Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Driven Leadership
In my self assessment under people styles, I identified myself
as a Driver. I believe that accomplishing the task and meeting
the end goal are my focus in my style of work.
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than
unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not:
the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." -Calvin
Coolidge
To me, this the most important quality that drives my success in a professional environment. Persistence in
the face of adversity, failure and setback is my compass in all things.
Self Confident
The second most popular adjective in my professional persona survey was Self Confident. Again, I do not
associate this confidence with ego or attitude. For me, true self-confidence comes from tireless preparation.
Self confidence and hard work go hand in hand in all aspects of my life.
Wrapping Up
Areas for Improvement Where to go from here
One of my areas for skill development from the This summary's purpose is to identify how I
professional persona survey was that I could be more perceive myself and how my peers perceive me in
constructive with my feedback. a professional environment. This feedback was
critical in determining several key takeaways.
I come from a military background and a
police/military upbringing. While I feel that I have First is that I am close if not exact in terms people
made great strides in working on my styles of how I view myself and how my peers do.
communication skills with my peers, I do feel that I Secondly, gaining useful information on how my
can focus especially on how I deliver feedback or peers would describe me and useful feedback
criticism. moving forward.
As a Driver, I am sometimes all too focused on the I plan to continue to refine my strengths of self
goal or task, that sometimes the soft touch of confidence, hard working, and leadership as well
communication is lost on me. as further improve areas of improvement such as
constructive criticism and setting an example for
Another point that was raised was that being an others.
older presence in many of my organizations on
campus, people look up to me. I think that setting an
example with core values is important. Because of
this, Integrity and Loyalty should be higher on the
adjectives used to describe me by my peers.