I know you’ve all been anxiously awaiting a report on my online personality assessment that I completed for my meetings at work this week, right? I was actually very surprised by the results. Before we received the results, the facilitator asked where we thought we fell on this scale:

1 - Dominant, ambition, results orientated

2 - Social influence, expressiveness, a “people person”

3 - Patience, composure, team player

4 - Analytical, detail orientated, precision

I would have thought dominant, for sure. I definitely am that way at home, and in my personal life, but I also made an effort when I took the assessment to think of how I would handle the situations presented at work. You see, I’m SO different at my job - most people think I’m quiet and reserved. I definitely hang back in situations and feel things out more. I was surprised when I received a 2 for my work persona. Apparently, I do come out of my shell sometimes!

Here’s what my profile said:

Colleen is enthusiastic and capable of generating enthusiasm
Colleen prefers to communicate in person (funny, because I deal with people 99% via email at work)
Colleen is open, talkative, persuasive, and makes new friends easily
She takes care of things that need attention
Can work on a team, but enjoys being the one in charge (boy, is that true, or what?)

Once we had our results, we used them to learn how to relate to other people on our team. For example, I can’t go to my analytical, logical coworker with a “gut feeling” about something - I need to have a reason for him to show him why I feel the way I do.

The whole thing was incredibly fascinating!