :-). I tend to ask a LOT of questions because unless I understand every aspect I do not feel confident about my understsanding. The GCI rated my tolerance to ambiguity as 2. I think I have faced enough ambiguous situations and have come out of them successfully. May it be my job related or on personal fronts. I think the tolerance may be low in the sense that I definitely dont like to be in those situations but I have demonstrated multiple times that I handled those situations well enough. Coming from a mega city like mumbai, I am definitely a cosmopolitan personality. I am inclusive as well. I enjoy success when it is in a team. I am very interested in relationships. Another interesting assessment was about my self identity. I have found out several times, that I have downplayed myself about who I am. I find from time to time that I do need to project my image higher than I do. this is one area I intend to work on and improve. Emotional resilience is something I would like to work on as well but I am not sure if I can. This is one dimension that I think is developed in a very young age. But I plan to consciously work on it. I did agree with low grade in the interest flexibility section. I think I am plain lazy to pursue my hobbies to greater lengths. I do have a lot of hobbies, a lot of interests but I have not completely pursued them. I feel I need to work on them in order to feel satisfied in general.
In general, these were great assessments and I agreed with almost 90% of the results. This was a great way of reflecting on my own abilities and tendancies and a great tool to see where I can personally improve. Thank you Dr Joyce Osland for providing us with such tools that will make us better people!
