Mid-Level Corporate Manager

Style

Work Type:

My work type is ESTJ and my style is that of the "fact-minded, practical organizer." I like to organize projects and make sure they are completed. I like being a manager and like to work with people who are focused on getting the job done in a structured environment where there are rewards available for succeeding. I deal with people in a direct way with consistency and fairness. I consider myself to be loyal and dependable.

Motivation

Career Drivers:

My primary career driver is "affiliation." I have been extremely loyal to my company and consider my career to revolve around being able to do the best job I can do to support my companyís success. I have moved four times in ten years in order to do a job that was needed in different divisions in my organization. My secondary career driver is "professional achievement." I tend to be very good at what I do and am interested in excelling and doing the best job I can. I take management training courses whenever possible and have attended major management development programs at universities.

Skills

(People, Data, Physical, Adaptive):

I consider my top skills to be managing people, working effectively on a team, synthesizing facts and ideas, coordinating events and operations, and solving problems. I use these almost every day in my work and have seen significant growth in my mastery of these skills. I need development in acknowledging others, resolving conflict, listening attentively, showing warmth and respect, and operating a computer terminal. I plan to give more attention to these shortcomings through courses and through focusing on developing these skills on the job.

My top adaptive skills include being attentive to details, strong-willed, self-correcting, perceptive, and industrious. These have been extremely useful to me throughout my career not only as a manager, but also when I was working my way up the ladder. I need development in being spontaneous, concerned about people, expressive, dynamic, and open to others. I am uncertain about how to deal with these and will seek professional guidance through coursework or reading.

Internal Barriers

I would like to eliminate or reduce the following internal barriers: lack of diplomacy, stubbornness, impatience, insensitivity to needs and feelings of others, and being confronting to others.

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