1-3 Assignment Leadership Assessment and Reflection

1-3 Assignment Leadership Assessment and Reflection

Shanon Beck

October 26th, 2023

I was not surprised about the results of my Big Five personality traits assessment, although it did help me better understand my leadership style and how I can better refine my leadership skills. I scored high on my openness, which I have always prided myself on; I am always looking for ways to improve the workplace for my team and instill change to improve my company as a whole. I scored very high on Conscientiousness, which I am semi-surprised about as while I thrive on organization, my developmental disabilities make it much harder for me to achieve and keep up with, although I do find myself being a workaholic.

I scored moderately high on extraversion, which I am very surprised about, as while I do find myself being very sociable on occasion, especially with my team. I am not an overly social individual outside of my workplace, and rather I lack quite a lot of social skills due to my disabilities. I do find myself being able to be assertive when I need to, but also open and accommodating depending on the situation, which has helped me foster a very agreeable and accepting work environment for my team, raising morale and productivity. This leads me to how I scored moderately high on agreeableness, which I am not surprised at all. I do not enjoy conflict and would rather work with my team side-by-side instead of trying to solve everything with an iron hammer. I unsurprisingly scored low on Neuroticism, which I believe helps me a lot with my leadership at (blank), especially during the long and hard holiday months.

Ultimately, I believe my high score on extraversion and agreeableness has helped me be a wonderful leader to my team, especially compared to our other “leaders,” are have relied more heavily on an authoritarian style of leadership. Additionally, leadership impacts an organization in many, many ways … it can impact the flow of a workplace, employee turnover, and customer experience. Having a true leader manager will lead to a better customer experience, lower employee turnover and ultimately high sale margins than if an organization had a lack of leadership.